Le Car (band)
{{Short description|American electronic musical group}}
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|origin = Detroit, Michigan
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|genre = Electro
Electronica
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|years_active = 1995–1998
|label = Ersatz Audio
Monoplaza Records Co.
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|current_members = Adam Lee Miller
Ian Clarck
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Le Car was an American electronic musical group from Detroit, Michigan, comprising Ian Clark and Adam Lee Miller. From 1995 to 1998, Le Car generated club techno and lo-fi electronica. Miller later went on to form ADULT.; Clark formed Perspects.
Recording history
Le Car were featured on the album Electro Juice and five compilation albums released by Austrian electronica label Sabotage alongside fellow recording artists such as Patrick Pulsinger, Def Con, and the Private Lightning Six. Ersatz Audio has also released tracks by Miller and Clark solo projects Artificial Material and Lesseninglesson respectively. Ersatz Audio released the compilation album Auto-Biography in the United States on August 31, 2000.{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/le-car-p207337/biography|title=Le Car|accessdate=2011-01-29 |first=Seth|last=Cooper|year=|work=Allmusic|publisher=Rovi Corporation}} The album garnered favorable reviews from critics. Diana Potts from Allmusic noted of Auto-Biography that the album "embodies precise, simplistic, and creative production, while keeping it comprehensible and simultaneously challenging."{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/auto-biography-r498359/review|title=Auto-Biography - Le car|accessdate=2011-01-29 |year=2000|first=Diana|last=Potts|work=Allmusic|publisher=Rovi Corporation}}
In 2006, Le Car's song "Aluminum Rectangles" was featured on the DJ mix album A Bugged Out Mix by Miss Kittin,{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Miss-Kittin-A-Bugged-Out-Mix-By-Miss-Kittin/release/674304 |title=Miss Kittin - A Bugged Out Mix By Miss Kittin (CD)|accessdate=2011-01-29|author=|year=|work=Discogs|publisher=Zink Media, Inc}} which charted at number one-hundred seventy on the French Albums Chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/album/8332/Miss-Kittin-A-Bugged-Out-Mix-By-Miss-Kittin|title=ultratop.be - Miss Kittin - A Bugged Out Mix By Miss Kittin|language=French|work=Ultratop|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=2011-01-29}}
Discography
;Albums
- Automatic (1997)
- Auto-Biography (2000)
;EPs
- Auto-Fuel (1996)
- Auto-Graph (1997)
- Auto-Motif (1998)
- Remixed (2000)
Source:{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Le+Car|title=Le Car Discography|accessdate=2011-01-29 |author=|year=|work=Discogs|publisher=Zink Media, Inc}}
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Category:Electronic music groups from Michigan
Category:Musical groups established in 1995
Category:1995 establishments in Michigan
Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1998
Category:1998 disestablishments in Michigan
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