Mastersystem were a British rock

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composed of two sets of brothers, who were members of the groups

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(including the late

Scott Hutchison Scott John Hutchison (20 November 1981 – 9 May 2018) was a Scottish singer, songwriter, guitarist and artist. He was the founding member and primary songwriter of the indie rock band Frightened Rabbit, with whom he recorded five studio albums ...

), Editors and Minor Victories. They released their debut album, ''Dance Music'', on 6 April 2018 to critical acclaim. The band began a UK tour supporting the album in April 2018. Further summer dates and a plan for a wider tour later in the year were halted after the passing of Scott Hutchison in May. Mastersystem released the music video for their final single, "Old Team", in November 2018.

Origin

The Scottish

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band

recorded their fourth

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, ''

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'', in a house in the

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in 2012. During this time, brothers

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and

Grant Hutchison Grant Hutchison (born 13 June 1984) is a Scottish drummer and percussionist. He is best known as the drummer of the indie rock band Frightened Rabbit, with whom he recorded five studio albums. In 2022, Hutchison joined The Twilight Sad after a f ...

of Frightened Rabbit befriended Justin and James Lockley of Hand Held Cine Club, who asked if they could accompany Frightened Rabbit and record their album process. Upon release of ''Dance Music'', Scott confided that the band had originally been named "Old Team" in acknowledgement all four band members being timed served artists in the music industry.

Members

– guitar, vocals (

) (d. 2018) *

– drums (Frightened Rabbit) *

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– guitar ( Editors, yourcodenameis:milo) *James Lockey – bass ( Minor Victories)

Songwriting

The band worked on the instrumental and lyrical writing processes separately, with Scott penning the lyrics only after tracks had been developed by the other members of the band ( Grant, Justin and James). This is in contrast to other projects fronted by Scott (

and

Owl John Scott John Hutchison (20 November 1981 – 9 May 2018) was a Scottish singer, songwriter, guitarist and artist. He was the founding member and primary songwriter of the indie rock band Frightened Rabbit, with whom he recorded five studio albums ...

), where Scott was a core element of the instrumental songwriting.

Discography

*''Dance Music'' (Physical Education Recordings, 2018)

References

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