Broadcast (band)

Broadcast are an electronic music band, based in the Kings Heath part of Birmingham, England. Original members were Trish Keenan (vocals), Roj Stevens (keyboards), Tim Felton (guitar) and James Cargill (bass). Various drummers have played with the band, including Keith York, Phil Jenkins, Jeremy Barnes, Steve Perkins and Neil Bullock. As of 2005, the group consisted of Keenan and Cargill, with Felton having departed to form a new project, Seeland, with Billy Johnson, formerly of another Birmingham Warp act Plone. The band's style is a mixture of electronic sounds and Keenan's 1960s-influenced vocals. It is heavily influenced by the 1960's American psychedelic group The United States of America, using many of the same electronic effects. It is also reminiscent of Stereolab. However, despite the similar musical pedigree, Broadcast's music often has a darker, edgier sound - with amorphous samples and analogue dissonance giving it a retro-futuristic sci-fi edge. The band's first releases were singles released on Wurlitzer Jukebox Records ( "Accidentals" ) and Duophonic Records ("The Book Lovers") in the mid-1990s. "The Book Lovers" was also featured on the soundtrack of the film "Austin Powers." They attracted the attention of Warp Records, who compiled the singles in 1997 on Work and Non Work. All subsequent releases have been on Warp Records, or in the USA on Tommy Boy Records. Since then, the band has released four albums as well as several EPs. Currently, the band is in studio working on their fourth album proper.

Discography

Albums

• Work and Non Work (1997)
• The Noise Made By People (2000)
• Haha Sound (2003)
• Tender Buttons (2005)
• The Future Crayon (2006)

EPs

• Extended Play (12"/CD, 2000)
• Extended Play Two EP (2000)
• Pendulum (2003)
• Microtronics, Volume 01 (3" CD limited to 2000 copies, 2003)
• Microtronics, Volume 02 (3" CD limited to 2000 copies, 2005)

Singles

• "Accidentals" (Wurlitzer Jukebox Records, 7", 1996)
• "Living Room" (Duophonic Records, 7", 1997)
• "The Book Lovers" (Duophonic Records, 12"/CD, 1997)
• "Echo's Answer" (7"/CD, 1999)
• "Drums on Fire" / "Come On Let's Go" (Two Lone Swordsmen remix) (12", 1999)
• "Come On Let's Go" (7"/CD, 2000)
• "America's Boy" (7", 2005)

External links

• Official site
• Broadcast at the BBC
• Concert photos by Laurent Orseau (Black Session)