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Plone | |
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 Mike 'Billy' Bainbridge and Mike Johnston | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Birmingham, England |
| Genres | Indietronica,IDM,space age pop,indie pop,dance-pop |
| Years active | 1994–2001; 2019-present |
| Labels | Warp Matador Ghost Box |
| Members | Mike 'Billy' Bainbridge Michael Johnston |
| Past members | Mark Cancellara |
Plone are anelectronic music band fromBirmingham, England.
Plone formed in late 1994 when Mark Cancellara and Mike Johnston started to buy old analogue keyboards and guitar effects units, and began to rehearse and make soundscapes under the name Rehab. Johnston was living with Billy Bainbridge (who was in another band at the time, Supernal, also containing members ofelectro band sol dat) who bought himself a keyboard and joined the band, changing their name to Plone.
The band started gigging as support to local bands such asPram andBroadcast. In 1997, the band was approached by Wurlitzer Jukebox who released thesingle, "Press a Key". On the strength of this the band was signed toWarp and, in September 1998, released the single "Plock". This was tipped as one of the singles of the year byNME,Melody Maker andDazed & Confused.
Rob Mitchell (who had originally signed the band to Warp) was diagnosed withcancer in 2001 and died in September that year, which caused their second album to never officially be released. Although never released, it has appeared on torrent and other file-sharing sites on the internet.
Bainbridge went on to play keyboards with Broadcast (on the 'Ha Ha Sound' tour), and is now a member of Seeland with Tim Felton (now also ex-Broadcast), and released a single "Wander" / "Pherox" onDuophonic in 2005. Johnston went on to form Mike in Mono, and is also 'Clive 2' in ZX Spectrum Orchestra and a member of theModified Toy Orchestra.
Mark Cancellara is currently a magician's assistant and DJ.
Starting in the summer of 2009, Plone's song "Plaything" appeared on aReese's Peanut Butter Cups commercial.
In October 2019, it was announced that Bainbridge and Johnston had reconvened as Plone and that a new album would be released on theGhost Box label in 2020.[1] On 25 February 2020 the new album was announced, named Puzzlewood and set to be released on 17 April. It is compiled from material recorded at various points since the “lost second album”, right up to the present day.
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