High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Robert Swire-Thompson (born 5 November 1982), is a Australian record producer, singer and keyboardist. Swire is best known as lead singer and producer of Australian drum and bass band Pendulum and is sometimes referred to by the stage name Anscenic. Originally from Perth, Western Australia, he relocated to the United Kingdom in 2003 with fellow Pendulum co-founders Gareth McGrillen and Paul "El Hornet" Harding. Swire has since fulfilled a broad spectrum of roles as a member of Pendulum, ranging from song writing to singing while performing live with an unusual guitar-like MIDI controller Starr Labs' Ztar Z6-SP.