DESCRIPTION:
BROADCAST
- Origin Birmingham, England
- Genres Indie electronic, neo-psychedelia, dream pop
- Years active 1995--2010
- Labels Warp Records
- Wurlitzer Jukebox Records
- Duophonic Records
- Tommy Boy Records

Members:
- Trish Keenan (deceased)
- Steve Perkins
- Tim Felton
- Roj Stevens

Today Members:
- James Cargill

Broadcast is an indie electronic band, founded in Birmingham, England. Original members were Trish Keenan (vocals), Roj Stevens (keyboards), Tim Felton (guitar) and James Cargill (bass). Various drummers played with the band, including Keith York, Phil Jenkins, Jeremy Barnes, Steve Perkins, and Neil Bullock. As of 2005, the group consisted of Keenan and Cargill, with Felton having departed to form a new project, Seeland, with Billy Bainbridge, formerly of another Birmingham Warp act Plone. After the 2011 death of Trish Keenan, Cargill remains the only member.

The band's first releases were singles released on Wurlitzer Jukebox Records ( "Accidentals") and Duophonic Records ("The Book Lovers") in the mid-1990s. "The Book Lovers" was also featured on the soundtrack of the film Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery.
They attracted the attention of Warp Records, who compiled the singles in 1997 on Work and Non Work.
The band has released three albums, several EPs, two singles and EP collections. In October 2009, Broadcast released a collaborative mini-album with The Focus Group (aka graphic designer and Ghost Box label co-owner Julian House) called Broadcast and The Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age. In late 2009 their song "I Found the F" was covered by Gravenhurst on the Warp20 (Recreated) compilation.
The band was chosen by Matt Groening to perform at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival he curated in May 2010 in Minehead, Somerset, England.
The band's style is a mixture of electronic sounds and Keenan's 1960s-influenced vocals. It is heavily influenced by the 1960s influenced American psychedelic group The United States of America, using many of the same electronic effects. It was also reminiscent of Stereolab.
However, despite the similar musical pedigree, Broadcast's music is often darker and edgier in sound -- with amorphous samples and analogue dissonance giving it a retro-futuristic sci-fi edge.
Lead singer Trish Keenan died of pneumonia on 14 January 2011 at the age of 42.

Sole remaining member James Cargill revealed in an interview with Under the Radar that a new Broadcast album is in the works, featuring vocals recorded by Trish Keenan before her death.

LINKS:
- Concert photos by Laurent Orseau (Black Session)
http://lorseau.hinah.com/gallery.php?c=pzic&s=session&g=broadcast

- Promotional page for collaborative release 'Broadcast on Warp Records website
http://warp.net/records/broadcast/new-mini-album-broadcast-and-the-focus-group-investigate-witch-cults-of-the-radio-age-out-now-to-download

ALBUM:
- The Noise Made By People
Released: March 20, 2000
Label: Warp
Formats: CD, LP
- Haha Sound
Released: August 11, 2003
Label: Warp
Formats: CD, LP
- Tender Buttons
Released: September 19, 2005
Label: Warp
Formats: CD, LP
- Broadcast and The Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age
Release date: October 26, 2009
Label: Warp
Formats: CD, LP, download