Favorite Bands You Might Not Know #4 - Bowery Electric

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We are at #4 in my Favorite Bands You Might Not Know series, and that slot belongs to Bowery Electric. Comprised of composer and musician Lawrence Chandler and the sweet, whispery vocals of Martha Schwendener, Bowery Electric formed in the East Village of New York City in 1993, when they were both working at Andy Warhol's Interview Magazine. Over seven years, they released three albums and an EP, over the course of which they morphed from a droning, distorted shoegazer band into a chilled out trip hop act, and once even appeared on the BBC Radio 1 John Peel Show (and if John Peel liked you, you had something good going. That man was an astute judge of musical talent.) Chandler can build a song with the best of them, running each note through a laptop, sampling and manipulating his own stuff, and the duo is often credited as being one of the first bands to utilize that technology onstage alongside live instruments. That the attached electronic chill out tune is nearly eight minutes long without getting boring is a testament to Chandler's skill. Don't let the length deter you from enjoying it! (Info verified by Wikipedia)