There is a superficial variant of my listenership who will not give this song the time of day and that is fine. This song however, is astonishingly well crafted at a songwriters level and demands respect for the well formed lyrical structures and apt use of the standard fourcomers chord progression. 

I recorded this in roughly an hour or so yesterday after hearing it on the radio. For some reason it stuck with me and I recorded it essentially to try and understand the architecture. This song isn't finished, nor is it edited or mixed. It was recorded for research and for nothing more.

Wrecking Ball (Miley Cyrus Cover)

During the writing of the original 'The Two Lost Boys', Two Down created a handful of songs that came into completion. One of those songs was 'Inconvenience of Time'. The song was a difficult fit with the rest of the album and was therefore left to gather dust. The song discusses the issue of legacy after death.

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Two Down // Inconvenience of Time (Preview)

On the 21st of April 2014, Quiet One played their final rehearsal set before the filming of the album play-through. (to be released later) All songs on the album were rehearsed as well as a few cover songs and older material. From the rehearsals we are pleased to release some choice songs that reflect the true feeling of 'Quiet One'.

The first is a song called 'Lonely Soldier', a song from the vast songbook of Leonard Cohen, that has been covered by hundreds of artists since it's inception. The song (as well as the rest of the live album) was recorded entirely in the analogue domain and was recorded straight to a Studer A37 Tape. 'Lonely Soldier' was mastered at Abbey Road Studios, London @ -4db DES.

Quiet One // Lonely Soldier (Live)

'Sailboat' is the first single from the upcoming self-titled album 'Quiet One'. The album will be available exclusively from Hurt Records as a physical CD. 'Sailboat' was recorded at Hurt Studios, Mixed at both Hurt Studios and Elephant Studios and was mastered at Abbey Road Studios in London by Christian Wright.

Quiet One // Sailboat [Album Version] (Preview)

We decided to test out the new studio by recording a live version of Snow Patrol's 'Run' with an array of mics. The Piano and Glockenspiel were added afterwards.

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Quiet One // Run (Live In Studio)

Here is a taster song from our upcoming album 'The Two Lost Boys'. This song is titled 'Leaves' and is a personal favourite of ours. We hope you like it. We are really excited to share The Two Lost Boys with you soon! Thanks for all of your support! You mean the world to us.

Two Down // Leaves (from The Two Lost Boys)

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Benn Down (born Jan 27, 1982) is a British singer, songwriter, musician, record producer and composer. He is the founder, lead vocalist and principle songwriter in various bands including; Benn, Portraits, Two Down, Pressure Fashions Diamonds and Diplomat. His first release was the album ‘Origins?’ under the band Two Down, which he founded in 2007 with long time-collaborator Callum Richardson. He has since released a vast number of albums, EPs and singles. Benn Down was an independent recording artist until signing with Hurt Records in 2014. In previous years Down was involved with iTunes, Sony, Universal Music Group, Vevo and Tunecore and came to the conclusion that not only did these companies tie up their artists in uncompromising contracts, but their percentage share of the artist’s revenue was appalling. Benn decided to step down from these companies and invest his time in creating a ‘contract-less’ Record Label that focused purely on the integrity of the sound recordings and bringing the artist’s visions to life.

At the beginning of 2017 Down embarked on a ten-year-long ambition to release his anticipated ‘Z’ story in audio form. The story being widely received as cryptic, intriguing and dark. Down is recognised for making his listeners work to understand the form that the story takes. Down maintains that the Z series of albums isn’t made for everyone, instead limiting its comprehendible exposure to a few thousand listeners.

Down is the owner of Hurt Records, a UK based independent record label. Hurt Records’ primary focus is to create extremely high quality music for it’s listenership. Hurt Records is unique in the fact that all of the releases on the label pass through a single studio complex; ‘Hurt Studios’. Down maintains that “the purpose of the ‘single studio’ mindset is that complete control over the entire process of an album’s creation is attained and artistic integrity is maintained at a high standard.”

Down’s music is currently licensed through both Hurt Records, UK and Create Music Group, US.

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