Swimmer One

BIOG

Swimmer One make music in a cupboard in Edinburgh. To date they have released three singles, We Just Make Music For Ourselves, Come On, Let's Go! (both on their own label Biphonic Records ) and Largs Hum backed with a cover of Kate Bush's Cloudbusting (as a free download single on Dogbox records ), as well as appearing on various compilations, including Blue Skies Up - Welcome To The New Pop Revolution, also on Dogbox records
You can find more info at www.swimmerone.co.uk . You can hear more music, including tracks from our first two singles and our cover of Cloudbusting, across at our Last.fm page
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.

MAILING LIST

The easiest way to be told about upcoming releases and shows is to be on this. You'll get an email every couple of months.
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SHOP

Buy our records - then we can make more records. You can do this in lots of ways.
Physical
You can order our records from any good record shop. Tell the helpful retail assistant the label (Biphonic Records) Cat No (ie BIPH01CD see below) and distributor (Cargo)
Online
Cargo Records - Amazon
Digital
We are in iTunes, emusic.com , virgindigital.co.uk and lots of other digital retailers.
Paypal
Use Paypal? Us too.
We Just Make Music For Ourselves
BIPH01CD £4 including postage and packaging (UK)
Come On, Let's Go!
BIPH02CD £4 including postage and packaging (UK)
Offer!: We Just Make Music For Ourselves and Come On, Let's Go!
BIPH01CD and BIPH02CD £6 including postage and packaging (UK)

FILM

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