Plaid are monumental cornerstones for any self-respecting electronic music fan; mainly as Plaid, but also under aliases including The Black Dog and Balil – not to mention their work with Björk.

Since the early ’90s, British duo Plaid have been steadily releasing an innovative brand of electronic music marked by playful melodies and tricky time signatures. Comprising Ed Handley and Andy Turner, both original members of Black Dog Productions, the duo combined influences like ’80s electro and Detroit techno, greatly contributing to the British form of home-listening techno which would gradually come to be known as IDM.

Keen advocates of technology, they sound cutting edge, but also warm, human and nostalgic – purveying a sort of high-tech-retro-futurism.