Flowchart (band)
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| Also known as | Flowtron |
| Origin | Philadelphia |
| Years active | 1994–2003 |
| Labels | Fuzzy Box, Darla, Carrot Top, Endorphin, Burnt Hair |
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Flowchart was an American band from Philadelphia. The group originally consisted of Sean O'Neal, Craig Bottel and Brodie Budd in 1994. Their first album Multi-Personality Tabletop Vacation was released in 1995 on Carrot Top Records, garnering negative reviews from critics who found their music to be too similar to the group Stereolab. The group followed the album with several EPs that moved away from the Stereolab styled sound.
In 1997, O'Neil met Erin Anderson at a DJ gig. This meeting led to the duo collaborating on music and eventually having Anderson join Flowchart while Bottel and Budd left the group. Their second album Cumulus Mood Twang received positive reviews from Allmusic, Pitchfork Media and CMJ as well as having the group placed on URB's "The "Next 100" list. The following releases from Flowchart included Commercial in 1999 and Broken and Blue in 2003 where the group began to have more of an experimental techno and house music sound. They later released their third album Wishworm Tracks.
Both O'Neal and Anderson began recording their own music in the 2000s, with O'Neil recording under the name "Someone Else" and Anderson releasing albums as "Fidget" as well as working at a hair salon that doubled as an art gallery.
Flowchart earliest release was on Sean O'Neal's label Fuzzybox Records, where the group released their first 7-inch titled "Our Little Audio 7-Inch" in 1994. Flowchart released an EP in 1995 titled Hallow Sky on Burnt Hair Records. Flowchart first studio album Multi-Personality Tabletop Vacation was also released in 1995 on Carrot Top Records. The album was criticized for being to similar to the group Stereolab by online music database Allmusic and the Philadelphia City PaperAllmusic's review stated that "some of the songs on Multi-Personality Tabletop Vacation seem liks [sic] perfect replicas of Space Age Bachelor Pad or Mars Audiac Quintet-era Lab. And don't think it's accidental; one of the songs on the album is actually called "New Radiolab Rip-Off." The group's found the comparison odd, stating that they had not heard a lot of Stereolab music at that point.
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