Plone (band)
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Formed in Birmingham England in late 1994 when Mark & Mike started to buy old analogue keyboards and fx and began to rehearse making huge soundscapes. Mike was living with Billy (who was in another band at the time) who bought himself a keyboard and joined the band.
The band started gigging as support to local bands such as Pram & Broadcast. In 1997 the band were approached by Wurlitzer Jukebox who released the single 'press a key' on the strength of this the band were signed to Warp and in September 1998 released the single 'plock'. This was tipped as one of the singles of the year by NME, Melody Maker, Dazed & Confused etc.
An album 'For Beginner Piano' was released in September 1999 to wide spread critical acclaim of the band's pioneering (at the time anyway) 'timeless electronic melodies' and was a breath of fresh air in what had become an incredibly stale and studious IDM scene.
Rob Mitchell (who had originally signed the band to warp) was diagnosed with cancer in 2001 and the band rushed to deliver their second album, Rob died in the september of that year and the band were dropped by the label he'd founded shortly afterwards and the band dissolved.
The album is still awaiting release.
Billy went on to play keyboards with Broadcast (on the Ha Ha Sound tour) and is now a member of Seeland with Tim Felton (now also ex Broadcast) and have released a single 'Wander/Pherox' on Duophonic in 2005.
Mike Johnston went on to form Mike In Mono and is also 'Clive 2' in ZX Spectrum Orchestra and a member of The Modified Toy Orchestra.
If anyone knows what Mark is doing please add.
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Members of the band
- Mike 'Billy' Bainbridge
- Mark Cancellara
- Michael Johnston
Keyboards, Vocoders & FX
Discography
Singles
- Press A Key (7") Wurlitzer Jukebox
- Plock (12") Warp Records
- Plock (CD5") Warp Records
- Plock (Promo) (CD5") Warp Records
- Plock (Promo) (12") Warp Records
Albums
- For Beginner Piano (CD) Matador
- For Beginner Piano (CD) Warp Records
- For Beginner Piano (LP) Warp Records
- For Beginner Piano (Promo) (CD) Matador
- For Beginner Piano (Promo) (CD) Warp Records
- Unititled second album - never released
Remixes
- Warp 10+3 (2xCD) Tricky Disco (Plone Re... SMEJ Associated Records
- Warp 10+3 Remixes (2xCD) Tricky Disco (Plone Re... Warp Records
- Warp 10+3 Remixes (2xCD) Tricky Disco (Plone Re... Matador
- Warp 10+3 Remixes (4xLP) Tricky Disco (Plone Re... Warp Records
- Warp 10+3 Remixes (2xCD) Tricky Disco (Plone Re... Rough Trade Germany
- Me And Jerry D / On Furry Cushion (Plone Mix) (7") On Furry Cushion (Plon... Octave Kitten Recordings
- Somniloquy (CD) Bewitched (Plone Mix) Domino Recording Company Ltd.
- Somniloquy (Promo) (CD) Bewitched (Plone Mix) Domino Recording Company Ltd.
Tracks Appear On
- wap100. We Are Reasonable People (CD) Plaything Play It Again Sam (PIAS)
- We Are Reasonable People (CD) Plaything Warp Records
- We Are Reasonable People (3xLP) Plaything Warp Records
- We Are Reasonable People (CD) Plaything SMEJ Associated Records
- We Are Reasonable People (Promo) (CD) Plaything Warp Records
- Round Squared: Weirdbag Vol. 1 (CD) Somebody Is Alive And ... Round Records
- For Wearing A Phone W/Q (CD) Simple Song Not On Label
- The Mediterranean Beat Cook (Cassette) Sunday Laid Moo Spotlight Records (Japan)
- Music Sampler (CD) Plock, Top & Low Rent Warp Records