Bowery Electric

Bowery Electric is an American musical group formed in New York City in 1994 by Lawrence Chandler and Martha Schwendener. Bowery Electric's music defies easy classification. Part of the initial wave of American shoegazers and seminal members of the post-rock movement, the duo has earned critical acclaim for experimentation across genres and mixing elements of ambient, drone, electronic and experimental music with '70's soul soundtracks, disco, du... more

Bowery Electric is an American musical group formed in New York City in 1994 by Lawrence Chandler and Martha Schwendener. Bowery Electric's music defies easy classification. Part of the initial wave of American shoegazers and seminal members of the post-rock movement, the duo has earned critical acclaim for experimentation across genres and mixing elements of ambient, drone, electronic and experimental music with '70's soul soundtracks, disco, dub and hip hop. They were one of the first American bands to perform with a laptop, mixer and sampler on stage alongside bass, drums, and guitars. Chandler, who studied at The Juilliard School and with La Monte Young, is a composer of experimental music. Appearances as a performer have been rare but he has played with Experimental Audio Research (E.A.R.), "a loose affiliation of non-resident sound makers including from time to time Sonic Boom and Kevin Shields (My Bloody Valentine)." He has produced remixes as Metrotech for bands including... less