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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name                = Lloyd Swanton
| image               = Lloyd-Swanton.jpg
| caption             = Swanton performing with The Necks in Aarhus, Denmark in 2015
| background       = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name       = Lloyd Stuart Swanton
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1960|8|14}} 
| birth_place        = [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], Australia
| genre               = Jazz
| occupation        = Musician, composer
| instrument        = Double bass, bass guitar
| years_active     =
| label                =
| website            = 
}}

[[File:Lloyd Swanton 2012.jpg|thumb|Lloyd Swanton 2012]]

'''Lloyd Stuart Swanton''' (born 14 August 1960) is an Australian [[jazz]] double bassist, bass guitarist, and [[composer]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.jazz.com/encyclopedia/swanton-lloyd-stuart|title=Swanton, Lloyd (Stuart)|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians|publisher=jazz.com|access-date=21 February 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080221192441/http://www.jazz.com/encyclopedia/swanton-lloyd-stuart|archive-date=21 February 2008}}</ref>

Swanton was a member of [[Dynamic Hepnotics]] in 1986<ref name="McFDH">McFarlane [https://web.archive.org/web/20040419220446/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=305 'Dynamic Hepnotics'] entry. Retrieved 21 February 2010.</ref> and co-founded jazz trio [[The Necks]] in 1987 with [[Chris Abrahams]] and [[Tony Buck (musician)|Tony Buck]].<ref name="McFTN">McFarlane [https://web.archive.org/web/20040803085003/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=6 'Chris Abrahams'] entry. Retrieved 21 February 2010.</ref>

==Biography==
In 1987 he co-founded jazz trio [[The Necks]] with [[Chris Abrahams]] on keyboards and [[Tony Buck (musician)|Tony Buck]] on drums.<ref name="SpencerNecks">Spencer et al, (2007) [http://www.whiteroom.com.au/howlspace/whoswho/PHPTracks.php?Band_ID=146980 NECKS, THE] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219104509/http://www.whiteroom.com.au/howlspace/whoswho/PHPTracks.php?Band_ID=146980 |date=2014-12-19 }} entry. Retrieved 21 February 2010. Note: he is named Loyd {{sic}} Swanton here.</ref> In 1991 he formed his own group, The Catholics. He has performed solo [[improvisation]] concerts on double bass. Swanton has performed with The Benders, [[Clarion Fracture Zone (band)|Clarion Fracture Zone]], [[Sydney Symphony]], [[Vince Jones]], [[Alpha Centauri Ensemble]], the [[Mighty Reapers]], the [[Seymour Group]], [[Tim Finn]], [[Stephen Cummings]] and [[Wendy Matthews]]. He was also a long-serving member of the [[Bernie McGann]] Trio and the [[Bernie McGann]] Quartet.

As well as music for his own bands, Swanton has composed several film soundtracks. For many years Swanton hosted the radio show ''Mixed Marriage'' on [[Eastside Radio]] in Sydney, a weekly program looking at crossings of jazz with other musical styles.<ref>[https://eastsidefm.org/jazz/mixedmarriage/ EastSide FM show archive]</ref>

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==Discography==
===As leader===
* ''Ambon'' (Bugle, 2015)

'''With The Benders'''
* ''E'' (Hot, 1983)
* ''False Laughter'' (Hot, 1984)
* ''Distance'' (Hot, 1985)

'''With The Catholics'''
* ''The Catholics'' (Rufus, 1992)
* ''Simple'' (Rufus, 1994)
* ''Life on Earth'' (Rufus/PolyGram, 1997)
* ''Barefoot'' (Rufus, 1999)
* ''Gondola'' (Rufus, 2006)
* ''Village'' (Bugle, 2007)
* ''Inter Vivos'' (Bugle, 2009)
* ''Yonder'' (Bugle, 2013)

'''With [[Clarion Fracture Zone (band)|Clarion Fracture Zone]]'''
* ''What This Love Can Do'' (Rufus, 1994)
* ''Less Stable Elements'' (Rufus, 1996)

