P-Brane [Enhanced, EP]

Plaid | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 30, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced, EP
• Label: Warp Records
• ASIN: B0000640O1
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #407,796 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Coat

2. Diddymousedid

3. Stills

4. Mfaus

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars P-Brane EP jumps off the deep end, May 1, 2002

By 

James Bittancourt (general musician) (Sunnyvale, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: P-Brane (Audio CD)

obviously plaid has expected that we know the next move they'll make. this is evident through the release of the p-brane ep, which, if you went to any shows in their recent north american tour, you could have picked up early for 10 bucks.

picture their musical career (in albums, at least) as tiny complete enigmas presented as audio. "not for threes" introduced their style and offered insight into their black dog history. "rest proof clockwork" was their comfort with themselves as musicians, and branching out into newer things. "double figure" is their immersion into what they knew, and fully shows their range. so on closer inspection, anything in between (peel sessions, trainer, and this ep) have only had enough to give us glimpses.

to explain the type of music on the ep would be pointless, as there are multiple interpretations of the tracks. "coat" begins very softly, then breaks (as in glitchy breakbeat) into a multi-chorused hymn-like danceable, while "diddymousedid" has a little bit of elevator music jump in it in the beginning before getting bizarre. you notice in the first two tracks that there are frame-like shifts in the percussion. these are very detailed volume shifts, so you can tell they certainly took their time making these tracks. "stills" is definitely different for them. very electro and very autechre-ish. i'm not sure if they were pushing towards this, but it gets grand towards the end. finally "mfaus" is brilliant and a kick to see them do it live. there's so much percussion to this song it's hard to sit still.

the cd also includes the "eyen" video warp records streams on their site, a decent video and a great song.

so why five stars? i seem kind of indifferent about it, yes, but i am a true plaid fan. if you dig all their stuff, of course you'll have to pick it up. if you're just a beginner, start with "rest proof clockwork" or "double figure". then you can understand.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential For Plaid Fans, January 2, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: P-Brane (Audio CD)

All of the tracks on this single are great. "Coat" is kind of an experimental tune, similar to some tracks from Double Figure. "Diddymousedid" is a bit of classic Plaid. It sounds like it came off of Restproof Clockwork. Then "Stills" is again like the Double Figure album. It's a nice melody played over dark ambience and a sweet breakbeat. Don't forget the video for "Eyen" is on this too. "Mfaus" alone is worth the price of the CD though. It's probably the most progressive techno song they've ever written. I saw them play "Mfaus" in concert and I was blown away.

So why are you still reading this? Buy it already!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yippie!, May 18, 2002

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Swans7 (a place thats not so nice but near water) - See all my reviews

This review is from: P-Brane (Audio CD)

Despite being a short 20 minute listen this lil thing is incredibly diverse. The only other reviewer did a decent job describing the tracks so I wont. If you havent heard Plaid and have any interest in the genre stupidly coined IDM it will do you immense good to buy this. Its worth it for the last track alone. The first time I heard it my dog and I started dancing like fools. And we dont dance often. In fact it was the only time the little fellow ever danced. Yep, little dogs love Plaid too.