music group
Plone
Birmingham electronic group formed in the mid-1990s and associated with Warp Records, known for playful analogue-synth music and the 1999 album For Beginner Piano.
Overview
Plone
Plone developed in Birmingham around Mark Cancellara, Michael Johnston and Mike ‘Billy’ Bainbridge. After early independent releases the group signed to Warp and released For Beginner Piano in 1999, becoming part of the label’s late-1990s expansion beyond its earlier techno identity. The group later returned to recording after a long gap.
Why it matters
Plone connects TMR’s music-related objects to the regional and independent electronic networks around Warp at the end of the 1990s.
Coverage
Sources
The Material Record
1 object
TMR holdings represented across 1998.