23 Facts About Rob Swire

Originally from Perth, Western Australia, Swire relocated to the United Kingdom in 2003 with fellow Pendulum co-founders Gareth McGrillen and Paul "El Hornet" Harding.

Rob Swire is sometimes referred to by the stage name Anscenic.

Rob Swire was born and raised in Perth, Western Australia.

Rob Swire went to Scotch College, Swanbourne, graduating in 1999, where he first met bandmate Gareth McGrillen.

Rob Swire made a couple of independent releases with former hardcore techno label Hardline Rekordingz, including a collaboration with the label's founder, Animal Intelligence, which was titled "Fat American Bitchcore".

Rob Swire produced a track titled "Electrodes on the Skull" which was released alongside three tracks by other artists signed to the label at that time.

In 2002, Rob Swire formed drum and bass act Pendulum with fellow Xygen bandmate McGrillen and local DJ Paul "El Hornet" Harding.

Rob Swire relocated to the United Kingdom the following year, along with the other members of the band, and the band soon gained widespread underground recognition for their tracks "Vault" and "Trail of Sevens".

Rob Swire was extensively involved in creating publicity material for the new album, as he explained during an interview with Lucy Chakaodza of The Independent.

On 22 August 2013, Swire revealed that a new Pendulum album will probably be released sometime in 2014.

Rob Swire indicated that for foreseeable future, Pendulum would continue to gradually release tracks in small chunks similar to the September 2020 release, rather than wait to release an entire album at once.

In 2011, Rob Swire formed the electro house duo with Pendulum co-founder Gareth McGrillen.

That July, Rob Swire confirmed a new Knife Party EP in 2018 through a Reddit question and answer session.

Rob Swire wrote the topline melody and recorded vocals for Deadmau5's song, "Ghosts 'n' Stuff", on 25 November 2008.

Rob Swire co-wrote Rihanna's songs "Rude Boy" and "Roc Me Out", and contributed bass guitar and backing vocals to the songs.

Rob Swire additionally recorded vocals for Deadmau5's song, "Monophobia", which was released on 13 July 2018.

Rob Swire has worked as a record producer since 1999, most recently for Pendulum while producing the album In Silico, during which he was required to create demos, record the tracks, and mix the album.

Rob Swire is responsible for mixing most of the band's material, although more recently he has avoided mixing vocals, stating that, "Since I was doing the vocals, it's a bit harder to keep the objectivity on the engineer's side".

Rob Swire has used Pro Tools for recording audio and Steinberg's Cubase for production, but now mainly uses Steinberg's Nuendo for production and post-production editing.

Rob Swire has performed a wide range of instruments while recording material for Pendulum, including guitar and electric piano on Hold Your Colour, synthesiser, bass and percussion on In Silico and synthesizer and guitar on Immersion.

Rob Swire has been the band's main vocalist since the release of In Silico, for the purpose of creating a consistent sounding album.

When performing live with the band, Rob Swire typically plays a guitar-like MIDI controller, Starr Labs' Ztar Z6, in addition to performing vocals on tracks for which his voice was originally used.

Rob Swire's favoured MIDI controller keyboards when performing live are the CME UF70 Master Keyboard and the Korg Kontrol 49 MIDI Keyboard.