It’s been almost seven years since the release of Radioactive Man’s self-titled debut album on Rotters Golf Club, but now Keith Tenniswood is returning to his techno-loving alter ego with a new longplayer on Control Tower, the label he runs with Simon Brown, aka The Dexorcist. Titled Growl, the album’s been influenced by Keith’s recent Two Lone Swordsmen work and his love for that Sabresonic sound. Mixing up acid, electro and techno, breakbeat, dub, post-rock and general oddness, it also features vocals by fellow Swordsman Andrew Weatherall, and by Dot Allison.
Says Keith: “My last album was in 2004, so this album is a collection of everything I’ve been working on the last four years. I’ve been so busy with Two Lone Swordsmen stuff and DJing that I haven’t had the time to put it out, so this is a real culmination of a long period of time for me.
“I wanted it to be pretty dancefloor, but still the kind of album you can pop on at home and enjoy on headphones. Hopefully it’s just good quality, electronic dance music, really. I don’t want to think about it too much – everyone gets so wrapped up in the process, the technology, the equipment, and everything else... but what about the music? People talk more about the programs than they do the music itself. That’s all I hope it will be – no hype, just good music that is as poppy as it is deep. I’ve tried to make the emphasis on actual songs, rather than just banging tracks – I could make those any day of the week. I really hope it sounds a bit aged from my last album, more matured, a build-on from where I last left off and maybe proof that I have learnt something along the way.”
Growl is out on Control Tower on May 12. Visit www.myspace.com/radioactiveman23 and www.controltower.co.uk