'''With [[Bernie McGann]]'''
* ''At Long Last'' (Emanem, 1987)
* ''Ugly Beauty'' (Spiral Scratch, 1991)
* ''McGann'' (Rufus, 1995)
* ''Playground'' (Rufus, 1997)
* ''Bundeena'' (Rufus, 2000)
* ''Double Dutch?'' (Rufus, 2010)
* ''Blue for Pablo Too'' (Rufus, 2005)
* ''Live at the Side On'' (Rufus, 2005)
* ''Solar'' (Rufus, 2009)
* ''Wending'' (Rufus, 2012)

'''With [[The Necks]]'''
* ''[[Sex (The Necks album)|Sex]]'' (Spiral Scratch, 1989)
* ''[[Next (The Necks album)|Next]]'' (Spiral Scratch, 1990)
* ''[[Aquatic (album)|Aquatic]]'' (Fish of Milk, 1994)
* ''[[Silent Night (album)|Silent Night]]'' (Fish of Milk, 1996)
* ''[[Piano Bass Drums]]'' (Fish of Milk, 1998)
* ''[[The Boys (soundtrack album)|The Boys]]'' (Wild Sound/MDS, 1998)
* ''[[Hanging Gardens (The Necks album)|Hanging Gardens]]'' (Fish of Milk, 1999)
* ''[[Aether (album)|Aether]]'' (Fish of Milk, 2001)
* ''[[Athenaeum, Homebush, Quay & Raab]]'' (Fish of Milk, 2002)
* ''[[Drive By (album)|Drive By]]'' (Fish of Milk, 2003)
* ''[[Photosynthetic (album)|Photosynthetic]]'' (Long Arms, 2003)
* ''[[Mosquito/See Through]]'' (Fish of Milk, 2004)
* ''[[Chemist (album)|Chemist]]'' (Fish of Milk, 2006)
* ''[[Townsville (album)|Townsville]]'' (Fish of Milk, 2007)
* ''[[Silverwater (album)|Silverwater]]'' (Fish of Milk, 2009)
* ''[[Mindset (The Necks album)|Mindset]]'' (Fish of Milk, 2011) 
* ''[[Open (The Necks album)|Open]]'' (Northern Spy, 2013)
* ''[[Vertigo (The Necks album)|Vertigo]]'' (Fish of Milk, 2015)
* ''[[Unfold (The Necks album)|Unfold]]'' (Ideologic Organ, 2017)
* ''[[Body (The Necks album)|Body]]'' (Northern Spy, 2018)
* ''[[Three (The Necks album)|Three]]'' (Northern Spy, 2020)
* ''Bleed'' (Northern Spy, 2024)

'''With [[Alister Spence]]'''
* ''Flux'' (Rufus, 2003)
* ''Mercury,'' (Rufus, 2006)
* ''Far Flung'' (Rufus, 2012)
* ''Live Alister'' (Spence Music, 2015)
* ''Not Everything but Enough'' (Alister Spence Music, 2017)

===As sideman===
'''With [[Vince Jones]]'''
* ''Trustworthy Little Sweethearts'' (EMI, 1988)
* ''Come in Spinner'' (ABC, 1990)
* ''One Day Spent'' (EMI, 1990)
* ''Future Girl'' (EMI, 1992)

'''With others'''
* [[Diana Anaid]], ''Diana Ah Naid'' (Origin, 1997)
* [[Tony Buck (musician)|Tony Buck]], ''The Shape of Things to Come'' (1989)
* [[Stephen Cummings]], ''Good Humour'' (Polydor, 1990)
* [[Dannielle Gaha]] & Louise Anton, ''Going for a Song'' (EastWest, 1997)
* [[Tim Hopkins]], ''Tim Hopkins' Good Heavens!'' (Larrikin, 1993)
* [[Marc Hunter]], ''Night & Day'' (ABC, 1990)
* [[Phillip Johnston]], ''Diggin' Bones'' (Asynchronous, 2018)
* [[The Last Straw (band)|The Last Straw]], ''The Last Straw'' (Spiral Scratch, 1990)
* [[Inga Liljestroem]], ''Elk'' (Groovescooter, 2004)
* [[Jimmy Little]], ''Resonate Festival'' (Mushroom, 2001)
* [[Dave MacRae]], ''Southern Roots'' (Emanem, 1988)
* [[Wendy Matthews]], ''Emigre'' (rooArt, 1990)
* [[Melanie Oxley]] & [[Chris Abrahams]], ''Welcome to Violet'' (Remote Music, 1992)
* [[Tim Rollinson (musician)|Tim Rollinson]], ''Cause + Effect'' (Mercury, 1996)
* [[Phil Slater]], ''The Thousands'' (Kimnara, 2007)
* [[Ross Wilson (musician)|Ross Wilson]], ''Dark Side of the Man'' (WEA, 1989)
* Ross Wilson, ''Go Bongo Go Wild!'' (Wild Bongo, 2001)
* [[Underworld (band)|Underworld]], ''Drift Episode 2 Atom'' (Smith Hyde, 2019)
* [[Wizards of Oz]], ''Soundtrack'' (Polygram, 1988)
* [[Iannis Xenakis]], Alpha Centauri Ensemble, [[Roger Woodward]], ''Kraanerg'' (Etcetera, 1989)
* [[Julian Curwin]], ''Midnight Lullaby'' (Romero Records, 2020)

