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Artist
The Third Man
12+ albums
technoindiebritishrockdetroit techno
about
There is more than one artist with this name, so please leave the pictures of both bands. 1. An English techno artist, Toby Leeming. 2. An English band started by Max Rafferty, previously of The Kooks. 1. Although The Third Man (Toby Leeming, 26) is a born and bred Londoner, his musical roots lie in Scotland where he lived for 4 years whilst studying at University. During this time he met dj’s, producers and promoters and not happy just watching others ply their trade he started to teach himself how to dj. On borrowing a friends laptop with a copy of Reason on he began to explore the capabilities of music programming and digital sounds. Surrounded by regular techno nights featuring the likes of Stephen Brown, Neil Landstrumm, DJ Rolando and many more his taste was very much slanted towards all things techno and particularly the classic Detroit sounds. However after many all night trips to the Arches, it became apparent that north of the border people liked their music that little bit harder and this was something toby couldn’t resist embracing taking to the more industrial sounds of Surgeon, Monolake and minimalist legends such as Robert Hood and Jeff Mills. Now on Ai Records he has various releases coming out in the next 6 months. The Third Man has a live performance using Ableton, a home made midi controller mixing desk and live keys – for bookings contact bookings@thethirdmanmusic.co.uk. 2. The Third Man is a band started by Max Rafferty, formerly of Brit band The
