In this week’s Throwback Thursday, we’ll be talking about the former band known as Pendulum. Pendulum is very unique and not your typical EDM group.The group started up focussing on Drum and Bass as their main genre, but since then have experimented with more electronic beats and even dubstep (dubstep is in fact not a band but a sub genre of the EDM movement). The members of Pendulum include Rob Swire (vocals/synth/producer), Gareth McGrillen (bass guitar/DJ), Peredur ap Gwynedd (guitar), Paul ‘El Hornet’ Harding (DJ), KJ Sawka (drums), and Verse (MC). Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen are the two members who form Knife Party. The 4 pendulum songs we are going to hear in this week’s article is “The Island Part 1&2,” “Set Me on Fire,”and “Propane Nightmares.” Since Knife Party is relatively young I can’t quite call any of their songs “Throwbacks,” but will post two remixes my good friend Ari Choogs showed me which are lesser known tunes that they usually feature in their live sets.
The Island Part 1(Dawn) and The Island Part II (Dusk)
These are two separate songs called “The Island Part I (Dawn)” and “The Island Part II (Dusk)” but I wanted to share it with you guys in one link and thought whoever made this video did a good job of transitioning the first part into the second part which happens around the 5:30 mark. Both these songs overall have gotten very positive feedback and there was a myriad amount of remixes made for The Island part I. This is personally my 2 favorite Pendulum songs and if you have never heard it you should 100% give it a try because they are true masterpieces in their own unique ways. The Island Part I has vocals which you can sing along to while Part II features very fast paced bumping beats.
Set Me on Fire –
As I stated in the introduction, Pendulum started out as a drum and bass act but in their last album named “Immersion”, they started to experiment with different genres including dubstep. I would consider this song dubstep more than anything else but you can listen to it and decide for yourself.
Propane Nightmares –
Propane Nightmares is another song that my friend Ari Choogs showed me way back when I experimented with listening to different genres of music not named Rap/Hip Hop. This song appealed to me because it not only had a catchy beat, but vocals to accompany it which is always a plus in my opinion.
Unison(Knife Party Remix) –
This remix of Unison came out on Porter Robinson’s album which was released about a year ago called “Spitfire”. I usually don’t find too many remixes to be better than the original, but this is one of those songs that can be classified as such.
Last Time (Knife Party Remix) –
This song which was originally created by Labrinth is remixed perfectly by Knife Party (perfectly meaning that the drop is Knife Party’s typical style for all their music). They’re songs have buildups which leads to a hard hitting electro drop that is different from Pendulum’s drum and bass style. It is that unique style that has captivated the EDM community to the point that this side project has now become the main and only project for these two young men. If you like remix, you should check out both Knife Party Ep’s called “100% No Modern Talking” and “Rage Valley.”
As always, I highly recommend you listen to these songs on quality speakers and not your Macbook Pro speakers. Next week I am very pleased to announce that I will delve into the past of the sensational French Dj/Producers JUSTICE.
[…] If you want to hear more Pendulum tracks, you can check out the Throwback Thursday article written by yours truly right here: http://thebanginbeats.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/throwback-thursday-2/ […]