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Folk / Electronica / Experimental

I AM YOUR AUTOPILOT



Manchester
United Kingdom

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Member Since4/4/2006
Band Members

Ben Evans - ideas and vocals

Graeme Brooker - ideas and bass

Jasper Wilkinson - ideas and buttons

Influences MUSIC

Francois Couperin, JS Bach, Nick Cave, Brian Eno, Josh Rouse, The Verve, Massive Attack, St Etienne, Tindersticks, ISO68, 13&God, The Modernists, Jose Feliciano L.C.D. Soundsystem, Paul Weller, PJ Harvey, Schoenberg, Tricky, Neko Case, Miles Davis, M Ward, New Order, The Jam, Portishead, Bob Dylan, Nick Drake, Howie Gelb, The Flaming Lips, Giant Sand, Kings Of Convenience, AIR, Alban Berg, Benjamin Britten, Purcell, The Arcade Fire, The Beach Boys, Calexico, Caliphone, Charles Webster, The Czars, Coltrane, Battles, The Divine Comedy, Echo & The Bunnymen, Eels, The Fall, Adam and the Ants, Grant Lee Philips, Interpol, The editors, Iron & Wine, James Yorkston, Joe Henry, Fredo Viola, Laurie Anderson, John Martyn, John Renbourn, Kraftwerk, Reich, Stravinsky, Laura Viers, LOW, Mogwai, The National, ORBITAL, Primal Scream, Smog, Sufjan Stevens, Talk Talk, Tom Vek, Wilco, Velvet Underground,

FILMS & BOOKS

Alain Robbe-Grillet, Kazuo Ishiguro, Paul Auster, JG Ballard, Stanley Kubrick, Blakey from On the Buses, Steptoe and son. Juliette Binoche Emily Mortimer, Winona Ryder, James Ellroy, Michelangelo Antonioni, Jean Luc Godard. Alphaville. Monsiour Hulot. Jean Seberg, Don Delillo, George Orwell, The Carry On Films, Wim Wenders, Wings Of Desire & Faraway So Close, Dogme Films,

PAINTINGS

Robert Rauschenberg, Gerhard Richter, Julian Opie, Aldo Van Eyck, Breugel, Antonella De Messina, Patrick Heron, Patrick Caulfield. Rosenquist. Peter De Hooch. Vermeer, Della Francesca, Anselm Kiefer, Joseph Van Beuys, Terry Shaul

DESIGN & ART INSTALATIONS

Carlo Scarpa, Curios Boym, DROOG, Guido Canali, Diller & Scofidio, Ann Hamilton, Wim Delvoye, Gordon Matta-Clark, Marcel Duchamp, Walter Pichler, Christo & Jean Claude, Bill Viola, Claes Oldenburg, Dan Flavin, James Turrell, Tracey Emin, Rachel Whiteread, Donald Judd, Cedric Price, De Stijl, Andreas Gursky, LOT/EK, Richard Wilson, Andreas Bruno, Robert Irwin, The Smithsons, The Independent Group, Jenny Holzer, Erasmus Schroter,

ARCHITECTURE

David Chipperfield, Venturi & Denise Scott Brown, Steven Holl, Frank Lloyd Wright, RM Schindler, Toyo Ito, Bolles + Wilson, Giancarlo de Carlo, Enric Miralles, Adolf Loos, Jose Plecnik, Peter Zumthor, Rem Koolhaas, Le Corbusier, Sir John Soane, Marcel Breuer, James Stirling, Herzog & De Mueron,

PHILOSOPHY & MANIFESTO

Walter Benjamin, Adorno, DADA, FLUXUS, Andreas Huyssen, The SITUATIONISTS, Guy Debord. Anthony Vidler, Marshall Berman, Susan Sontag, Jean Baudrillard, Paul Virillio, Marc Auge, David Harvey, Mr Holger Haas, Colin Rowe, David Harvey.

WHAT?

JaggerPuss, Chelsea F.C., The London Underground Map, TOKYO, Shanghai, Peter Hook, Apple, Germans, The Cornish Coast, oh, and...

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Sounds Like

bits of the above

Record LabelTimbreland


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   About I AM YOUR AUTOPILOT

Timbreland Records proudly announce the release of I Am Your Autopilot's debut album - August 17th 2009

"One listen and you may well wonder how you ever survived without them" Chris Long, BBC

"Robots in the Orchestra" is the debut album from Manchester based trio I Am Your Autopilot and is a collection of ten meticulously crafted songs that effortlessly blend soulful electronics and choral vocals with chiming acoustic guitars and analogue synth oscillations.

As well as garnering praise from the BBC, I Am Your Autopilot have collaborated with New York based multimedia artist Fredo Viola for a series of European shows throughout 2009, including an appearance at La Cigale in Paris and a live session on the internationally renowned La Blogotheque as well as appearing on the French TV show "One Shot Not", playing with Manu Katche and Avishai Cohen.

