Bowery Electric was an American band formed in New York in 1993 by Lawrence Chandler and Martha Schwendener.

[3] Formed by Lawrence Chandler and Martha Schwendener in late 1993, Bowery Electric played their first show in New York City in January 1994.

[4] The band's first album, Bowery Electric, was recorded by Michael Deming at Studio .45 in Hartford, Connecticut and released by Kranky in 1995.

[12] The band blended elements of shoegaze with trip hop rhythms, utilizing samplers, laptop production, and dub bass.

[1] In the November 1995 issue of The Wire, Simon Reynolds credited Bowery Electric and other kindred groups as developing "a distinctively American post-rock".