Plaid + Zoe Martlew Zoe Martlew studied at the Royal College of Music,Clare College,Cambridge,the Royal Academy of Music and the Chopin Academy in Warsaw.She has appeared with improvisation groups at home and abroad,many rock,pop and jazz artists,and is much in demand for educational activities. This year for Faster Than Sound she will be collaborating with Plaid. Plaid is a British electronic music duo comprised of Andy Turner and Ed Handley, taking their name from the different interweaving threads of plaid cloth. They are former members of The Black Dog and used many other names, such as Atypic (Andrew Turner) and Balil (Ed Handley), before settling on Plaid. They have collaborated with female singers Mara Carlyle, Nicolette and Bjork, and have released records on the labels Clear, Peacefrog, Black Dog Productions, and Warp Records.

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