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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

Click here to get your copy of ROBOTS IN THE ORCHESTRA now

"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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Ewan Paul Scarlett

Ewan Paul Scarlett



Nov 24 2009 4:12 PM

Thanks for the add
ELECTRICDIVA

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Nov 21 2009 9:48 PM

Fun it
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Nov 18 2009 12:57 PM

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FLAXTON

FLAXTON



Oct 22 2009 7:24 PM

Hi there,

Thanks for connecting - love your tunes!

Hugs,

Flaxton xx
Room Tones

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Sep 26 2009 9:38 AM

Thank you!

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Trespassers William (Seattle, US) are the duo of Matt Brown and Anna-Lynne Williams. "Subliminally sublime and pragmatically perfect, you would have to possess an ashtray for a heart not to feel this coursing through your soul" (DSD Music Magazine). A new EP, The Natural Order of Things, is set to be released on Gizeh Records. They will make a church performance with special guests.

Glissando (Sheffield, UK) “have the kind of atmosphere that can captivate and relax in equal measure- never before has tranquillity sounded so urgent. While track lengths of over 10 minutes may fail to hold the attention of the ADHD sufferers among us, with patience it plays like a majestic dream. And it's one you'll never want to wake up from." NME

Operations (Chris Anderson) is a Manchester based conceptual music producer and sound artist. He performs and records with an array of analog synths and effects, reel-to-reel tape and casette players, and guitars. Followers of Tim Hecker, Slowdive, Fennesz, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Stephen O'Malley, Type and 12K Records will surely nod in approval.

fyrepyle

fyrepyle



Sep 14 2009 9:17 AM

excellent sounds...cheers for adding guys
Sao Paulo Punks

Sao Paulo Punks



Aug 23 2009 2:20 PM

Hey we've got some new music up! Swing by our page when you get a chance, have a listen. Great to be in touch with ya.
Peace
Sao Paulo Punks

PS. Check us out on facebook too!
Suzy Mangion

Suzy Mangion



Aug 14 2009 7:15 PM

thanks for a wonderful show last night, still smiling about it! Couldn't wait to put the songs on again this morning, such a glorious sound you fellows make
S. Gears

S. Gears



Aug 14 2009 9:16 AM

kindred spirits we
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retrodog

retrodog



Aug 14 2009 9:16 AM

Fantastic stuff you do. I admire your discipline and control.



Lucas : Little Gorilla Films

Lucas :  Little Gorilla Films



Aug 13 2009 2:06 PM

congratulations on the album!!!! can't wait to buy one!! 
lots of love from the US and here's to great success!
best luck!
L
Fredo Viola

Fredo Viola



Aug 13 2009 2:06 PM

Break a leg, guys!  Break four, five... six legs! Seriously, I'm wishing you guys all the best of luck.  I know the show is going to be great because I have the pleasure of working with you and know first hand how you bring so much love and beauty to each show.  I wish I could be there, feed us some  video soon!


winterlight

winterlight



Jul 30 2009 7:02 PM

hey the album is coming out - great news. I am ok, usual trials and tribulations. I am working on a split album with port-royal and I have been doing the artwork for their new album, so busy. Sorry haven't been in touch, I've been using facebook and twit etc as they are a bit smaller scale for me and this place has become rather huge. Are you going to play any dates further afield to support the album?
Tim
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Jul 28 2009 8:24 PM

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Julien Serve

Julien Serve



Jul 23 2009 9:10 AM

thanXXX
Louise Le May

Louise Le May



Jul 23 2009 9:10 AM

Hello, I am very pleased to meet you!  I think I heard you played on The Curve Ball show last Tuesday.  I listen every week.  Thank you for your kind words.  We must make sure we stay in touch.  XXX
The Curve Ball

The Curve Ball



Jul 23 2009 9:10 AM

Just heard Robots In the Orchestra for the first time and am greatly blown away. An early contender for my album of the year and you can be sure of regular airplay in the Wolverhampton area at least for the forseeable future. Congratulations, and I wish you all the best with it!
Izzy Plastic & The Manicans

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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Laurent Molet

Laurent Molet



Jul 13 2009 8:47 PM


yeah !
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Jun 26 2009 8:46 AM

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May 20 2009 4:23 PM

ARIGATO for the add

peace from Tokyo!!
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