Main were a British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 ambient

Ambient music

Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...

 band formed in 1991 by guitarists Robert Hampson

Robert Hampson

Robert Hampson is an English musician and composer, known primarily as a guitarist in the band Loop, which he co-founded in London in 1985 with his then girlfriend Becky Stewart . Loop recorded three albums, the last of which made the U.K...

 and Scott Dowson, the former members of Loop

Loop (band)

Loop was a South London band founded in 1986 by Robert Hampson and his wife, Bex, and active until 1991.-Career:The band was formed in 1986 by Robert Hampson , with wife Bex on drums. Bex was soon replaced by John Wills and Glen Ray, with James Endeacott on guitar...

. They combined ambient sound with layers of electric guitars and dark, foreboding emotional overtones. In 2006 Hampson announced that Main had been effectively disbanded in favour of his solo work. In October 2010, Hampson announced that he would be reactivating Main again, which along with his solo acousmatic work, he will start performing and recording as a more collaborative process with fellow sound artists

Singles, EPs

• Hydra (12" Single 1991)
• Calm (12" EP 1992)
• Dry Stone Feed (12" mini LP/CD 1992)
• Firmament (CD 1993)
• Core (7" Single 1994) Limited edition 300 copies, then released on "Ligature" cd
• Ligature - Remixes (12" EP 1994)
• Firmament II (CD 1994)
• Coderays (7" Single 1995) Limited edition 100 copies
• Hertz 1 - Corona (12"/mini cd 1995)
• Hertz 2 - Terminus (12"/mini cd 1995)
• Hertz 3 - Maser (12"/mini cd 1995)
• Hertz 4 - Haloform (12"/mini cd 1995)
• Hertz 5 - Kaon (12"/mini cd 1995)
• Hertz 6 - Neper (12"/mini cd 1995)
• Firmament III (EP/CD 1996)
• Deliquescence (CD 1997) Live
• Firmament IV (EP/CD 1998)
• Transiency (mini CD - 2003)

Albums

• Motion Pool (3LP/CD 1994)
• Hydra-Calm (LP/CD 1995) Re-issue of "Hydra" and "Calm", plus one inedit
• Ligature - Remixes (CD 1995) Re-issue, contains 3 extra tracks (the "Core" 7" single)
• Hz (3LP/2CD 1996) Re-issue of the whole "Hertz Project"
• Firmament III & IV (3 cd 1999) Re-issue of the Firmament Ep III and IV plus Deliquecence
• Tau (CD - 2002)
• Exosphere Exosphere (CD - 2003)
• Surcease (2006)

External links

• Robert Hampson discography