Pendulum (band)

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Pendulum
Gareth McGrillen (Speed), Rob Swire (Anscenic), Paul Harding (El Hornet)
Background information
Origin	Perth, Australia
Genre(s)	Drum and Bass Breakbeat Techstep Futurestep
Label(s)	Formally Breakbeat Kaos
Website	Official MySpace
Members
Rob Swire (Anscenic) Gareth McGrillen (Speed) Paul Harding (El Hornet)

Pendulum is a drum and bass/breaks group from Perth, Australia. In 2003, the group relocated to the United Kingdom. They have no affiliation with the late 1990s Melbourne based electronic group of the same name who released the album 3 Knocks.

The group is comprised of Rob Swire, Gareth McGrillen and Paul Harding. In 2005 they released their debut album, Hold Your Colour. Critically, the album was well-received in both the United Kingdom and Australia. In addition, it was one of the biggest selling Drum and bass releases of all time. Pendulum have also collaborated with The Freestylers, releasing the single Fasten Your Seatbelt. MC Spyda and Tenor Fly also feature as vocalists on Tarantula. They are currently signed to the Breakbeat Kaos Records label.

The Pendulum sound is typically heavy beats accompanied by low, buzzing basslines, overlaid with epic synthesized leads. They've produced various remixes of other artists, the most well-known being their remix of "Voodoo People" by The Prodigy.

"Slam" is still their biggest hit to date, peaking at #34 in the UK Singles Chart after receiving substantial airplay from BBC Radio 1.

1 Discography
2 External links

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums - Written by Pendulum

Hold Your Colour (2005)

[edit] Albums - Mixed by Pendulum

Junglesound Vol.2 (2004)
Jungle Sound Gold (2006)

[edit] Live

In addition to numerous DJ-set style performances, Pendulum recently began to perform live with the more "traditional" band line-up. Their first performance was at the Fabric nightclub in London on the 6th of October accompanied by MC Jakes (See the 'external links' section for YouTube footage). The second was at SEONE, also in London, on the 2nd of December.

[edit] Singles

Vault (2003)
Spiral / Ulterior Motive (2003)
Back To You / Still Grey (2004)
Another Planet/Voyager (2004) #43 UK
Submarines/DJ Fresh Original/Pendulum Remix(2004)
Bactera Remix ([Ed Rush & Optical] Pendulum Remix - 2005)
Guns At Dawn (DJ Baron featuring Pendulum - 2005) #71 UK
Tarantula/Fasten Your Seatbelt (Featuring Freestylers - 2005) #60 UK
Slam/Out Here (2005) #34 UK
Voodoo People [Pendulum RMX] (2005)
Hold Your Colour Remix/Streamline (2006)
Pendulum vs The Freestylers Feat. Sir Real / The Freestylers Against The Grain Recordings Painkiller / Jump N Twist (2006)

[edit] Additional

Breakbeat Kaos Present - Junglesound II - The Bassline Strikes Back (Fresh & Pendulum :: Kingston Vampires & Pendulum :: Masochist)
The Sideshow EP (Pendulum :: Toxic Shock)
Just A Ride [Adam F & Pendulum RMX] / [Fatboy Slim RMX]
Paranoia EP (Trail Of Sevens)
Pack Of Wolves [Pendulum RMX] / [Matrix RMX]
Pendulum / Concord Dawn Function (Tonite [Pendulum RMX] / Apollo 13)