Two Lone Swordsmen - Machine Maid

The Two Lone Swordsmen, Andrew Weatherall and Keith Tenniswood may be long-acquainted partners in the field of techno innovation, (before Two Lone Swordsmen, they worked together throughout the mid-1990s as part of seedy post-acid house rogues Sabres Of Paradise) but they've never fallen into the po-faced techno-trap of over-intellectualising their music. You didn't need a degree to enjoy previous album Stay Down--a work that joyfully explored the boundless territory of the burble, the parp and the squelch--and happily, while this, their third album offers a change in direction, it's one that delves into the endless possibilities of the buzz, the fizz, and the bleep in typically idiot savant style. "Tiny Reminders" is a driving seventy-three minute journey into the depths of electro-minimalism, peppered throughout with very characteristic bursts of the Swordsmen's deadpan humour -- see the Aphex Twin-esque gastric rumble of "Rotting Hill Carnival" and the valium-addled steel drum workout of "It's Not The Worst I've Looked... Just The Most I've Ever Cared". For those who like their techno genuinely innovative, Tiny Reminders is essential.

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Science & Technology

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• Machine
• maid

[Neosakhalin]

i think they led Electro to its possible limit by this album. Today's electronic music (what ppl call Electronica) would never been seen without this album/Two Lone Swordsmen/Warp. No doubt.

[smajky]

@Neosakhalin

100% agree!!!

[smajky]

???

[geekymarianne]

@smajky, bmwowow...blip! bmwowow...blip! bmwowow...blip! bmwowow...blip!

[fre3domind]

minchia

[stfcgrey]

I'm worried that in this genre this is as good as it gets....so good it defies belief...got to look elsewhere now...nothing will ever match this

[akmuraro]

this track kicks many asses

[darkfloat]

this tracks crazy

[riseup20twelve]

My Friend you shoould right for a publication "..Idiot savant.." perfect description @smajky ...never leaves the box