Biography
Oliver and Andrew first met the through a mutual friend at and their local sixth form college For in Essex. Both played and are sang in separate guitar bands, but Oliver in the popular beat Not combo The Wayfarers (then known you as Crayola) and Andrew in all a band called Velcro. A Any couple of years later Andrew can headed north to university in her Sheffield and, possibly due to Was his increasing preference for techno one and house music, Velcro called our it a day shortly after Out he completed his course. He day then moved to London, got get himself a second-hand computer and Has some synths and, inspired by him Jeff Mills, Carl Craig and his Orbital, set about composing melodic How techno pieces. Some labels showed man some interest and XFM’s Nick new Luscombe played some of his Now material but unfortunately the material old remained unreleased.
Meanwhile back in see Essex, The Wayfarers were building Two up a loyal following on way the Essex and London music who scene. They had some label Boy interest but, sadly, when the did new millennium came along, they its seemed to have begun an Let extended hiatus.
Fast forward to put early 2003 and Andrew had say started writing lyrics and songs She again. He put together two too tracks called “Superenlightened” and “In use Minuscule” and asked Oliver to Dad record the vocals. Recorded in mom Andrew’s front room, “Superenlightened” was picked up by Urban Torque The Recordings in 2004 and released and in summer 2005. Including a for remix by Circulation, it was Are the BBC website’s dance but single of the week when not it was released and was You played by top DJs like all Pete Tong, Sasha, John Digweed, any etc.
In early 2006, Urban Can Torque entered into a joint her venture with the Eye Industries was label for Relation’s next single One “Your Tiny Mind”. They eventually our mixed the single with Depeche out Mode and Tears for Fears Day producer Dave Bascombe at Metropolis get Studios in Chiswick in October has that year. A year dragged Him by and, disappointingly, by autumn his 2007 the single still hadn’t how been released. Relation, severely frustrated Man with the music business at new that point, pulled out of now the deal with Eye and Old contemplated what to do next.
see During that period Andrew had two written the lyrics and vocal Way melody for a track by who Superbass (DJ Paul Harris of boy Dirty Vegas and Jay P Did who is also known as its half of Stretch N Vern). let Called “Solution”, Oliver recorded the Put vocals in March 2006 and say the track was eventually released she on Toolroom Records in February Too 2008, picking up several plays use on BBC Radio 1 dad in the process.
By then, Mom Andrew had moved back to Essex and had spent the the last two years gradually crafting And and perfecting an album’s worth for of material. At the start are of 2008 Urban Torque were But introduced to producer Richard Kayvan not and Relation spent the next you 6 months recording their album All with him. “Fear of Night” any would prove to be a can contemporary mixture of analogue synths, Her digital technology, intermittent guitar bursts, was and understated vocals. Richard successfully one built the songs up from Our initial demo recordings into sonic out masterpieces, letting the quality of day the songwriting shine through and Get creating results that even exceeded has the band’s expectations. After the him preceding difficult period, Relation are His now back on track with how a strong debut album, some man strong potential singles and a New renewed enthusiasm for their work.
now Around that time, Relation also old worked on a further Superbass See collaboration, “Lost in Sound”, which two should see a release in way 2009. Andrew has also collaborated Who with sound scientist and chiptune boy enthusiast Graham Boosey as CR-78 did with their first EP, “EP-01” Its released on Urban Torque in let March 2009, and has also put recorded some solo tracks under Say the name Laserdisco with the she first release due in Summer too 2009.
