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"Blood Sugar" is a song by Australian drum and bass band Pendulum (drum and bass band), Pendulum, released as a single on 18 June 2007 in the United Kingdom. It was the band's final single with the Breakbeat Kaos label, and was released on 12-inch vinyl. Both tracks were later added to the 2007 reissue of the group's debut album, ''Hold Your Colour'', due to their popularity. "Axle Grinder" contains samples from the United States TV show, ''The Twilight Zone'' and when run through a spectrogram; the song contains an image of Porky Pig giving the middle finger at the very end. Chart performance "Blood Sugar" / "Axle Grinder" entered the UK Singles Chart on week 25, 2007. It peaked at number 62 before dropping out a week later. Remixes and other versions On 13 April 2018, the second teaser from the group's compilation album, ''The Reworks'', was revealed to be a Knife Party remix of "Blood Sugar." But upon its release, the remix immediately received criticism from ...
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Pendulum (drum And Bass Band)
Pendulum is an Australian electronic rock band founded in 2002. Pendulum originally formed in the city of Perth, Western Australia, by Rob Swire, Gareth McGrillen and Paul "El Hornet" Harding. The band was later expanded to include members Ben Mount, Peredur ap Gwynedd and KJ Sawka. The group is notable for its distinctive sound, mixing electronic music with hard rock and covering a wide range of genres. Their debut studio album, ''Hold Your Colour'', was released in 2005 to positive critical reception. While ''Hold Your Colour'' was mostly of the drum and bass genre, the succeeding albums ''In Silico (Pendulum album), In Silico'' and ''Immersion (album), Immersion'' saw experimentation of other genres such as industrial rock and electronic rock. In 2012, the band went on hiatus as Swire and McGrillen concentrated on their side-project Knife Party. In 2015, the band reformed and released the remix album ''The Reworks'' in 2018. The band have since released the EPs ''Elemental'' ...
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Hold Your Colour
''Hold Your Colour'' is the debut studio album by the Australian drum and bass band Pendulum, released on 25 July 2005 and later reissued in 2007 by Breakbeat Kaos. The album was mastered by Stuart Hawkes at Metropolis in London. The album features collaborations with artists such as the DJs Fresh and TC, the MCs $pyda and Fats, vocalists from bands Freestylers and Halogen, and guitarists from bands Karnivool and Concord Dawn, together with Peredur ap Gwynedd. Release Five singles were produced from the album, including " Slam" / "Out Here", the first single by Pendulum to reach the top 40 in the UK Singles Chart.Official Charts – Pendulum
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Drum And Bass
Drum and bass (commonly abbreviated as DnB, D&B, or D'n'B) is a genre of electronic dance music characterised by fast Break (music)#Breakbeat (element of music), breakbeats (typically 165–185 Tempo, beats per minute) with heavy Bass (music), bass and sub-bass lines, Sampling (music), samples, and synthesizers. The genre grew out of the UK's Jungle music, jungle scene in the 1990s. The popularity of drum and bass at its commercial peak ran parallel to several other UK dance styles. A major influence was the original Jamaican dub music, dub and reggae sound that influenced Jungle music, jungle's bass-heavy sound. Another feature of the style is the complex syncopation of the drum tracks' break (music), breakbeat. Drum and bass subgenres include breakcore, ragga jungle, hardstep, darkstep, techstep, neurofunk, ambient drum and bass, liquid funk (also known as liquid drum and bass), jump up, drumfunk, sambass, and drill 'n' bass. Drum and bass has influenced other genres such a ...
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Breakbeat Kaos
Breakbeat Kaos is a British independent record label based in London, UK that specialises in drum and bass. It is jointly owned by Fresh and Adam F, who founded the label in 2003 by merging Fresh's Breakbeat Punk with Adam F's Kaos Recordings. The label's first release was a 12" double A-side single by Fresh titled "Dalicks / Temple of Doom". The following year the label released the single " Another Planet / Voyager" by Pendulum, which peaked at number one in the UK Dance Chart."The Official UK Dance Charts" (13 March 2004). ''ChartsPlus'' (133). Milton Keynes, UK: IQWare. They also produced their first full-length release with the compilation album '' Jungle Sound: The Bassline Strikes Back!''. Starting in 2005, Breakbeat Kaos has released studio album debuts from Pendulum, Fresh and J Majik & Wickaman. The first of these, the Pendulum album ''Hold Your Colour'', was later certified gold, exceeding 225,000 sales in the UK alone. The label has also released singles by a ...
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Rob Swire
Robert Swire-Thompson (born 5 November 1982) is an Australian record producer, singer, songwriter, and DJ. He is the founder and lead vocalist of the drum and bass/electronic rock band Pendulum (drum and bass band), Pendulum, as well as Disc jockey, DJ and co-founder of electro house duo Knife Party formed of Swire and Gareth McGrillen. Originally from Perth, Western Australia, Swire relocated to the United Kingdom in 2003 with fellow Pendulum co-founders Gareth McGrillen and Paul "El Hornet" Harding. Swire has since fulfilled a broad spectrum of roles as a member of Pendulum, ranging from songwriting to singing while performing live with an unusual guitar-like MIDI controller – Starr Labs' Ztar, Ztar Z6S-XPA. Swire also plays guitar, bass, keyboards, percussion, and other instruments. He is sometimes referred to by the stage name Anscenic. Early life Rob Swire was born and raised in Perth, Western Australia. When he was a child, his family lived in Harare in Zimbabwe for ...
