Labradford

Infobox musical artist 2
Name = Labradford


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Background = group_or_band
Origin = Richmond, Virginia, USA
Genre = Drone Rock, Post-Rock, Ambient
Years_active = 1993–2001
Label = Kranky
URL = [http://www.brainwashed.com/labradford/ http://www.brainwashed.com/labradford/]
Current_members = Carter Brown
Robert Donne
Mark Nelson

Labradford is a musical group from Richmond, Virginia, active from the early 1990s through about 2001.

Biography

Labradford consists of bassist Robert Donne, guitarist/vocalist Mark Nelson, and Carter Brown on keyboards. Their music style is experimental ambient/post-rock, although their earlier releases such as "Prazision" and "A Stable Reference" were much more related to dark drone rock.

In 1993 they released their debut album on Kranky which has remained their home since. The group's music mostly drifts on the guitar effects and the keyboard passages, with the vocals, when present, in the background.

In 1999 they started a tour with Godspeed You! Black Emperor and their Festival Of Drifting series, which featured appearances from Pole, Matmos, Papa M and Sigur Rós.

Though the group has not officially disbanded, they have not released another album since 2001's critically acclaimed "Fixed::Context", and the band members have apparently moved away from their former base of Richmond, Virginia. Robert Donne has joined the slow-core group Spokane. Mark Nelson continues to release records on Kranky under the name Pan•American.

Discography

Full albums

* "Prazision" (1994)
* "A Stable Reference" (1995)
* "Labradford" (1996)
* "Mi Media Naranja" (1997)
* "E Luxo So" (1999)
* "Fixed::Context" (2001)

Other releases

* "Julius/Columna de la Independencia 7" EP" (1995)
* "Scenic Recovery, UK 10" Duophonic, ds45-12" (1996)
* "The Kahanek Incident, Vol. 3 (Split 12" with Stars of the Lid)" (1996)
* "Everlast, US 7" Retro 8" (1992)

Compilation Appearances

*The Wire Tapper 5, 2000 [given away free with The Wire issue 193, March 2000] So Remix (Matmos Remix) UK CD WIRECD005

*The Wire Tapper 2, 1998 [given away free with The Wire issue 177, November 1998] V (Harold Budd Remix) UK CD WIRECD002

*Monsters, Rugrats and Bugmen, 1996 sedr 77 UK 2CD Virgin ambt111

*Volume 16, 1996 The Window UK CD Volume 16 VCD16

*Newman Passage, 1996 Pico / Elec. Security UK CD Blast First bffp141cde

*Excursions In Ambience IV: The Fourth Frontier, 1995

*The Church Song (remix of a Jim O'Rourke track) US CD Astralwerks ASW6153

*Ambient 4: Isolationism, 1994 Air Lubricated Free Axis Trainer UK 2CD Virgin AMBT 4

*Dixie Flatline (Wilson Interrupt Mix), 1994 Skyliner (live) US CD Radioactive Rat

*?, 1992 Repugnating The Wombat US CS Retro 8

ee also

* Cul-de-sac
* Bowery Electric
* Pluramon
* Pan•American

External links

* [http://www.brainwashed.com/labradford/ Labradford at Brainwashed.com]
* [http://www.kranky.net/artists/labradford.html Labradford at Kranky.net]