Brad Laner

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Brad Laner
Birth nameBrad Laner
Born (1966-11-06) November 6, 1966 (age 57) [1]
Los Angeles, California, U.S. [1]
Occupation(s)Musician, songwriter, record producer
Years active1981–present
LabelsOnion/American Recordings/Warner Bros. Records, Creation, Supreme/Island/PolyGram Records, Zoo/Volcano, Planet Mu, Beggars Banquet, Hometapes
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Brad Laner (born November 6, 1966, in Los Angeles, California [1] ) is an American musician and record producer best known for his work with the shoegaze band Medicine, which he founded and led.

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Prior to Medicine, he was involved in the post-punk outfit Savage Republic, which, according to Pitchfork Media, foreshadowed many ideas later explored in the post-rock genre. [2]

Career

Laner founded his first band, Debt of Nature, at the age of 15 in 1981. He founded Steaming Coils, an experimental avant-rock band (1984–1989).

Laner joined Savage Republic as a percussionist and a keyboard player, and took part in recording two of its albums.

In 1990 he founded shoegaze-noise pop band called Medicine, promoting a do-it-yourself sound. In 1992 Medicine released its debut album, Shot Forth Self Living . In 1994 the band contributed one track to the soundtrack of the movie The Crow and appeared in the movie itself. The band broke up in 1995, briefly reuniting in 2003 as a duo (with Laner and Shannon Lee). [1]

In 1995 he started his solo project Electric Company, which was devoted to IDM, glitch, and avant-garde electronics with some elements of ambient and drone. [3] As Electric Company, he released ten full-length albums in nine years (before ceasing activity in 2004). The same year, he also founded psychedelic supergroup Lusk with the members of Tool and Failure, [1] with whom he released one album, Free Mars . It received a Grammy Award nomination.

In 1996, he collaborated with Dallas-based musical collective Vas Deferens Organization on the album Transcontinental Conspiracy . Laner co-wrote and co-produced the album; several Mercury Rev members were also involved in the recording and producing process. They collaborated again in 1999, this time under his Electric Company moniker, on the album More Pelvis Wick for the Baloney Boners.

In 2007, Laner released his first album under his own name, Neighbor Singing, with the input of Thom Monahan. He then followed it up in 2010 with his second solo release, Natural Selections. [2]

Discography

with Debt of Nature

cassette releases

compilation appearances

with Earth Dies Burning

with Stahlbau

cassette releases

with Pilgrim State

with Severed Head in a Bag

cassette releases

with Steaming Coils

compilation appearances

note: the song "Blathering Hemispheres" from the "Never Creak" LP appears on both of the above LAFMS comps credited solely to Rick Potts

with To Nije Sala

with Savage Republic

other 1980s releases as Brad Laner

cassette releases

compilation appearances

with Medicine

Singles and EPs

Compilation appearances

as Electric Company

EPs

Remixes and compilation appearances

as Amnesia

as Personal Electronics

Compilation appearance

with Vas Deferens Organization

with Kraig Grady

with Lusk

with Medicine (2002-04 BL duo with Shannon Lee version)

EPs

Remixes and compilation appearances

with North Valley Subconscious Orchestra

with the Internal Tulips

compilation appearance

post 2000 solo releases as Brad Laner

Singles and EPs

Remixes & Compilation appearances

Brad Laner guest appearances on other artists' releases

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Hometapes "Hometapes: Brad Laner". Archived 2012-11-05 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 08 September 2012.
  2. 1 2 Pitchfork Media, Joe Tangari (2010, 16 August). "Brad Laner: Natural Selections album review". Retrieved 09 September 2012.
  3. Payne, John (November 25, 1998). "Personal Electronics". LA Weekly . Retrieved June 16, 2013.