Swimmer One: News

News

Welcome to the website of Swimmer One. We are from Edinburgh in Scotland and we make music, among other things. If you’d like semi-regular updates on what we’re up to, type your email under the subscribe box on this page. Or just click on the RSS feed link below.

If you’ve stumbled across this site by chance and don’t know who we are, begin your visit at our biog. Otherwise, here are the latest headlines. (Or, if you have time on your hands and want something longer to read, why not pay a visit to our blog?)

In memory of Edwin Morgan

Friday, August 20, 2010

In Sobieski’s Shield from danielwarren.tv on Vimeo.

Edwin Morgan died this week. By way of tribute, this is a new film by our regular collaborator Daniel Warren, in which Daniel reads one of Edwin’s poems, In Sobieski’s Shield, to music by talkingmakesnosense, and photographs taken at disused nuclear bunkers around Scotland. If you’ve seen Daniel’s artwork for our new album, Dead Orchestras, the photos will look very familiar. RIP Edwin.

Posted by Andrew on 08/20 at 06:03 PM

Swimmer One on the big screen

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

The very talented Daniel Warren, who designs all our artwork and has made numerous films with us, is showcasing all of his film work with Scottish Ballet at the Filmhouse in Edinburgh on 24 August, in a one-hour programme called Bodies of Work.

The evening includes a screening of Public Private (see clip above), with music by Hamish from Swimmer One. It’s well worth catching on a big screen, where it looks and sounds fantastic.

Posted by Andrew on 07/21 at 11:09 PM

Dead Orchestras on sale now!

Sunday, June 06, 2010

Our new album, Dead Orchestras, is ON SALE NOW. You can buy it for a very reasonable price from our shop.

The album has had lots of very positive reviews, which you can read here.

If you’d like to try before you buy, you can listen to five songs from the album, for free, here.

Coming soon: a single, an album by exciting new Swimmer One side project Seafieldroad, and a brand new live show. Watch this space, or keep an eye on our Facebook page for updates.

Thank you for listening!

Posted by Andrew on 06/06 at 08:00 AM

Solo live show by Andrew, Sat 5 June

Sunday, May 30, 2010

While finishing off our new album Dead Orchestras (out tomorrow) we also recorded 22 more songs for a new Swimmer One side project called Seafieldroad. It’s much more pared down than Swimmer One - Andrew sings and plays piano, Laura sings too, Hamish is producing it all as well as adding wee electronic noises here and there.

More news on Seafieldroad releases later in the year. Meanwhile Andrew will debut some Seafieldroad songs (and play a couple of Swimmer One songs) at his first ever solo gig, at the Sierra Metro gallery in Edinburgh on Saturday 5 June. There’s an exhibition opening from 7pm, and Andrew will be playing at around 9pm. Come along, look at some art, hear some new songs. You can find directions to the gallery here

Posted by Andrew on 05/30 at 02:48 PM

Dead Orchestras - first reviews in!

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Reviews of our new album are starting to appear in the press…

‘Their tech-packed noir pop is frequently remarkable,’ says Chris Buckle in Scottish monthly magazine The Skinny, giving it four stars.

There’s another four star review in The List. ‘One of the most captivating and unique pop acts around,’ says Camilla Pia, who previously wrote very nice things about our first album, The Regional Variations.

Former Q and Smash Hits editor John McKie is also very supportive in this article for the Caledonian Mercury.

Click on the links to read the full reviews. More on way, we hope!

The album is released on 31 May. You can preorder it here and listen to/embed/share five songs here.

Posted by Andrew on 05/20 at 07:42 AM

Spread is out on DVD tomorrow

Sunday, May 02, 2010

Spread is out on DVD tomorrow. It stars Ashton Kutcher, it’s directed by David Mackenzie (Young Adam, Hallam Foe), but most importantly, Swimmer One are on the soundtrack, adding emotional weight to a key dramatic scene. If you’d like to include one of our songs in your new Hollywood movie, .

Posted by Andrew on 05/02 at 03:04 PM

Ghosts in the Hotel - The movie

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Daniel Warren has made a new short film, featuring the Swimmer One song Ghosts in the Hotel, from our new album Dead Orchestras. It was choreographed and performed by dancers Limor Ziv and Ivica Bago. Hope you like it.

Posted by Andrew on 04/18 at 12:49 PM

The Darktown Cakewalk - go see

Some Swimmer One-related news. If you’re in Glasgow this Friday (23 April) get yourself along to The Darktown Cakewalk, an epic 13-hour improvised performance at the Arches, featuring almost 100 dancers and musicians - including our own Laura Cameron Lewis in one of the lead roles - which is being staged by Linder Sterling as part of this year’s Glasgow International contemporary art festival.

It’s a show that’s quite close to our hearts. Not only is Laura in it, it’s being filmed by Daniel Warren - who designs all our artwork and has made numerous films with us - and photographed by Jannica Honey, whose photos of Swimmer One are all over this website.

Linder has been keeping a photoblog during rehearsals at The Work Room, the dance studio Laura runs at Tramway in Glasgow, which you can look at here if you’re interested.

Posted by Andrew on 04/18 at 11:00 AM

New album - preorder/listen online now

Sunday, March 07, 2010

The new Swimmer One album, Dead Orchestras, will be released on 31 May 2010, and you can now pre-order the album from our distributor here.

You can listen to/embed/share five songs from the album here.

Posted by Andrew on 03/07 at 11:47 AM

Withered Hand - Love In The Time Of Ecstasy remix

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Hamish has just done a remix of Love In The Time Of Ecstasy by the fantastic Withered Hand, which is available to download for 50p via SL Records. You can listen to it/embed it/share it via the player below or at the Hunterheck Facebook page - along with two other remixes for Astrid Williamson and our London friends Jonny Cola and the A-Grades.

The remix will appear on Withered Hand’s new single, No Cigarettes, released on 22 March on SL Records. You can catch Withered Hand on tour throughout March.

Withered Hand - Love In The Time Of Ecstasy (Hunterheck mix) by Hunterheck

Posted by Andrew on 02/28 at 12:22 PM