Toydrum

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Toydrum
OriginEngland
Spinoff of Unkle
Members
  • Pablo Clements
  • James Griffith

Toydrum are an English musical duo formed in 2011 by former Unkle band members and record producers Pablo Clements and James Griffith. The pair work out of their Brighton studio, The Toyrooms, [1] where they wrote and recorded their debut EP, Distant Focus Vol 1 (2014), [2] [3] [4] and the subsequent Evangelist (2015), with Gavin Clark. [5]

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In 2014, the duo composed music for the British action film Montana . [6] In 2015, they composed and produced the score to the film London Fields . [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] The same year, they wrote and produced music for Shane Meadows' series This Is England '90 [12] [13] [14] [15] under the name Evangelist, a project they started with Gavin Clark and Clayhill. Also in 2015, Toydrum wrote the score to Christopher Smith's Detour . [16] The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on 16 April 2016. [17] The score was shortlisted for a BIFA. [18]

In 2016, they worked with Alice Lowe on the score to her first feature film, Prevenge , which premiered at the Venice and Toronto film festivals. [19] [20] [21] They collaborated with her once more on Timestalker , released in 2024.[ citation needed ]

Discography

Albums

Contributions and appearances

Film and television

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