Beat is the second studio album by American band Bowery Electric. It was released on November 12, 1996 by Kranky
It was recorded and co-produced by Bowery Electric and Rich Costey at Studio .45 in Hartford, Connecticut in June 1996. Drummer Wayne Magruder contributed to four of the ten tracks.
Lawrence Chandler of Bowery Electric told Alternative Press \"Beat is the beginning of us learning our way around a proper sampler and software which allows us to work with samples on the computer. We can sample ourselves, manipulate sounds, create our own beats and basically work with fewer restrictions.\"
