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Swimmer One
Pop / Experimental / Other

Look out from Whithorn, at the wild wild sea



Edinburgh
United Kingdom

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Member Since12/13/2005
Band Websitewww.swimmerone.co.uk
Band MembersIn the studio: Andrew Eaton and Hamish Brown. On stage: Andrew, Hamish and Laura Cameron Lewis.
InfluencesPulp, Sparks, Laurie Anderson, Steve Reich, Kate Bush, The Associates, Roxy Music, David Bowie, Pet Shop Boys, Kraftwerk, Blondie, Prefab Sprout, ROC, Saint Etienne, Jane Siberry, Orange Juice, the Blue Nile, Bjork, the Cure, New Order (but only a bit, so please stop saying we sound like them, because we really don't), Cocteau Twins, the Smiths, Suicide, Throbbing Gristle, Boards of Canada, Talking Heads, Soft Cell, Brian Eno, To Rococo Rot, Delia Derbyshire, OMD, Belle and Sebastian, Mark Eitzel, Kitchens of Distinction/Fruit, Stereolab. Other people like that. Many, many nights in dark, loud places. Various wild parts of Scotland. The sea. Worrying about the state of the world too much. Not wanting to be bored. Random stuff. (The noises that trains make. Shortwave radio. David Greig plays. Mondrian paintings. Peter Carey's short stories. Momus's online diary. The Scottish weather.)
Sounds Like'Terrific. A little bit Elbow, a little bit Pulp, a little bit the Blue Nile, a little bit The Who, even.' - Mark Radcliffe
Record LabelBiphonic
Type of LabelMajor


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Our main home on the internet is www.swimmerone.co.uk, where you'll find more music, short films and our blog, among other stuff. We're on Last FM and Facebook too, if that's your thing. We're not active enough from day to day to make Twitter worth bothering with. One day, maybe.

BUY OUR ALBUM


Here's what some people said about our first album The Regional Variations. There are more reviews here.

'They give intelligence a good name and are more windswept than worthy. Their music has the quirky intricacy of Belle & Sebastian and the soaring atmosphere of Blue Nile, and it is very, very good.' The Guardian

'Andrew Eaton and Hamish Brown make their angsty but uplifting electronic pop in a small attic by the sea just north of the Scottish capital, and their songs often evoke the wind-blown expanses of the Scottish countryside and coastline. But there's little narrow-minded or hidebound about their exhilarating debut, The Regional Variations, one of the finest of this year's freshman efforts.'
The Independent

'Swimmer One's debut is a promiscuous synth pop marvel, littered with doomsayers, fakesters, drowning men, black sheep, theatre freaks and TV clowns in fuck-me heels... A bookish, codpiece-disco treat.' Plan B

'Might just be the find of the year... Like a stripped-down Scottish Pet Shop Boys or a more melancholy synth-based Pulp, Swimmer One's brilliance should be shouted from the rooftops.'
The List

'If David Bowie ever got stuck in a lift shaft with Jarvis Cocker and Bill Drummond, they might eventually come up with something as enticing as The Regional Variations.' Metro

Swimmer One
The Regional Variations

Released September 2007
Biphonic Records
BIPH06CD

Tracklisting:
1. Drowning Nightmare 1
2. Largs Hum
3. National Theatre
4. But My Heart Is Broken
5. The Fakester Genocide
6. The Balance Company
7. Drowning Nightmare 2
8. Whatever You Do, Don't Go In The Basement.
9. Regional
10. The Dark Ages
11. A Petrol Pump In The Cradle Of Christianity


BUY IT IN ITUNES


Swimmer One - The Regional Variations..

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Amazon, Play.com, Selectadisc, Rough Trade, Cargo Records and Norman Records.

BUY CDS IN THE REAL WORLD


You can buy our stuff from any good record shop. If they don't have it in stock, ask them to order it in for you from our distributor Cargo. Most music shops have internet access so can get the information they need to order it in from there.

BUY DOWNLOADS


We are in iTunes, emusic.com, virgindigital.co.uk and lots of other digital retailers.



A BRIEF HISTORY


Swimmer One make their experimental pop music in a small attic room on the Scottish coastline. An album, The Regional Variations, was released in September 2007 on Biphonic Records. Before that there were three singles, We Just Make Music For Ourselves, Come On, Let's Go! on Biphonic Records and Largs Hum backed with a cover of Kate Bush's Cloudbusting (as a free download single on Dogbox records). A second album will be released in 2009.

If you like us, try our Biphonic Records label-mates Luxury Car, who we really cannot recommend highly enough.

What other people have said about Swimmer One...