==Awards and nominations==
===APRA Awards===
The [[APRA Awards (Australia)|APRA Awards]] are presented annually from 1982 by the [[Australasian Performing Right Association]] (APRA).<ref name="APRAMusic">{{cite web | url = http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/APRAAwards/MusicAwards/History.aspx | title = APRA History | publisher = [[Australasian Performing Right Association]] (APRA) | accessdate = 6 May 2010 }}</ref>
{{awards table}}
|-
| [[APRA Awards of 2005|2005]] ||  "[[Drive By (album)|Drive By]]" (with [[Chris Abrahams]] and [[Tony Buck (musician)|Tony Buck]]) || Most Performed Jazz Work<ref name="APRAWin2005">{{cite web | url = http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/APRAAwards/MusicAwards/History/2005Winners.aspx | title = 2005 Winners – APRA Music Awards | publisher = Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | accessdate = 17 May 2010 }}</ref> || {{won}}
|-
| [[APRA Awards of 2006|2006]] ||  "[[Chemist (album)|Chemist]]" (with Abrahams and Buck) || Most Performed Jazz Work<ref name="APRAWin2006">{{cite web | url = http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/APRAAwards/MusicAwards/History/2006Winners.aspx | title = 2006 Winners – APRA Music Awards | publisher = Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | accessdate = 6 May 2010 }}</ref> || {{won}}
|-
| [[APRA Music Awards of 2019|2019]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/apra-reveals-2019-song-of-the-year-shortlist/|title=APRA Reveals 2019 Song of the Year Shortlist|website=[[Music Feeds]]|date=5 February 2019|access-date=26 April 2022}}</ref>
| "Body" (with Abrahams and Buck)
| Song of the Year
| {{shortlisted}}
|-
{{end}}

==References==
{{refbegin}}
'''General'''
* {{cite encyclopedia|last=McFarlane |first=Ian |author-link=Ian McFarlane |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop]] |title=Whammo Homepage |url=//www.whammo.com.au/index.asp |access-date=8 February 2010 |year=1999 |publisher=[[Allen & Unwin]] |location=[[St Leonards, New South Wales|St Leonards, NSW]] |isbn=1-86508-072-1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040405231007/http://www.whammo.com.au/index.asp |archive-date=5 April 2004 }} Note: Archived [on-line] copy has limited functionality.
* {{cite book|title=The Who's Who of Australian Rock|last=Spencer|first=Chris|author2=Zbig Nowara |author3=Paul McHenry |orig-year=1987|year=2002|publisher=Five Mile Press|location=[[Noble Park, Victoria|Noble Park]], Vic.|isbn=1-86503-891-1}}<ref>{{cite book|url=http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2090055|title=Who's who of Australian rock / compiled by Chris Spencer, Zbig Nowara & Paul McHenry|work=catalogue|year=2002|publisher=Five Mile Press |via=National Library of Australia|isbn=9781865038919|access-date=21 February 2010}}</ref> Note: [on-line] version established at [https://web.archive.org/web/20120229232852/http://www.whiteroom.com.au/howlspace/whoswho/aboutww.htm White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd] in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition.

'''Specific'''
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080221192441/http://www.jazz.com/encyclopedia/swanton-lloyd-stuart Swanton, Lloyd (Stuart)] biography at jazz.com

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