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Forest Swords

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NTS regular Forest Swords has been hosting Forest Swords Dense Truth Residency since 1 August 2017. Forest Swords hosted a guest show on 31 October 2023. Forest Swords has been played on NTS over 60 times, featured on 63 episodes and was first played on 8 August 2013.

Forest Swords is one producer, Matthew Barnes, from the Wirral, Liverpool, UK. A unique blend of jagged hip-hop and R&B beats, looping guitar lines and manipulated samples, his evocative and emotional music reflects the sprawling Wirral landscape of river, coastland and woodland with all the haunting melodies of nearby city Liverpool’s enviable pop history.

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Raw Language
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Ninja Tune2017
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War It
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Irby Tremor
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Tri Angle2013
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Thor's Stone
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Tri Angle2013
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The Weight Of Gold
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Butterfly Effect (DJ Ron Dixon's Clubstep Remix)
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Ninja Tune2023
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Caged
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Ninja Tune2023
Caged
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Panic
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Ninja Tune2017
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Four Degrees (Forest Swords Remix)
Anohni (Forest Swords mix)
Not On Label (Forest Swords Self-released)2017
Four Degrees (Forest Swords Remix)
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Glory Gongs
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Olde English Spelling Bee2010
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