Labradford
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 and
Papa M as well.
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
slow-core group
Spokane. Mark Nelson continues to release records on
Kranky under the name
Pan•American.
In my opinion, the greatest forgotten band the last decade.