UK based artists Beckett & Taylor formed the label Hand on the Plow in
2003, sowing the seeds of critical success with their debut release Work.

“Beckett and Taylor transform the statement [Work] from a house cliché into an artistic manifesto.”
- Philip Sherburne, The Wire Magazine

“inventive and insane” – Sheikh Ahmed, Absorb.org

The second release Lies found the duo raking in even more fervent praise.

“it rivals the energy and catchiness of the duo's debut, cut-up has rarely been so palatable.” – Pitchfork Media

”HOTP is and remains one of the best labels in England, we still cannot quite fathom its potential. ” - Bleed, De:Bug

Autumn 2005 saw Beckett & Taylor reaping the harvest with a release on Matthew Herbert’s Soundslike imprint.

“B&T have remained just as criminally funky... even more direct and radical at once.” - Bleed, De:Bug Magazine

Autumn 2006 sees the rebirth of Hand on the Plow with their acclaimed new EP 'Hired New Hands'.

Hired New Hands was Experimental Single of the month in the UK magazine Mixmag in October 2006 with Radio1 airplay on the Mary Anne Hobbs and Rob Da Bank shows.