Pendulum

• Rob Swire (vocals/synth/producer)
• Gareth McGrillen (bass guitar/DJ)
• Perry ap Gwynedd (guitar)
• Paul 'El Hornet' Harding (DJ)
• Kodish (drums)
• Verse (MC)

From the band:

"We want our music to be an escape. While technology continues to constantly advance production techniques and (arguably) sound quality, something has been lost in the process - that original sense of self-escape, the idea of leaving yourself open to experience something you don't necessarily find in every-day life. That was the energy we picked up on and liked about electronic music when we first got into it. It felt like the same energy found with bands like Led Zeppelin and even The Beatles, and still occasionally today with bands like Tool, The Mars Volta, Queens Of The Stone Age and others.

To us, it made perfect sense to combine the best of both worlds, but it had to be done in a way that didn't make it sound obvious. In the last 10 years you've had all these bands that tried to cross the bridge by recruiting a turntablist / using a synthesizer on their new single, or electronic artists who just threw an obvious guitar sample into a tune...but eventually it just came across as a gimmick or a bit cheesy. We thought we'd try and do it properly, because to us it still hasn't been done right and theres a lot of room for exploration.

If you turn on the radio today you'll hear 20 tracks in a row describing someone's every-day life, or songs with a one-line catchphrase chorus about shaking your ass in the club - the production is usually great but when you look deeper, there's nothing behind it...it doesn't offer you anything past its face value. We want to hear something different and exciting, but the material we want to hear isn't getting made. Thats why we spend nearly every waking moment trying to create music that takes you out of this universe - for ourselves and anyone else who wants to listen."

• Prelude
• Slam
• Plasticworld
• Fasten Your Seatbelt
• Through The Loop
• Sounds Of Life
• Girl In The Fire
• Tarantula
• Out Here
• Hold Your Colour
• The Terminal
• Streamline
• Another Planet
• Still Grey

• Showdown
• Different
• Propane Nightmares
• Visions
• Midnight Runner
• The Otherside
• Mutiny
• 9,000 Miles
• Granite
• The Tempest

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Pendulum in BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge