Electric Company
The recordings of Electric Company are the end result of indie-rock figurehead Brad Laner's relentless experimentation within a range of post-punk styles, from avant-garde rock to thrash to alternative pop to electronica. His work as Electric Company is nominally based within electronica, though it's more of a studio hybrid embracing guitar-rawk, drum'n'bass and noise. A long-time fan of experimental/improv artists from Beefheart to Throbbing Gristle to the Residents, Laner founded his first band Debt of Nature at the age of 14. The group recorded several tracks for New Alliance in 1982 and opened for Sonic Youth and the Swans in 1986 before Laner founded another group, Steaming Coils, which released three albums of their own. He also played with seminal Los Angeles trance-rockers Savage Republic before forming his most famous group, Medicine, in 1991.
The first American band signed to Britain's super-indie Creation Records, Medicine earned praise from alternative critics for their extreme interpretation of My Bloody Valentine's noise-pop revolution. The group's first album Shot Forth Self Living was issued on Creation scant months after their formation, and distributed in the States via Def American. Two albums followed before Medicine broke up in 1995, the year of Laner's solo debut as Electric Company, A Pert Cyclic Omen. Though Laner's other major post-Medicine project Amnesia recorded albums in 1997 and 1998, he returned with two more Electric Company records, Studio City for Island and Omakase for Vinyl Communications. In addition, Laner has collaborated with members of sympathetic groups Mercury Rev and the Vas Deferens Organization, and recorded as part of the neo-prog band Lusk.
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Discography
21 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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It's Hard To Be A Baby
Electronic - Released by Tigerbeat6 on Feb 4, 2003
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Love Is More Than a Long Goodbye
Pop - Released by [PIAS] Recordings Holland on Oct 5, 2018
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Ligaments 01 – 05
Electronic - Released by Captured Tracks on Feb 15, 2019
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Modge 23 Omnibus
Dance - Released by Laner Archival Service on Dec 15, 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Creative Playthings
Electronic - Released by Tigerbeat6 on Oct 5, 2004
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Greatest Hits
Electronic - Released by Tigerbeat6 on Dec 3, 2001
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Natural Selections
Alternative & Indie - Released by Drawing Room Records on Mar 4, 2019
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Problem (Just for Today)
Pop - Released by [PIAS] Recordings Holland on Oct 20, 2017
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Micro-Awakenings
Alternative & Indie - Released by Drawing Room Records on Nov 11, 2016
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Split 12
Electric Company, Joensuu 1685
Alternative & Indie - Released by Splendour on Mar 14, 2011
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Highly Morning B / W Sideshow
Alternative & Indie - Released by Drawing Room Records on Aug 16, 2016
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For Magnetic Tape
Electronic - Released by Drawing Room Records on Aug 18, 2016
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Mathilda
Pop - Released by [PIAS] Recordings Holland on Jul 11, 2018
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Let's Write Another Plan
Pop - Released by [PIAS] Recordings Holland on Jan 26, 2018
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The Hour Was Midnight
Pop - Released by [PIAS] Recordings Holland on Oct 28, 2016
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Neighbor Singing
Alternative & Indie - Released by Drawing Room Records on Mar 4, 2019
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Nearest Suns
Alternative & Indie - Released by Drawing Room Records on Mar 4, 2019
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Uncharted Territory
Pop - Released by [PIAS] Recordings Holland on Sep 22, 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo