Two Lone Swordsmen - The Bunker

The Two Lone Swordsmen, Andrew Weatherall and Keith Tenniswood may be long-acquainted partners in the field of techno innovation, (before Two Lone Swordsmen, they worked together throughout the mid-1990s as part of seedy post-acid house rogues Sabres Of Paradise) but they've never fallen into the po-faced techno-trap of over-intellectualising their music. You didn't need a degree to enjoy previous album Stay Down--a work that joyfully explored the boundless territory of the burble, the parp and the squelch--and happily, while this, their third album offers a change in direction, it's one that delves into the endless possibilities of the buzz, the fizz, and the bleep in typically idiot savant style. "Tiny Reminders" is a driving seventy-three minute journey into the depths of electro-minimalism, peppered throughout with very characteristic bursts of the Swordsmen's deadpan humour -- see the Aphex Twin-esque gastric rumble of "Rotting Hill Carnival" and the valium-addled steel drum workout of "It's Not The Worst I've Looked... Just The Most I've Ever Cared". For those who like their techno genuinely innovative, Tiny Reminders is essential.

[@thecapricorn11]

two lone swordsmen make hot chip look like cold diarhea

[@MoebiusSound]

Apples and bananas

[@antfactor]

Agree with @moebiusSound Very different ethos/artistic trajectory, IMO. Hot Chip are sharp producers/songwriters in their own right. As with most musicians/bands... I may not love 'everything'... but what I DO, I find very inspiring. 🙂

[@MarcelTreto]

Eternal music. Rest in Peace Andrew.

[@antfactor]

This was the first album of theirs I bought/got to know. It blew me away in such great/fun directions - but as I've explored more of material/history, I've been equally, if not more impressed. And yes: RIP, Weatherall.

[@raymondmurphyy]

some of the best electronic music around, always forward thinking, sadly never got the opportunity to see mr. weatherall in the flesh, what i would do to have been able to see him play a set during the early days of belfasts clubbing scene in sugar sweet or the first shine nights, RIP to an absolute hero

[@dominicpeake6637]

Seen him at Shine a few times over the years, once around 2008 he and Keith Tenniswood as TLS live.

[@rhysf.505]

Anybody else notice how there's two completely different songs that go by this name and appear on this album for some reason? I have to say I do sort of prefer the other version of this tune, the more punky one with the screaming synth at the beginning.

[@chileshechisanga6153]

I care for myself through a daily dose of swordsmanship. My respect for the trivial nature of this swordsmen, is ZERO. Come out Lord Sabre! We have met once and you let me in. Now we need to engage.

[@MrBodBlack]

Rest in Peace x

[@jomalone8301]

electric haywire livewire london brethren big ups to ya...love your work

[@keisui89]

im only just getting this recommended 10 years later but it goes hard

[@erikkartmen2280]

That was the Goat

[@samigulbag]

Fena

[@fadysamy6455]

RIP

[@farocker]

Yeah !

[@МаксимЕвсеев-ц3н]

Круто

[@nathanhill327]

Congrats 2 harry Jewell 4 a real win city is dash 2 propper Liverpool are greater but most important of all the war rolls on I only truely love sturt FC via ZanerrR