Radioactive Man
Growl

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...according to our Brian on 16 May 2008.

Well well well. Having been a bit of a seasoned party head, I've been exposed to many shifting styles of electronic sounds over the years all designed to get maximum response in rooms, fields & woodland copses from hedonistic free-living party folk. One enduring genre that when executed well still floors me & makes my heart burst is quality electro-tech. There's one British fella who is quietly always at the top of the pile when i'm searching for that euphoric moment to drop in a DJ set & i'd almost forgotten who he was! Until a new release dropped from the skies into my sweaty palms by Radioactive Man called 'Growl'. It's Keith Tenniswoods fresh & funky riposte to what's been tearing up clubland in recent years & is just stacked with dizzy technoid beats & itchy synth lines. And shit loads of clean filtered fat bass. There's a couple of Weatherall collaborations & a track that has the lovely Dot Allison on vox, coming on like a secret Ladytron classic. Tenniswood always manages to blur the line between cerebral home listening and bass bin busting club mayhem without ever dumbing down. The man has a whole plethora of distinctive fodder in his cannon which he always sprinkles his tunes with, like a dusting of magic. Compulsive body jacking music with an electroid soul but oh so very human elements, the same elements that take Richard James's compositions into realms of timelessness & celebratory satisfaction. You know what I mean. He's a bloody marvelous producer is this man and always turns out pristine & enduring artist albums & shattering DJ mixes/sets EVERY TIME cos he's a master of his craft & I, for one, am delighted he's back on the scene properly, at long last! This is on his own Control Tower imprint, CD only so far.

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What their label says...

Keith Tenniswood, who released the self titled ‘Radioactive Man’ in 2001 and ‘Booby Trap’ in 2003 on Andrew Weatherall’s Rotters Golf Club label, is also one half of the electronic act Two Lone Swordsmen, alongside Andrew Weatherall again.   Keith also runs the Control Tower label and has collaborated with artists such as Red Snapper, The Aloof, and David Holmes on his ‘Lets Get Killed’ album.
Keith’s productions have also appeared on labels such as Warp, Mantra, Solid State, Parlophone, Soma, Playhouse, 1500 Records, Astralwerks, Higher Ground, Creation, Columbia and Global Underground. Early in his career, Keith also worked as the sound technician for the seminal Sabres Of Paradise, including when they were supporting Primal Scream on their UK tour in 1995.
Radioactive Man’s ‘The Uranium EP’ was critically acclaimed, with many considering the title track to be one of UK electronic music’s finest and most defining moments of all time.   There will be extensive touring around the globe throughout 2008 in support of this release, with both live and DJ set performances.   

Basement Business
Pieces Of Eight
Nothing At All (ft Dot Allison)
Kirstina
Double Dealings (ft Andrew Weatherall)
5 Armed Skeleton    Up In The Air
Dalston To Detroit
Growl
State Of That
Lungful Of Bass