The Digging Remedy

If you’re looking for classic Warp-style IDM, dig no further. On their ninth LP, London\'s masters of the headphone-listen stay true to their roots, distilling club music down to its constituent parts with intricate programming and pristine sound. Opener “Do Matter” builds slowly into a frazzled cacophony of tones, and “Dilatone” is all dubbed-out, panning synths that ride on a squelching and burbling beat. “Melifer\" and “Wen\" feel effortlessly laidback as their bell-like guitars simply glisten. But “Clock” is the winner here, its fidgeting synth stabs echoing the ghosts of ‘90s raves.

Warp Records mainstays Plaid have staked out a well-defined territory over two decades: They make highly listenable melodic IDM, warm and playful. Their latest album doesn't rip up the blueprint.

On their 2016 full-length, The Digging Remedy, Plaid claim to have revisited their Detroit techno roots.

When you've been around since 1991, you basically have two options: get with the times, or latch more firmly onto the sound that was your ma...

The London electronic duo Plaid have sustained their passion for sound design and relevance in the genre by being equally attentive to the emotive aura and the architecture of their compositions.

It’s now over 20 years since Warp patented the concept of ‘listening electronica’ via their landmark ‘Artificial