Labradford

**Labradford**
Labradford
Origin	Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Genres	Post-rock; ambient; space rock revival; slowcore; kosmische;
Years active	1992–2001
Labels	Kranky, Blast First
Members	Carter Brown; Robert Donne; Mark Nelson
Website	Brainwashed.com/labradford

Labradford is an American post-rock group founded in 1992 in Richmond, Virginia.^[1] They have released six full albums from 1993 to 2001. Though not disbanded, they have been on hiatus while members have been active with separate projects, including Mark Nelson's project Pan American.

Biography

Founded in 1991, Labradford consists of bassist Robert Donne, guitarist and vocalist Mark Nelson, and keyboardist Carter Brown. Their music style is experimental ambient post-rock,^[2] although their first releases were much more related to dark drone rock.^[3]

After a début single in 1992, they were signed by Kranky who issued their début album Prazision LP in 1993.^[1] In 1999, they commenced their Festival of Drifting series, which featured appearances from Pole, Robin Guthrie,^[4] Matmos, Papa M, and Sigur Rós. They also toured during the same period of time with Godspeed You! Black Emperor.

Though the group has not officially disbanded, they have not released music since Fixed::Context in 2001. Following its release, the band members separately moved out of Richmond. Donne collaborated with Adam Wiltzie of Stars of the Lid in the project Aix Em Klemm, in addition to joining the groups Spokane and Gregor Samsa, while Nelson has recorded on Kranky under the name Pan American since 1998.

Discography

Full albums

1993: Prazision LP
1995: A Stable Reference
1996: Labradford
1997: Mi Media Naranja
1999: E Luxo So
2001: Fixed::Context

Other releases

1992: "Everlast", U.S. 7", Retro 8 (now collected on Prazision LP: A-side since the 1993 CD, B-side since its 2007 remaster)
1995: "Julius", U.S. 7", Merge
1996: "Scenic Recovery", UK 10", Duophonic
1996: The Kahanek Incident, Vol. 3, U.S. 12" (split with Stars of the Lid), Trance Syndicate
2000: Ene, 10" LP split with Surfers of Romantica, Eerie Materials

Compilation appearances

1992: Repugnating The Wombat US CS Retro 8
1994: Dixie Flatline (Wilson Interrupt Mix), Skyliner (live) US CD Radioactive Rat
1994: Ambient 4: Isolationism Air Lubricated Free Axis Trainer UK 2CD Virgin AMBT 4
1994: The Church Song (remix of a Jim O'Rourke track) US CD Astralwerks ASW6153
1995: Excursions In Ambience IV: The Fourth Frontier
1996: Newman Passage, Pico / Elec. Security UK CD Blast First bffp141cde
1996: Volume 16, The Window UK CD Volume 16 VCD16
1996: Monsters, Rugrats and Bugmen, Sedr 77 UK 2CD Virgin ambt111
1998: The Wire Tapper 2 [given away free with The Wire issue 177, November 1998] V (Harold Budd Remix) UK CD WIRECD002
1999: Drifing A.F.U. [limited edition CD given away free at Labradford's Second Festival of Drifting, 1999]
2000: The Wire Tapper 5 [given away free with The Wire issue 193, March 2000] So Remix (Matmos Remix), UK CD WIRECD005
2016: By Chris Johnston, Craig Markva, Jamie Evans (Original Version), The Young Pope Soundtrack, WB CD 5054197508028

References

^ ^a ^b Strong, Martin C. (2003) "Labradford" in The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, ISBN 1-84195-335-0, p. 827
^ Cooper, Sean "Labradford Biography", AllMusic, retrieved 2010-10-23
^ Raggett, Ned "Prazision Review", AllMusic, retrieved 2010-10-23
^ "Labradford's Third Annual Festival Of Drifting « Freq". Freq.powweb.com. Archived from the original on July 9, 2012. Retrieved December 13, 2019.