The three members of the band have history between them - Ben Evans and Graeme Brooker were writing partners for a number of years in The Italian Love Party who recorded for Tony Wilson’s Factory Too label. Jasper Wilkinson played with Jersey Street, whose mix of soul and afro-funk was on regular rotation on the dancefloor at Manchester’s now legendary Electric Chair night.

As a three-piece the sound they create belies influences as diverse as Air, Spiritualized, Simon & Garfunkel and François Couperin and their debut album grabs you with its cinematic, heartbreaking and jubilant quality.

In 2008 I Am Your Autopilot were short-listed for the prestigious Best in Manchester award for their work in collaborative multimedia, and further projects are planned for the future including more multi-national cluster videos with Fredo Viola and soundtrack work for Little Gorilla Films in New York.

Robots In The Orchestra

FREDO VIOLA'S REVIEW OF "ROBOTS IN THE ORCHESTRA" - Just wanted to start a buzz about the new album which I feel very grateful to have had an advance listen to by I Am Your Autopilot. The album is called Robots in the Orchestra and it is totally stunning.

There are several of the songs from this new album on thier myspace page, and truly my favorite is "All in Our Hands". But with a professional mastering job it sounds like a brand new song. I'm just bowled over again and again by this song, it has to be one of the most beautiful, moving and catchy songs I have ever heard. To me it rivals the best of Simon and Garfunkel.

But this whole album is so wonderful. So much care has been put into each song. Each has a particular sound, and yet they all gel so beautifully together. Ben's voice has such a soothing sweetness and beauty, there is a lot of soul and wisdom in Graeme's bass, and Jasper's analog synth mastery fascinates the hell out of me!

Obviously the boys are fond of the same odd mix of the strange and the sweet. It's present in every tune on this great album, which hopefully sometime soon YOU will have the opportunity to experience!

Reviews of I Am Your Autopilot on the Timbreland compilation - "Furthest Branches from the Trunk"

"Manchester’s hottest new label weighs in heavy for their first shot at a compilation…beautiful choppy electronic/choral (trust me) action from Manchester’s I Am Your Autopilot, who make broken synthesizers sound better than they ever did."

"I Am Your Autopilot play around with dreamy electronica but stay true to their clever use of bleeps and Brian Wilson-esque smoothly whispy vocals. "

The smokescreens video was directed and produced by Chris Howorth from Death to the Pixels, Manchester, UK.


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Izzy Plastic & The Manicans





Jul 14 2009 6:33 PM

hello, how you doing today?

thanks for joining the dollhouse

love, izzy
x
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Jul 14 2009 11:39 AM


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Laurent Molet





Jul 13 2009 8:47 PM


yeah !
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Jun 11 2009 8:16 AM


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May 20 2009 4:23 PM

ARIGATO for the add

peace from Tokyo!!
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May 18 2009 4:12 PM

hope ya well guys, have fun!

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May 15 2009 10:18 PM

it's good to me too !
thank you and keep in touch...
Laurent Molet





May 9 2009 2:07 PM



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May 9 2009 2:07 PM

just seen what i assume is you lot on youtube playing on a staircase with fred - looking and sounding good. Hope all is well with you, sorry i haven't been in touch, for various reasons i haven't been around much.
Tim
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May 6 2009 9:17 PM

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Apr 27 2009 12:41 PM







thanks, enjoy your week ,

,
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Apr 26 2009 5:28 PM

>>>>>...GREETINGS FROM THE BROTHERS...<<<<<

Big Love on this sunny Sunday...x
Un jour peut etre





Apr 18 2009 8:59 AM

3/3

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#122 - Fredo Viola - Robinson Crusoe
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Apr 18 2009 8:59 AM

Incredible moment for me. Thank you guys.

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Apr 16 2009 11:28 AM

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Apr 6 2009 3:26 PM

thanks for yors
enjoy musik
and friendship
best wishes from viennA
Samuel & the Dragon





Jan 11 2009 10:03 PM

Thanks Guys,

Looking forward to hearing more from you this year!

x
Midnight Coffee





Jan 10 2009 8:09 PM

How my boys doing? I have to come back as often as I can to pay my respects to such talented songwriters. I love your songs, all in our hands is a classic for sure and smokescreens shows what you guys have in a big way.
Fredo Viola





Jan 1 2009 12:49 PM

Happy new year, fellas! I hope 2009 brings much inspiration and prosperity to you... hopefully more performances as well!

love from Woodsock,
Fredo
Greg Tyler





Dec 17 2008 12:42 AM

hey guys been thinking about your tunes latley, keep it up...and keep em commin.
Auto-Pilot





Dec 16 2008 5:54 PM

Close in location too.... You've got some very good tunes here.
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