The Third Man Artist Bio

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 [email protected].

2. The Third Man is a band started by Max Rafferty, formerly of Brit band The Kooks in 2008. The band features Max drawing away from his bass-playing roots and singing lead and playing guitar as well as Adam Stockdale on guitar, Andrew Newton II on drums, and Sean-Lee Duncan on bass. The band identify as a mix of rock and pop and have been touring and playing small shows around The UK since late 2008. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.