Formed in 2003, Lost Robots brings together four musicians from a variety of disciplines, to work on a new project. Using free improvisation as a starting point, the group revisit theses instant compositions and constantly revise and review their output. This audio cannibalism and deep listening has forged a strangely intense quality to their music.
After a few tentative steps into the live arena at Scaledown, and an extended performance at the "Pestival", the band has grown more confident both in the structured pieces and in those freely improvised. The volume has increased too.
The improvisation owes as much to the British and German brand of experimental rock as it does to non-idiomatic free improvisation, the results of wide collective listening. The influences of minimalism, post punk and free jazz are audible, but so are elements of bluegrass and traditional music.
Continually recording and documenting, then editing and refining the music, the results can range from an off-kilter take on driving rock music, through to more delicate and lengthy explorations of form and texture.
Lost Robots use the following instruments: voices, electronics, clarinet, banjo, melodeon, electric guitar, bass, acoustic guitar, autoharp, drums, accordion, toys, laptop, dobro, taps, sampler, percussion, gamoshka, objects, organ and electric guitars.
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