Black Dice

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Black Dice
Black Dice at MassArt in 2006
Background information
Origin	Brooklyn, NY, United States
Genre(s)	Experimental rock Noise rock Indie electronic
Years active	1997 – present
Label(s)	DFA, Fat Cat, Paw Tracks
Associated acts	Terrestrial Tones, Animal Collective
Website	Official Site
Members
Bjorn Copeland Eric Copeland Aaron Warren
Former members
Sebastian Blanck Hisham Bharoocha

Black Dice is a noise rock/experimental band based in Brooklyn, New York, USA. They formed in Spring 1997 at the Rhode Island School of Design and are currently signed to Paw Tracks. The release of Broken Ear Record in 2005 and Manoman in 2006 saw the band innovating, incorporating elements of Afrobeat and breakbeat into their releases.

Contents 1 Discography 1.1 EPs and Singles 1.2 LPs 1.3 Splits 2 External links

[edit] Discography

[edit] EPs and Singles

• Lambs Like Fruit (Gravity, 1998)
• Untitled (Black Dice album) (a.k.a. Printed Paper) (Vermin Scum, 1998)
• Semen of the Sun (Tapes, 2000)
• Untitled (Troubleman Unlimited, 2000)
• Cold Hands (Troubleman Unlimited/Catsup Plate, 2001)
• Ball/Peace in the Valley (31G, 2001)
• Lost Valley (Catsup Plate, 2003)
• Cone Toaster (DFA, 2003)
• Miles of Smiles (DFA/FatCat Records, 2004)
• Smiling Off (DFA/EMI, 2005)
• Manoman (DFA, 2006) (some presses mislabeled as "Monoman")
• Roll Up/Drool (Paw-Tracks, 2007)

[edit] LPs

• Beaches & Canyons (DFA, FatCat Records 2002)
• Creature Comforts (DFA/FatCat Records, 2004)
• Broken Ear Record (DFA/EMI, 2005)
• Load Blown (Paw Tracks, 2007)

[edit] Splits

• Wastered (with Animal Collective, Paw Tracks, 2004)
• Split with Wolf Eyes (Fusetron, 2003)
• Split with Erase Errata (Troubleman Unlimited, 2001)

[edit] External links

• The official Black Dice website
• BBC Collective Feature
• Three Imaginary Girls Black Dice Interview
• Dot-alt interview
• Black Dice discography at MusicBrainz[1]
• Deathrockstar's interview w/ Eric Copeland