Bowery Electric
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![]() Martha Schwendener (left) and Lawrence Chandler (right) | |
Background information | |
Origin | New York City, New York, United States |
Genres | |
Years active | 1993–2000 |
Labels | Beggars Banquet Records, Happy Go Lucky, Hi-Fidelity Recordings, Kranky |
Members | Lawrence Chandler Martha Schwendener |
Past members | Jon Dale Michael Johngren Wayne Magruder |
Bowery Electric was an American band formed in New York in 1993 by Lawrence Chandler and Martha Schwendener.
History
[edit]Formed by Lawrence Chandler and Martha Schwendener in late 1993, Bowery Electric played their first show in New York City in January 1994.[3] The band's debut double 7-inch single was recorded by Kramer and released by Hi-Fidelity Recordings in 1994.[3] After listening to it, Kranky contacted the band.[3]
The band's first album, Bowery Electric, was recorded by Michael Deming at Studio .45 in Hartford, Connecticut and released by Kranky in 1995.[3] The album was included by Andrew Earles in his 2014 book, Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981–1996.[4] In 2016, Pitchfork named it the 36th best shoegaze album of all time.[5]
In 1996, the band released an album, Beat.[1] It includes a single, "Fear of Flying".[1] In 2016, Beat was reissued on vinyl as a 20th anniversary edition by Kranky.[6]
Vertigo, a remix album of tracks from Beat, was released in 1997. Vertigo featured a roster of artists including Third Eye Foundation, Robert Hampson, Witchman and others.[7]
In 2000, the band released an album, Lushlife, which was recorded at Electric Sound.[8] The album peaked at number 14 on the CMJ Top 200 chart[9] and number 11 on the Core Radio chart.[10]
They have not performed or released any recordings as Bowery Electric since.[11]
Musical style
[edit]In the November 1995 issue of The Wire, Simon Reynolds listed Bowery Electric as one of the bands that are "a distinctively American post-rock".[2]
Discography
[edit]Studio albums
[edit]- Bowery Electric (Kranky, 1995)
- Beat (Kranky, Beggars Banquet Records, 1996)
- Lushlife (Beggars Banquet Records, 2000)
Remix albums
[edit]- Vertigo (Beggars Banquet Records, 1997)
EPs
[edit]- Drop (Hi-Fidelity Recordings, 1994)
Singles
[edit]- "Fear of Flying" (Beggars Banquet Records, 1997)
- "Without Stopping - Witchman Mix (Hell or High Water Dub)" (Beggars Banquet Records, 1997)
- "Coming Down - Immersion Mix" (Beggars Banquet Records, 1997)
- "Blow Up" (Happy Go Lucky, 1997)
- "Floating World" (Beggars Banquet Records, 2000)
- "Freedom Fighter" (Beggars Banquet Records, 2000)
Use of songs in media
[edit]Advertisements
[edit]- "Beat" was used in commercials for Puma and Michelin
Films
[edit]- All We are Saying ("Deep Sky Objects", "Freedom Fighter")
- Made in Britain ("Looped", "Low Density")
- The Mothman Prophecies ("Under the Sun")
- The Princess and the Gangster ("Lushlife")
- Transworld Skateboarding Anthology (“Fear of Flying”)
- Transworld Skateboarding Sixth Sense (“Fear of Flying”)
- Transworld Skateboarding Modus Operandi (“Shook Ones”)
Television
[edit]- Behind the News ("Freedom Fighter")
- CKAL News at Noon ("Fear of Flying")
- Comic Relief ("Low Density")
- Deepwater Black ("Fear of Flying")
- Gardners from Hell ("Low Density")
- Ideal ("Over and Over", "Slow Thrills")
- Les histoires extraordinaires de Pierre Bellemare: Le virage d'Anna ("Soul City") - Season 2, Episode 18
- WNBC-TV Listen-Voices of the Future ("Beat", "Fear of Flying", "Floating World", "Freedom Fighter", "Over and Over", "Saved", "Under the Sun")
- MTV Real World/Road Rules Challenge ("Deep Blue", "Soul City") - Episode 406; ("Psalms of Survival") - Episode 416; ("After Landing", "Shook Ones") - Episode 504; ("Deep Blue", "Psalms of Survival", "Saved" ) - Episode 505; ("Lushlife") - Episode 506, Episode 916
- Moorgate Legacy ("Beat", "Low Density")
- Motorway Cops ("After Landing", "Beat", "Fear of Flying", "Passages", "Psalms of Survival")
- No Disco ("Freedom Fighter")
- Paris Modes TV ("Floating World")
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d O'Neal, Sean. "Bowery Electric rewired shoegaze to trip-hop to create a huge '90s sound". The A.V. Club. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
- ^ a b Reynolds, Simon (November 1995). "Back to the Future". The Wire. 141: 26–30.
- ^ a b c d "Bowery Electric". Kranky. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
- ^ Earles, Andrew (2014). Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981–1996. United States: Voyageur Press. p. 47. ISBN 978-0760346488.
- ^ "The 50 Best Shoegaze Albums of All Time (page 2 of 5)". Pitchfork. October 24, 2016. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
- ^ "Kranky". Facebook. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
- ^ Raggett, Ned (August 25, 1997). "Vertigo - Bowery Electric | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
- ^ Kellman, Andy. "Lushlife - Bowery Electric | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
- ^ "CMJ Top 200". CMJ New Music Report. 62 (661): 13. April 10, 2000.
- ^ "Core Radio". CMJ New Music Report. 62 (659): 18. March 27, 2000.
- ^ "Bowery Electric - History". Brainwashed. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
External links
[edit]- Bowery Electric on Bandcamp
- Bowery Electric discography at Discogs
- Bowery Electric discography at MusicBrainz