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Painkiller (Freestylers Song)
"Painkiller" is a 2006 single by Freestylers featuring Pendulum and SirReal. It was released to promote the release of Freestylers' album '' Adventures in Freestyle''. Pendulum had previously collaborated with Freestylers for the track " Fasten Your Seatbelt", which was released as a single and appeared on the former's 2005 album, ''Hold Your Colour''. The single was released on 12" vinyl and on CD, with a second remix single being released on 12" vinyl. A music video for the song exists. Track listing *12" single **A. "Painkiller" – 5:32 **B. "Jump 'N' Twist" – 5:55 *12" remix single **A. "Painkiller" – 6:04 **B. "Painkiller" – 5:58 *CD single"Painkiller" (CDr, Maxi, Promo).




Granite (song)
"Granite" is a song by Australian drum and bass band Pendulum, released as the first single from their second studio album ''In Silico''. It was released through Warner Music UK, and through the band's new Earstorm imprint with Warner Music Group. The song entered the UK Singles Chart on 11 November 2007, peaking at number 29 on 2 December. The single is supposedly inspired by the likes of video game boss battles, including the theme of various battles against the Mario series' Bowser; specifically, the intro is directly inspired by the beginning of the music from the castle stages in ''Super Mario World''. '' Q'' magazine named it 24th in the 50 top records of December 2007. When played in reverse, the main melody changes into the melody used in the end of the song, and vice versa. The song is featured in '' Need for Speed Undercover'', and also an ATV game of '' Pure''. Music video The music video is centred on the theme of ufology and aliens visiting Earth. The video featu ...
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Drum And Bass
Drum and bass (commonly abbreviated as DnB, D&B, or D'n'B) is a genre of electronic dance music characterised by fast Break (music)#Breakbeat (element of music), breakbeats (typically 165–185 Tempo, beats per minute) with heavy Bass (music), bass and sub-bass lines, Sampling (music), samples, and synthesizers. The genre grew out of the UK's Jungle music, jungle scene in the 1990s. The popularity of drum and bass at its commercial peak ran parallel to several other UK dance styles. A major influence was the original Jamaican dub music, dub and reggae sound that influenced Jungle music, jungle's bass-heavy sound. Another feature of the style is the complex syncopation of the drum tracks' break (music), breakbeat. Drum and bass subgenres include breakcore, ragga jungle, hardstep, darkstep, techstep, neurofunk, ambient drum and bass, liquid funk (also known as liquid drum and bass), jump up, drumfunk, sambass, and drill 'n' bass. Drum and bass has influenced other genres such a ...
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The Twilight Zone
''The Twilight Zone'' is an American media franchise based on the anthology series, anthology television series created by Rod Serling in which characters find themselves dealing with often disturbing or unusual events, an experience described as entering "the Twilight Zone". The episodes are in various genres, including science fiction, fantasy, Absurdist fiction, absurdism, dystopian fiction, suspense, Horror fiction, horror, Drama (film and television)#Fantasy drama, supernatural drama, black comedy, and psychological thriller, frequently concluding with a macabre or Twist ending, unexpected twist, and usually with a moral. A popular and critical success, it introduced many Americans to common science fiction and fantasy trope (literature), tropes. The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series), The first series, shot entirely in black-and-white, ran on CBS for five seasons from 1959 to 1964. ''The Twilight Zone'' followed in the tradition of earlier television shows such as ''Tales of ...
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The Reworks
''The Reworks'' is a remix album by Australian drum and bass band Pendulum. It was released on 29 June 2018 through Earstorm. Despite being announced as a new album in early 2018, the album sole contains remixed versions of titles that appeared on their three studio albums ''Hold Your Colour'', ''In Silico'' and ''Immersion Immersion may refer to: The arts * "Immersion", a 2012 story by Aliette de Bodard * ''Immersion'', a French comic book series by Léo Quievreux * ''Immersion'' (album), the third album by Australian group Pendulum * ''Immersion'' (film), a 2021 ...'' or had been single B-sides. Track listing Charts References External linksPendulum official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Reworks 2018 live albums Pendulum (drum and bass band) albums ...
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Knife Party
Knife Party are an Australian electronic music duo consisting of Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen, two members of the drum and bass band Pendulum. The duo has worked with artists such as Swedish House Mafia, Steve Aoki, MistaJam, Foreign Beggars, I See MONSTAS, Tom Staar, Pegboard Nerds and Tom Morello. Knife Party peaked at 23rd on DJMag's 2013 Top 100 DJs rankings. History 2002–2010: Origin Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen met in 2002 and have since performed music in various different bands and music projects. They along with Paul Harding formed the drum and bass band Pendulum. The duo started Knife Party as a side project to Pendulum. However, after the project's success and mass popularity, Knife Party became their primary project. The name is derived from the Deftones song "Knife Prty" featured on the 2000 album '' White Pony''. Knife Party's name caused consternation at first, as some said the name showed support for knife crime. Rob Swire rebutted this duri ...
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