The Fireman is the moniker given to electronic music

Electronic music

Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...

 experiments created by Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney

Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...

 and Youth

Martin Glover

Martin Glover, also known as Youth, is a record producer and a founding member and bassist of the UK band Killing Joke. He is a member of The Fireman along with Paul McCartney. Glover was born in Africa.-Early career:...

. In 1993, the duo of McCartney and Youth released its first album, Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest

Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest

Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest is a 1993 ambient electronic music album by The Fireman, a duo consisting of Paul McCartney and producer Youth, who is best known as a member of Killing Joke and the Orb.-Background:...

, and followed that with Rushes

Rushes (album)

Rushes is a 1998 ambient electronic music album by The Fireman, a duo consisting of Paul McCartney and producer Youth.Better received than predecessor Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest, Rushes is distinguished by not relying so much on McCartney's previous recordings. Youth and McCartney would...

in 1998. In 2000, Youth also took part in McCartney's similarly styled Liverpool Sound Collage

Liverpool Sound Collage

Liverpool Sound Collage is an ambient electronic album by Paul McCartney, which is also credited to The Beatles, Super Furry Animals, and Youth. McCartney had previously released two projects with Youth under the moniker The Fireman...

. The duo's most recent album, Electric Arguments

Electric Arguments

Electric Arguments is the third album by The Fireman, an experimental music duo consisting of Paul McCartney and producer Youth. The album was first announced 29 September 2008, on Paul McCartney's website, and was released on 24 November 2008 on the duo's website...

, is available on its Web site.

In June 2008, McCartney's official Web site announced that a track called "Lifelong Passion (Sail Away)," from the album Electric Arguments would be issued as a limited-edition download to fans who donated to the charity Adopt-A-Minefield

Adopt-A-Minefield

Adopt-A-Minefield is a United Kingdom-based charity which raises awareness about landmines and their associated problems, and raises funds to clear minefields and help survivors of landmine accidents...

. The album was released on the label One Little Indian on 24 November 2008. The new album features more traditional songs, in which there are vocals (the first time on any of their albums). The majority of the album's vocals come from McCartney.

The duo borrowed the title "Electric Arguments" from the poem "Kansas City to St. Louis" by Allen Ginsberg

Allen Ginsberg

Irwin Allen Ginsberg was an American poet and one of the leading figures of the Beat Generation in the 1950s. He vigorously opposed militarism, materialism and sexual repression...

. In Wired

Wired (magazine)

Wired is a full-color monthly American magazine and on-line periodical, published since January 1993, that reports on how new and developing technology affects culture, the economy, and politics...

magazine, McCartney stated this was because "he's been looking at the beauty of word combinations rather than their meaning."
In February 2009, Sirius XM launched Fireman Radio

Fireman Radio

Fireman Radio was a limited-run channel on Sirius XM Radio, devoted to the music of Paul McCartney. The channel aired from February 14-March 13, 2009 on Sirius channel 33 and XM channel 27, temporarily pre-empting the soft-rock channel The Bridge....

, a limited-run channel dedicated to the music of the group.

Albums

• Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest
  Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest
  Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest is a 1993 ambient electronic music album by The Fireman, a duo consisting of Paul McCartney and producer Youth, who is best known as a member of Killing Joke and the Orb.-Background:...
  
  (1993)
• Rushes
  Rushes (album)
  Rushes is a 1998 ambient electronic music album by The Fireman, a duo consisting of Paul McCartney and producer Youth.Better received than predecessor Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest, Rushes is distinguished by not relying so much on McCartney's previous recordings. Youth and McCartney would...
  
  (1998)
• Electric Arguments
  Electric Arguments
  Electric Arguments is the third album by The Fireman, an experimental music duo consisting of Paul McCartney and producer Youth. The album was first announced 29 September 2008, on Paul McCartney's website, and was released on 24 November 2008 on the duo's website...
  
  (2008) UK No.79; US No.67

Singles

• "Transpiritual Stomp/Arizona Light Mix" (1993)
• "Rushes (1998)
  • "Fluid"
  • "Appletree Cinnabar Amber"
  • "Bison (long one)"
• Fluid (Nitin Sawhney Remixes) (1999)
  • "Fluid (out of body and mind mix)"
  • "Fluid (out of body mix)"
  • "Fluid (out of body with sitar mix)"
  • "Bison"
• "Lifelong Passion (Sail Away)" (2008)
• "Sing the Changes
  Sing the Changes
  "Sing the Changes" is a song written by Paul McCartney from the 2008 album Electric Arguments by The Fireman, an experimental music duo comprising McCartney and Youth...
  
  " (2008)
• "Dance Til We're High" (2009)

External links

• The Fireman Official Web site
• The Fireman on Youtube
• Fireman Radio on Sirius XM