PENDULUM formed in their home-town of Perth (Western Australia) in 2002, when producers Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen teamed up with DJ Paul ‘Elhornet’ Harding. While their individual formative roots ranged from producing drum & bass, breakbeat and hardcore – to playing in metal and punk bands – their comparable talents proved an unstoppable force when they managed to conquer the world of drum & bass in their first 12 months together.
For the last 12 months PENDULUM have retreated to the depths of the underground to work on their second album, and kraft their knob twiddling into live performances. They found that relying only on electronics left something to be desired so they fetched their guitars and combined them with their drum machines and sequencers to produce what some call “an electronic Led Zeppelin,” or “a crunked up Soundgarden.”
Catch the original version of Pendulum’s first single “Propane Nightmare” in the video below.
Here’s also a stellar remix from VIP.
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MP3: Pendulum – Propane Nightmare (VIP mix)
Catch Pendulum on tour this month if you can.
1 Boston, MA Middle East
3 Chicago, IL House of Blues
4 Toronto, ONT Kool Haus
5 Detroit, MI I Rock
7 Milwaukee, WI Turner Hall Ballroom
9 Denver, CO Bluebird Theater
11 Salt Lake City, UT Murray Theatre
13 Los Angeles, CA The Mayan
14 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
18 Mexico City, MEX Motorkr Festival
19 Guadalajara, MEX Motorkr Festival
22 Atlanta, GA The Loft
24 Baltimore, MD Ottobar
25 New York, NY Webster Hall
26 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
LE CASTLE VANIA + COMPUTER CLUB
While we’re on with the DnB I might as well get to these gems. They’ve been on the blogs for a minute already, so you probably already got them from somewhere else but if you haven’t then make sure to copp a feel right now.
LE CASTLE VANIA has been a favourite of mine (does anyone really have favourites anymore) since his remix of “Black Eyes” two years ago. This colab with COMPUTER CLUB however takes, uh, my breath away. Really. I couldn’t wait to get home and play this number – again!. You should do the same, but remember, it’s roots. The track below is originally a Renegade Hardware release from KONFLICT.
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MP3: Le Castle Vania + Computer Club – The Messiah
While we’re in the jungle (bad joke I’m sorry) here’s one courtesy of MISSING TOOF who reports that Dylan (AKA Le Castle Vania) produced drum n bass under the moniker Messiah-1. Neato.
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MP3: Messiah-1 – Relic (Gridlock remix)