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I AM YOUR AUTOPILOT
Folk / Electronica / Experimental

"I AM YOUR AUTOPILOT"

Manchester,
United Kingdom

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Last Login:  7/20/2008
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  http://www.myspace.com/iamyourautopilot  

   I AM YOUR AUTOPILOT: General Info
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...

connect4 ...ideas
Sounds Like

bits of the above

Record LabelTimbreland
Type of LabelNone





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Jul 18 2008 9:00P
Hedge. Carlton Club, Whalley Range. manchester

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   About I AM YOUR AUTOPILOT

I Am Your Autopilot rediscovered themselves in 2006 having been lost for some time. Ben and Graeme were writing partners for a number of years in "The Italian Love Party" who recorded for Factory Too - Tony Wilson's valiant attempt to keep Factory going after being bought out by London Records. Playing the Hacienda and recording with Peter Hook were highlights for ILP (though perhaps not for Peter Hook who, apparently, never got paid by Tony Wilson for his work with ILP).

Their sound was described as "bursting out all over with a surrealist pop reminiscent of Eno's - Taking Tiger Mountain (by Strategy)" - Dave Simpson

When the band split, Ben and Graeme embarked on a number of different art projects. One of these projects brought Ben and Jasper together. Jasper runs a music media company called Omnisonics from his studio in Central Manchester. Following a chance meeting at the end of 2005, Ben and Graeme took tentative steps towards restarting the writing partnership along with Jasper. The result can be heard and seen on this page. "Smokescreens" and "All in Our Hands" have been released on a compilation on the Timbreland label showcasing emerging artists from a range of different styles from folk to electronica. I Am Your Autopilot have just finished their debut album "Robots in the Orchestra". Details of how you can purchase this will be posted here soon.

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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. "

If you enjoy the video for smokescreens, Please take a second to vote for it by clicking here.

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

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Jul 18 2008 8:43 PM




Fredo Viola





Jul 18 2008 3:25 PM

Hope your show was wonderful, guys. Much love from nyc.
:)
Bonar Hutchison





Jul 18 2008 10:23 AM

Thanks
Best Wishes

Bonar
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Jul 15 2008 7:51 AM

Caterpillar Smoke Thankyou
Ms CosMod


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Jul 15 2008 3:45 AM

Thank you!
Xo Ms CosMod
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Jul 9 2008 2:07 AM

Sensorites @ The Green Windmill, Manchester, Fri 11th July, Free Entry, doors 8pm :-)

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Jul 5 2008 9:26 PM

You will be on the show 7/7/08 listen at www. 2ser. com/stream

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Jul 3 2008 8:44 AM

A little larger...


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Timbreland Recordings





Jul 1 2008 8:54 AM

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Jun 28 2008 2:48 AM


"Drapes of Black" is the new single from Aidan Smith's new album, Allotments.
It was played on Radcliffe and Maconie's show on Radio 2 on Monday and is in this week's Pick and Mix!
Go here to vote for Aidan to get played on their show every day next week!
Positive Transit





Jun 17 2008 1:27 AM

Hi autopilot.
always great to see you here at my space..
we think very highly of your music .
best wishes

lisa
for
pt
Ivan Campo





Jun 10 2008 9:53 AM

Hola I Am Your Autopilot! Hows things?

Looking forward to the Summer ahead!?!
New CD on its way... in the mean time...

Clippings 2 (cut & paste)

Download the above e.p from our website.
Take a trip to Campodia!

Hasta Luego
Ben
I.
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Billy Mallery, composer





Jun 9 2008 7:44 PM

we've been here before!



enjoy the eclipse...





Eclipse at Paraguana
winterlight





May 16 2008 1:10 AM

alright? nice live pics!
Tim
Lustrous Chemistry





May 13 2008 11:00 AM

cool, look forward to live dates and CD

have fun
paul
Lustrous Chemistry





May 13 2008 10:51 AM

oh yeah and an addition to yr name.
is that a permanent fixture?
Lustrous Chemistry





May 13 2008 10:42 AM

good to see yr playing live.
any plans for further afield??
here's hoping
james murray





May 13 2008 10:31 AM

hey, been time, good to enjoy your sounds again.. hope all is well, best, jm
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May 13 2008 5:02 AM

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Cheers for playing, see you soon!
MUCHO BIZARRE





May 5 2008 8:38 AM

Cool sounds.
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May 5 2008 4:57 AM

great tunes
CJ West





May 1 2008 5:29 AM

Hey,

Just receieved the new cover for A Demon Awaits the other day. I passed it to a few friends and everyone loved it. Just a few changes to make and it'll be ready.

Now all I have to do is finish the book.

CJ
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Apr 26 2008 4:41 AM

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8.30pm Entry £4
Like all Oppo Robo gigs, this takes place at the YORKSHIRE HOUSE, Parliament Street, Lancaster, North-West of England.
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