Two Lone Swordsmen
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The Two Lone Swordsmen are British
house
DJ and producer
Andrew Weatherall
and studio engineer Keith Tenniswood
. Formed in early 1996, following the dissolution of Weatherall's influential Sabres of Paradise techno
act, the Swordsmen have explored a variety of styles, from electro
and 4/4 techno
to post punk and downtempo
breakbeat
. Originally they released material on the label Emissions Audio Output, run by Weatherall. However, the small nature of the operation limited the duo's success and they subsequently signed to Warp Records
, making them labelmates with acts such as Autechre
and Boards of Canada
, as well as setting up the Rotters Golf Club
label for their more dancefloor-friendly output under various other guises.
In 2004 they released From the Double Gone Chapel, exhibiting more of a late 1970s dub
and post punk sound than their previous work, influenced heavily by groups like PiL. It was released with the single Sex Beat, a cover of the popular Gun Club song. Their latest album, Wrong Meeting, was released in April 2007, with Wrong Meeting II following a month after. Set solidly in the dub rock vein they explored on From the Double Gone Chapel, the duo venture into sleezy country
and LCD Soundsystem
-style punk funk
disco
.
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...
house
House music
House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...
DJ and producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
Andrew Weatherall
Andrew Weatherall
Andrew Weatherall is a DJ, producer, and remixer.Andrew, Terry Farley, Cymon Eckel and Steve Mayes started Boy's Own initially as a fanzine commenting on fashion, records, football, and other issues...
and studio engineer Keith Tenniswood
Keith Tenniswood
Keith Tenniswood is a British DJ, producer, and remixer.Tenniswood is better known as one half of the electronic act Two Lone Swordsmen alongside Andrew Weatherall....
. Formed in early 1996, following the dissolution of Weatherall's influential Sabres of Paradise techno
Techno
Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988...
act, the Swordsmen have explored a variety of styles, from electro
Electro (music)
Electro is a genre of electronic dance music directly influenced by the use of TR-808 drum machines, Moog keytar synthesizers and funk sampling...
and 4/4 techno
Techno
Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988...
to post punk and downtempo
Downtempo
Downtempo is a laid-back electronic music style similar to ambient music, but usually with a beat or groove unlike the beatless forms of Ambient music. The beat is sometimes made from loops that have a hypnotic feeling...
breakbeat
Breakbeat
In 1992, a new style called "jungalistic hardcore" emerged, and for many ravers it was too funky to dance to. Josh Lawford of Ravescene prophesied that the breakbeat was "the death-knell of rave" because the ever changing drumbeat patterns of breakbeat music didn't allow for the same zoned out,...
. Originally they released material on the label Emissions Audio Output, run by Weatherall. However, the small nature of the operation limited the duo's success and they subsequently signed to Warp Records
Warp Records
Warp, commonly referred to as Warp Records, is a pioneering independent British record label, founded in Sheffield in 1989, notable for discovering some of the more enduring artists in electronic music....
, making them labelmates with acts such as Autechre
Autechre
Autechre are an English electronic music duo consisting of Rob Brown and Sean Booth, both natives of Rochdale, Greater Manchester. Formed in 1987, they are one of the most prominent acts signed to Warp Records, a label known for its pioneering electronic music and through which all Autechre albums...
and Boards of Canada
Boards of Canada
Boards of Canada are a Scottish electronic music duo consisting of brothers Mike Sandison and Marcus Eoin...
, as well as setting up the Rotters Golf Club
Rotters Golf Club
Rotters Golf Club is an electro record label set up by DJ Andrew Weatherall in 2001. The label was mainly 12" single-orientated, with most releases actually by Two Lone Swordsmen under various guises, with Remote, Craig Walsh and Decal being the only other contributors.RGC resumed in late 2006...
label for their more dancefloor-friendly output under various other guises.
In 2004 they released From the Double Gone Chapel, exhibiting more of a late 1970s dub
Dub music
Dub is a genre of music which grew out of reggae music in the 1960s, and is commonly considered a subgenre, though it has developed to extend beyond the scope of reggae...
and post punk sound than their previous work, influenced heavily by groups like PiL. It was released with the single Sex Beat, a cover of the popular Gun Club song. Their latest album, Wrong Meeting, was released in April 2007, with Wrong Meeting II following a month after. Set solidly in the dub rock vein they explored on From the Double Gone Chapel, the duo venture into sleezy country
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
and LCD Soundsystem
LCD Soundsystem
LCD Soundsystem was a prominent American dance-punk band from New York City. It was fronted by American singer-songwriter and producer James Murphy, co-founder of record label DFA Records...
-style punk funk
Dance-punk
Dance-punk is a music genre that emerged in the late 1970s, and is closely associated with the post-punk and No Wave movements.-Predecessors:...
disco
Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...
.
Singles
- The Tenth Mission (Emissions Audio Output 1996)
- Two Lone Swordsmen And A Being (Special Emissions 1996)
- Stuka (Creation Records 1997) - as Primal ScreamPrimal ScreamPrimal Scream are a Scottish alternative rock band originally formed in 1982 in Glasgow by Bobby Gillespie and Jim Beattie and now based in London. The current lineup consists of Gillespie, Andrew Innes , Martin Duffy , and Darrin Mooney...
Meet The Two Lone Swordsmen - Nostik/Tall Lights (7" only) (C-Pij 1999)
- Two Lone Swordsmen Receive Tactical Support (Warp 1999)
- Further Reminders (7" only) (Warp 2001)
- Sex Beat (Warp 2004)
- Big Silver Shining Motor Of Sin E.P. (Warp 2004)
Albums
- The Fifth Mission (Return to Flightpath Estate) (Emissions Audio Output 1996)
- Swimming Not Skimming (Emissions Audio Output 1996)
- Stockwell Steppas (Emissions Audio Output 1997)
- A Bag Of Blue Sparks (Warp 1998)
- Stay Down (Warp 1998)
- A Virus With Shoes (Warp 1999)
- Tiny Reminders (Warp 2000)
- Further Reminders (Warp 2001)
- Locked Swords (Warp Records 2001)
- From the Double Gone Chapel (Warp 2004)
- Emissions Audio Output - From The Archive Vol/01 (Rotters Golf Club 2006)
- Wrong Meeting (Rotters Golf Club 2007)
- Wrong Meeting II (Rotters Golf Club 2007)
Compilations
- Peppered With Spastic Magic - A Collection Of Two Lone Swordsmen Remixes (Rotters Golf Club 2003)