LV is an electronic music duo of Si Williams and Will Horrocks, created in 2007, who met when they were both studying at University College London.[3][1][4][5] The duo is based in London and has produced four albums to date.[1][3] The duo have collaborated with artists on all of their albums and collaborations have included working with Tigran Hamasyan and Okmalumkoolkat.[6][2][7]
Their first single was Globetrotting, which featured the vocals of Errol Bellot. Northern Line was released as a single from their first album Routes and features Joshua Idehen, a spoken word artist.[2][8] The single Boomslang (released in 2010) has been described by critics as their "breakout album" and was produced in collaboration with Okmalumkoolkat.[2][9]
Routes was the first album released by LV and features vocal samples by Joshua Idehen.[10][8]Sebenza was their second album and is in collaboration with South African rappers Okmalumkoolkat and Spoek Mathambo, the South African duo Ruffest, and Dirty Paraffin.[7][9]Islands is their third album and also featured vocal samples from Joshua Idehen.[11]Ancient Mechanisms is their latest album, which features Tigran Hamasyan on the piano.[1][5]
