Bandulu are a British electronic and reggae music group consisting of Jamie Bissmire, John O'Connell and Lucien Thompson.[1] The music often relies heavily on techno and dub elements. Releasing their first two albums on Creation Records sublabel Infonet, the group has also released albums on Blanco y Negro, Foundation Sound Works and Music Man Records. The group recorded three sessions for John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show.[2]
Bandulu | |
|---|---|
| Origin | London, England |
| Genres | Electronic, techno, reggae, dub |
| Labels | Infonet Records, Blanco y Negro, Foundation Sound Works, Music Man Records |
| Members | Jamie Bissmire John O'Connell Lucien Thompson |
The trio have also recorded under the names Thunderground, New Adult, Sons of the Subway, and Space DJz.[1]
In his book Energy Flash, Simon Reynolds credited Bandulu as part of the "Texturology" subgenre, stating that "the best tracks on Bandulu's Guidance sounded like jazz-techno, as if Zawinul had somehow ended up band-leader of Tangerine Dream instead of Weather Report".[3]
Album discography
edit| Album | Format | Label | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guidance | 2×LP, CD | Infonet | 1993 |
| Antimatters | 2×LP, CD | Infonet | 1994 |
| Black Mass | 2×12" | Foundation Sound Works | 1996 |
| Cornerstone | 2×LP, CD | Blanco y Negro | 1996 |
| Repercussions | 2×12" | Foundation Sound Works | 1996 |
| Bisness | 2×12" | Foundation Sound Works | 1997 |
| New Foundation | CD | Foundation Sound Works | 1997 |
| Redemption | 2×LP, CD | Music Man | 2002 |
The CD and vinyl versions of Redemption contained mostly different tracks.
References
edit- ^ a b Cooper, Sean "Bandulu Biography", AllMusic, Macrovision Corporation
- ^ Bandulu at the BBC's Keeping It Peel site
- ^ Reynolds, Simon (1998) Energy Flash, Picador, ISBN 0-330-35056-0, p. 181.