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Labradford is a
post-rock musical group from Richmond, Virginia, founded in 1992. They have released six full albums from 1993 to 2001. Though not officially disbanded, its members have since been active with separate projects.
Labradford consists of bassist Robert Donne, guitarist/vocalist Mark Nelson, and Carter Brown on keyboards. Their music style is
experimental ambient /
post-rock, although their earlier releases such as Prazision and A Stable Reference were much more related to dark
drone rock.
In 1993 they released their debut album on Kranky which has remained their home since. The group's music mostly drifts on the guitar effects and the keyboard passages, with the vocals, when present, in the background.
In 1999 they started a tour with
Godspeed You! Black Emperor and their Festival of Drifting series, which featured appearances from
Pole,
Matmos,
Papa M and
Sigur Rós.
Though the group has not officially disbanded, they have not released another album since 2001's critically acclaimed Fixed::Context, and the band members have apparently moved away from their former base of Richmond, Virginia. Robert Donne has joined the
slowcore group
Spokane. Mark Nelson continues to release records on Kranky under the name
Pan•American.
http://www.brainwashed.com/labradford
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