Keith Tenniswood’s first electronic music workings landed in the mid ’90s, working next to Andrew Weatherall as Two Lone Swordsmen on the UK’s most on the edge electronic labels Warp.
The work the pair created set a bar for experimental electronics of that era with deftly produced machine funk and strange experiments. In their time they released albums on the UK’s most important electronic music label, Warp, with a baffling array of pseudonyms finding their way onto vinyl pressings.
They were more than prolific remixers too, reforming the like’s of Spiritualized, Primal Scream, Death in Vegas & Ricardo Villalobos.
In between the Swordsmen’s explorative studio sessions, Tenniswood developed his own edge on this sound landing with the celebrated ‘Uranium’ EP and then his self-titled debut album ‘Radioactive Man’ in 1999.
As a producer he has married his passion for sound system culture with an admiration of Drexciyan Electro taking, influence from Detroit and his native land in equal measure. To date Keith has released 5 solo studio albums, not including the 8th DJ mix compilation in Fabric’s respected series, and his music has seen release on a range of respected underground imprints including WANG Trax and Killekill.
The live environment has always been a space where the Radioactive Man sound thrives and has always been one of the most influential elements to his writing process. Working off a hardware set-up, the full power of this razor-edged beat programming and fine-honed melodic sonic palette, he makes music to be felt on the dance floor.
Last year saw Keith release more collaborations on Asking For Trouble, release new solo tracks and continues his endless process of working to develop his live set and create new sounds.