Main (band)

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Main
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Hampson performing in 2010
Background information
OriginBritain
Genres Drone, dark ambient, post-rock, electroacoustic music
Years active1991 – present
Labels Situation Two, Beggars Banquet Records, Sub Rosa, K-Raa-K, Staalplaat
Associated acts Loop, Robert Hampson, The Hair and Skin Trading Company
Members Robert Hampson
Stephan Mathieu
Past membersScott Dowson

Main were a British band formed in 1991 by guitarists Robert Hampson and Scott Dowson, both formerly of the English rock band Loop. [1] Drawing on that group's experimentation with drones and guitar texture, the duo moved further into ambient sound, eventually abandoning traditional percussion and rhythm altogether. [2] They released a number of albums and EPs to critical praise in the 1990s. Dawson left the group in 1996.

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In 2006, Hampson announced that Main had effectively been disbanded in favour of his solo work. In October 2010, he announced that he would be reactivating Main as a more collaborative process with other sound artists. [2] In 2011, the German composer Stephan Mathieu joined Hampson for a current incarnation of the project.

Discography

Singles, EPs

Albums

See also

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References

  1. Colin Larkin, ed. (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music (First ed.). Virgin Books. p. 209. ISBN   0-7535-0252-6.
  2. 1 2 Ankeny, Jason. "Main – Biography". AllMusic . Retrieved 15 March 2017.