LV (musical duo)

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LV
Origin London, United Kingdom
Years active2007 (2007)–present [1]
Labels Hyperdub [2]
MembersSi Williams and Will Horrocks

LV is an electronic music duo of Si Williams and Will Horrocks, created in 2007, who met when they were both studying at University College London. [3] [1] [4] [5] The duo is based in London and has produced four albums to date. [1] [3] The duo have collaborated with artists on all of their albums and collaborations have included working with Tigran Hamasyan and Okmalumkoolkat. [6] [2] [7]

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Their first single was Globetrotting, which featured the vocals of Errol Bellot. Northern Line was released as a single from their first album Routes and features Joshua Idehen, a spoken word artist. [2] [8] The single Boomslang (released in 2010) has been described by critics as their "breakout album" and was produced in collaboration with Okmalumkoolkat. [2] [9]

Routes was the first album released by LV and features vocal samples by Joshua Idehen. [10] [8] Sebenza was their second album and is in collaboration with South African rappers Okmalumkoolkat and Spoek Mathambo, the South African duo Ruffest, and Dirty Paraffin. [7] [9] Islands is their third album and also featured vocal samples from Joshua Idehen. [11] Ancient Mechanisms is their latest album, which features Tigran Hamasyan on the piano. [1] [5]

Discography

Albums

YearAlbumRecord labelFeaturing
2011RoutesKeysound RecordingsJoshua Idehen
2012Sebenza Hyperdub Okmalumkoolkat, Ruffest and Spoek Mathambo
2014IslandsKeysound RecordingsJoshua Idehen
2015 Ancient Mechanisms Brownswood Recordings Tigran Hamasyan

Singles

YearSingleRecord label
GlobetrottingKeysound Recordings
2010Northern Line - from RoutesKeysound Recordings
2010Boomslang

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