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Pendulum formed in their home-town of Perth (Western Australia) in 2002, when producers Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen teamed up with acclaimed local 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 single-handedly conquer the world of drum & bass in their first 12 months together.

After selling more than 225,000 units of their debut artist album "Hold Your Colour", remixing for such respected artists as The Prodigy, being play-listed and featuring regularly on BBC Radio 1, all whilst continuing to tour the world over as DJs...Pendulum decided that was finally time to take things to the next level - performing live.

The last 12 months have seen Pendulum retreat to the depths of the underground to work on their second album, and to hone and perfect their sound for the live arena.

So apart from that, what the hell are Pendulum all about? In the words of the boys themselves...

"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."(from pendulum.com)

Band Members

Rob Swire (vocals/synth/producer)

Gareth McGrillen (bass guitar/DJ)

Perry ap Gwynedd (guitar)

Paul 'El Hornet' Harding (DJ)

Kodish (drums)

Verse (MC)


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Pendulum Live Collection 2003 -> 2008
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Genre................: Drum & Bass

Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III
Quality..............: vARIOUS, (avg. bitrate: 158kbps)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 hz
Playing Time.........: 07:20:30
Total Size...........: 503.42 MB

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Set Listing
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1. (01:18:55) Andy C & Pendulum - Live at Accelerated Culture 23 1st May 2005 @ The Empire, Milton Keynes



2. (01:14:41) Pendulum Live @ Bassrush 25 01 2006 Part 1



3. (01:02:42) Pendulum & Mc's Skibadee and Fun - Live @ Hysteria 2005


4. (01:05:56) Pendulum - Live At Innovation Carnival 2004



5. (01:59:20) Fabio & Pendulum - One In The Jungle-05-04-2008
Pendulum join Fabio in the studio to discuss their work and play some of thier favourite old skool and new tracks with an exclusive cut from their new album.

Broadcast Radio 1,
Tracklist
1. Hazard  Killers - Playaz
2. Makoto  Distance - Human Elements
3. Konflict  Messiah - Vampire
4. Mistabishi  No Matter What - Hospital
5. Bad Company - Spacehopper
6. Pendulum  Midnight Runner - Warner
7. Dylan  Polluted Soul - Outbreak
8. Hazzard  Machette - Playaz
9. Cause 4 Concern  Vapor Space - Metro
10. Pedulum  9000 Miles - Warners
Podcast Preview
11. Mute and Mako  Connexion
DnB on the BBC  Mistajam pick
12. Visionary feat Camp Souljah  Change (VIP)
13. Calibre  Back Again - Signature
14. Lomax  Fragile State




6. (00:38:56) Pendulum @ Off The Couch - Rewind Radio (20.07.2003)
 
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