Plaid are two third of Black Dog, famous for the Bytes album a good few years ago. They since then carried on under the Plaid moniker, and released two albums for Warp, and collaborated with artists like Nicolette on Let No-one Live Rent Free in My Head, and Bjork. And these two ladies have graced them with collaborations on Not For Threes, Nicolette on Extork, and Bjork on Lilith.
These albums, although in the same vein, are quite different. Not For Threes is the more accessible of the two, and the funkier too. Although the music is very electronic, the violin or accordion you can hear on few tracks don't seem out of place. And the if the voices seem out of place on the first listen, it soon becomes evident that all that form a very "homogenic" production.
Rest Proof Clockwork still hold the trademark of Not For Threes, but the tracks are a lot darker, more intricate. This album requires your attention a lot more. The voices are gone, and it takes longer to see the light coming out these tracks.
Plaid have definitely a very recognisable sound and a personality and these two albums are of a very high quality indeed.

Not For Threes 5/5 / Rest Proof Clockwork 4/5

Not For Threes
Abla Eedio
Kortisin
Headspin
Myopia
Lat
Extork
Prague Radio
Fer
Ladyburst
Rakimou
Ol
Seph
Lilith
Forever
Getting
Milk

Rest Proof Clockwork
Shackbu
Ralome
Little People
3 Recurring
Buddy
Dead Sea
Gel Lab
Tearisci
Dang Spot
Pino Pomo
Last Remembered Thing
Lambs Eyes
New Bass Hippo
Churn Maiden
Air Locked