Grand National are a British band from

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who have toured extensively throughout

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and the

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. The project is a collaboration between Rupert Lyddon (born 1975, Amersham) and Lawrence Rudd (born 1976,

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), who also is a DJ and

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. Their sound is reminiscent of early forays into electronic sound manipulation, new wave and

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. As a live act the band usually adopt a six-piece format. There is also an unrelated group by the same moniker in the U.S.

Remixes

Grand National have provided remixes for Snow Patrol's track "

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" from the 2003 ''

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'' album and

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's "

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". Sasha reconstructed the track "Talk Amongst Yourselves" for his

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project that became the compilation '' Involver''.

Discography

Albums

Singles and EPs

References

Discogs biography

External links

Grand National
on Myspace {{Authority control British electronic music groups British dance music groups Remixers