Broadcast (band)

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Broadcast

Background information
Origin	Birmingham, England
Genre(s)	Electronica, Indietronica
Years active	1995 – Present
Label(s)	Duophonic Records Tommy Boy Records Warp Records
Website	http://www.broadcast.uk.net/
Members
Trish Keenan James Cargill
Former members
Steve Perkins Tim Felton Roj Stevens

Broadcast are an electronica music band, based in Birmingham, England.

Original members were Trish Keenan (vocals), Roj Stevens (keyboards), Tim Felton (guitar) and James Cargill (bass). Various drummers have played with the band, including Keith York, Phil Jenkins, Jeremy Barnes, Steve Perkins and Neil Bullock. As of 2005, the group consists of Keenan and Cargill, with Felton having departed to form a new project Seeland, with Billy Johnson, formerly of another Birmingham Warp act Plone.

The band's style is a mixture of electronic sounds and Keenan's 1960s-influenced vocals. They are heavily influenced by the 1960's American psychedelic group The United States of America, using many of the same electronic effects. It is often strongly reminiscent of Stereolab. However, despite the similar musical pedigree, Broadcast's music often has a darker edge - with amorphous samples and analogue dissonance giving it a retro-futuristic sci-fi edge some would associate with Hauntology.

The band's first releases were singles released on Wurlitzer Jukebox Records ( "Accidentals" ) and Duophonic Records ("The Book Lovers") in the mid-1990s. "The Book Lovers" was also featured on the soundtrack of the film "Austin Powers." They attracted the attention of Warp Records, who compiled the singles in 1997 on Work and Non Work. All subsequent releases have been on Warp Records, or in the USA on Tommy Boy Records.

Since then, the band have released three albums as well as several EPs.