'We want more, more, more of their wily words, their tender synth fare, their surprisingly colossal pop.' - Plan B magazine.
'Intelligent experimental pop with quite lovely melodies.' - Scotland on Sunday
'One of the country's most exciting bands.' - The List.
'Electropop marvels.' - Metro.
'The KLF are jealous, Death in Vegas more so. How, I wonder, can they fail to be ruling the universe?' - Unpeeled.
'One of the best debut outings I've had the pleasure of hearing in a long while. Very smart stuff indeed.' - Losing Today.
'Sounds like the Divine Comedy dabbling with mellow techno. Definitely something very interesting going on here.' - Playlouder.
'(Swimmer One) fit effortlessly into the upper echelons of Scottish music.' - Logo.
'The missing link between Pulp and the Chemical Brothers.' - Jim Gellatly, XFM.
'The sound of Berlin-era Bowie being tied up under the stairs of a sex shop with the seedy electro of Soft Cell and the grandiose melodic pop of the Pet Shop Boys.' - God is in the TV.

FILM


Edinburgh artist/film-maker Daniel Warren has made several works that feature Swimmer One music and have been screened and won awards worldwide. You can watch two of these below and lots more on YouTube.

The Balance Company
A collaboration between Daniel Warren, the theatre company Highway Diner and Swimmer One.


We Just Make Music For Ourselves
The first video we ever made. We're still very fond of it.

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A Band Called Quinn

A Band Called Quinn



Aug 31 2009 8:40 PM

Featuring ABCQ live! Click here for tickets!
cello pete

cello pete



Jul 28 2009 2:19 PM

Hello chaps,
Hope you're well, and don't mind this little advert...
I'll have my posh trousers on this Saturday for some piano/string quartet action:
1st August, Canongate Kirk, 7.30
Elgar & Shostakovich Piano Quintets.
Luxury Car

Luxury Car



Jun 24 2009 11:31 AM

Hey guys, it was good to hear your first foray into hollywood at the EIFF the other night. I thought they were going to play the whole song for a moment! J.
Fiona

Fiona McKinlay



May 10 2009 11:45 AM

really enjoyed seeing you again last night x
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Manky B Concerts



Apr 15 2009 10:08 AM

Cartoon Coffee

Cartoon Coffee



Mar 24 2009 11:09 PM

Thanks very much for accepting my request. I knew nothing about you guys, but your performance at The Buff was captivating.

All the best,

Robert
Cartoon Coffee
A Band Called Quinn

A Band Called Quinn



Mar 20 2009 10:47 AM

Thanks for playing the launch last night - yous were great!
abcq
x
Tony

tony gaughan



Mar 2 2009 11:20 PM

Yes ! Be a great night looking forward to catching your set! T x
BOZiLLA

BOZiLLA



Feb 25 2009 8:59 PM

dear past guest

the time has come to declare it's the end of the end of the month club



thanks for playing EOTMC all the best for the future

love

BOZiLLA

xx
Rebellious Gate

Rebellious Gate



Nov 27 2008 4:52 PM

Hey. You guys were pretty cool last night =)

I thoroughly enjoyed your songs
Anstruther

Anstruther



Nov 23 2008 7:27 PM

Love fae Anster!
LOGAN 5

LOGAN 5



Oct 30 2008 4:44 PM

Hope I can make it to the Edinburgh gig-I'm moving to London very soon!Hope you are all ok-G x
Luxury Car

Luxury Car



Sep 1 2008 2:41 PM

Hello. Hope you are well. Just to let you know our album is finally getting there. It'll be done some time in the next 5-10 years! Ha.
W
sellotape

sellotape



Jul 16 2008 7:22 PM

can't wait!! see you tomorrow x

s/e/l/l/o/t/a/p/e

LIVE*FREE*TOMORROW

thursday 17th july

7pm - 10pm earlyish!!

CABARET VOLTAIRE

plus F.A.N.G.S & sWiMmeR oNe

mENd*STicK*fiX





BabyBones

BabyBones



Jul 16 2008 11:46 AM

=]
x
LOGAN 5

LOGAN 5



Jun 5 2008 10:50 AM

The Radio 1 session last night was fantastic!!You were all on great form,the new songs are just brilliant.
Sparklegash

Sparklegash



May 27 2008 12:23 PM

Yowl!

Thanks for the add, we love you

xxrawk the Sparklegash
LOGAN 5

LOGAN 5



May 26 2008 7:44 PM

Sunday night at Neue Liebe was awesome-thank you so much!!
Swimmer One
Horsebreaker

Horsebreaker



May 23 2008 10:45 AM

so excited for neue liebe on sunday! y'all are gonna rock xxxxx
Jim Gellatly

Jim Gellatly



May 21 2008 6:56 PM

Giving you another spin tonight on the show.

Jim
LOGAN 5

LOGAN 5



May 18 2008 8:23 PM

I am very excited about seeing you guys perform again in Edinburgh on Sunday!
Good luck in London-Gavin
Neue Liebe

Neue Liebe



May 7 2008 12:19 PM

Very excited to see your new video at the Voodoo Rooms on the 25th darling Swimmers! xxx
Green Wedge Edinburgh

Green Wedge Edinburgh



May 6 2008 9:40 PM

calumhaggerty
Eve Buigues

Eve Buigues



Apr 18 2008 4:53 PM

Paying a little visit...hope all is well.
:)
eVe Buigues
Alex

Alex



Feb 26 2008 12:10 PM

Nice new video you've got there. A veritable work of artpop.

Be good.
a.x
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