Bowery Electric
American post-rock and shoegaze band
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Bowery Electric was an American post-rock and shoegaze band formed in New York City in 1993 by Lawrence Chandler and Martha Schwendener. They released four albums beginning in 1995, including the critically praised Beat (1996).[3] Their last recording was released in 2000.
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| Origin | New York City, US |
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| Years active | 1993–2000 |
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History
Formed by Lawrence Chandler and Martha Schwendener in late 1993, Bowery Electric played their first show in New York City in January 1994.[4] The band's debut double 7-inch single was recorded by Kramer and released by Hi-Fidelity Recordings in 1994.[4] After listening to it, Kranky contacted the band.[4]
The band's first album, Bowery Electric, was recorded by Michael Deming at Studio .45 in Hartford, Connecticut, and released by Kranky in 1995.[4] The album was included by Andrew Earles in his 2014 book Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981–1996.[5] In 2016, Pitchfork named it the 36th best shoegaze album of all time.[6]
In 1996, the band released their second album, Beat.[1] It includes the single "Fear of Flying".[1] In 2016, Beat was reissued on vinyl as a 20th anniversary edition by Kranky.[7]
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.[8]
In 2000, the band released an album, Lushlife, which was recorded at Electric Sound.[9] The album peaked at number 14 on the CMJ Top 200 chart[10] and number 11 on the Core Radio chart.[11]
They have not performed or released any recordings as Bowery Electric since.[12]
Musical style
Discography
Studio albums
- Bowery Electric (Kranky, 1995)
- Beat (Kranky, Beggars Banquet Records, 1996)
- Lushlife (Beggars Banquet Records, 2000)
Remix albums
- Vertigo (Beggars Banquet Records, 1997)
EPs
- Drop (Hi-Fidelity Recordings, 1994)
Singles
- "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
Advertisements
- "Beat" was used in commercials for Puma and Michelin
Films
- 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
- 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")
