Two Lone Swordsmen were a British electronic music duo from London, consisting of

Andrew Weatherall Andrew James Weatherall (6 April 1963 – 17 February 2020) was an English musician, DJ, songwriter, producer and remixer. His career took him from being a DJ in the acid house movement of the late 1980s to being a remixer of tracks by Happy M ...

and

Keith Tenniswood Keith Tenniswood is a British DJ, producer, and remixer. He was one half of the electronic act Two Lone Swordsmen alongside Andrew Weatherall, and produces music on his own as Radioactive Man. He co-runs the Control Tower electro label with ...

History

Formed by

and

in 1996, following the dissolution of Weatherall's the Sabres of Paradise, Two Lone Swordsmen released material on the record label Emissions Audio Output, run by Weatherall. However, the small nature of the operation limited the duo's success and they subsequently signed to Warp. Two Lone Swordsmen's debut studio album, ''The Fifth Mission (Return to Flightpath Estate)'', was released in 1996. 1998's ''Stay Down'' was placed at number 22 on ''

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''s "50 Best IDM Albums of All Time" list. ''Tiny Reminders'' (2000) was placed at number 19 on ''Pitchfork''s "Top 20 Albums of 2000" list. The duo released '' From the Double Gone Chapel'' in 2004. On 17 February 2020, Weatherall died due to a

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at the age of 56. Weatherall's death marked the end of Two Lone Swordsmen, as Tenniswood decided to fold the group.

Discography

Studio albums

* ''The Fifth Mission (Return to Flightpath Estate)'' (Emissions Audio Output, 1996) * ''Stay Down'' ( Warp, 1998) * ''Tiny Reminders'' (Warp, 2000) * '' From the Double Gone Chapel'' (Warp, 2004) * ''Wrong Meeting'' (

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, 2007) * ''Wrong Meeting II'' (Rotters Golf Club, 2007)

Compilation albums

* ''Further Reminders'' (Warp, 2001) * ''Peppered with Spastic Magic: A Collection of Two Lone Swordsmen Remixes'' (RGC, 2003) * ''Emissions Audio Output: From the Archive Vol/01'' (RGC, 2006)

Album-length EPs

* ''Swimming Not Skimming'' (Emissions Audio Output, 1996) – limited release * ''Stockwell Steppas'' (Emissions Audio Output, 1997) – limited release

EPs

* ''The Third Mission'' (Emissions Echoic, 1996) * ''The Tenth Mission'' (Emissions Audio Output, 1996) * ''Two Lone Swordsmen and a Being'' (Special Emissions, 1996) * ''The Role of Linoleum'' (Humboldt County, 1997) * ''D.C.Fumes EP'' (New Emissions, 1997) * ''A Bag of Blue Sparks'' (Warp, 1998) * ''A Virus with Shoes'' (Warp, 1999) * ''Receive Tactical Support'' (Warp, 1999) * ''Klunk'' (Subvert, 1999) * ''Locked Swords'' (Warp, 2001) * ''Benicassim EP'' (RGC, 2001) * ''For Shavers Only'' (RGC, 2001) * ''Dark Eldar'' (Art of Perception, 2001) * ''Big Silver Shining Motor of Sin E.P.'' (Warp, 2004)

Singles

* "Stuka" (

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, 1997) * "Tuning Up!" (Soundboy Entertainment, 1997) * "The Gates to Film City" (

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, 1998) * "Have You Ever Wondered Who Really Writes the Tabloids' Club Columns?" (Slut Smalls, 1999) * "Nostik" / "Tall Lights" (C-Pij, 1999) * "Tiny Reminder No1 (C-Pij Remix Vocal)" / "Tiny Reminder No1 (C-Pij Remix)" (Warp, 2001) * "Vous Do Funk?" / "Awoken by Beetles" (Voodoo, 2001) * "Explode" / "Fly Bi Wire" (Firewire, 2002) * "Untitled" (Hidden Library, 2002) * "Sex Beat" (Warp, 2004)

References

External links

Official website
(archive) * * {{Authority control English electronic music duos British electronic dance music duos British male musical duos Musical groups established in 1996 Musical groups disestablished in 2020 Electronic music groups from London Creation Records artists Warp (record label) artists 1996 establishments in England