''Ancient Mechanisms'' is the 4th album by LV, which was created in collaboration with

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and was released 9 October 2015. LV is a duo of Si Williams and Will Horrocks, who met when they were both studying at

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. Critics said that Tigran and LV did not gel well together, leaving the music sounding disjointed. LV and Tigran first met when they were performing at a

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session in 2012 for

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's final BBC Radio 1 show.

Track listing

References

2015 albums Brownswood Recordings albums Tigran Hamasyan albums {{2010s-album-stub