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The robboland tunes here are done by ..
ROB WHEATLEY: Guitars, basses, loop & fx programming, percussion, vocals, mandolin, keyboards , any other noises you may hear, writing.
DAVE McCALLUM THE INVISIBLE PINEAPPLE: Security, backstage psychology, gimmic.
Influences
John Lee Hooker, BB King, Robert Fripp, Richard Thompson, John Scofield, EST, Martin Carthy, Jimi Hendrix, Django Reinhardt , Billy Jenkins, Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Eivind Aarset , Yes, Pink Floyd, Santana, Richie Havens, All things Funky, All things Jazzy, All things Groovy, and finally My Big Brother Tony without whom.......Cheers Bruv.
Mr.Happy Plays The Blues
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Oh, so you want more?
ok then,
in no order, until i get bored...
AC/DC, T.Bone Walker, Camel, SFF, Richard Pinhas, Rick Wakeman, Steve Hackett, Hawkwind, Motorhead, David Torn, All Things kCrimson, Phillip Glass, Steve Reich, Bill Bruford, Steve Hillage, Steve Hillage again, hot sunny days sitting on my front step playing acoustic guitar and drinking beer, Little Richard, Peter Gabriel, Prince, Fairport Convention, Led Zeppelin, Caravan, Gong, Brand X, The Strawbs, The Clangers, Kraftwerk, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Manfred Manns Earthband, Tommy Cooper, Jamie & the Magic Torch, Chet Atkins, My hands that don't work properly, My brain that doesn't work properly, cheap second-hand guitars, the Stranglers, Beethoven (the inventor of Heavy Metal), Elvis, things i'm allowed to take to make me happy & things i'm not, trousers (never leave home without them), Dance Music in all it's forms, Space in Ibiza, Ibiza, Ib, sounds of everything else going on around me, total silence......................................................................................................................................very complicated music in every way, cheesy lift muzac, Mambossa, Jerry Lee Lewis, jamming with my 8-track, Love With A Heart As An O (totally total), everything i write goes into the next thing i write- so, everything i write...and everything i dont write
etc
Sounds Like
Funky-Jazzy-Blues from Outer Space, with a hint of Big-World Folk!!
Clicking the picture below will take you to my new project- Happy Orange Balloon- Enjoy the trip..
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If more tunes is your thing, then here are some, courtesy of the Archivists here at Disgracelands..
Have fun ..
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And so to the bio, which i've pretended has been written by someone else. To maintain this illusion, please pretend to be someone else when reading it.
Ready?....Good, once upon a time...
Robboland is the creation of Rob Wheatley, a musician & writer who lives in Essex, in the UK.
Rob records from his home studio "Disgracelands", where as well as guitar, he covers bass, keyboards, vocals, loops, and anything else that doesn't sound like a Pineapple! Rob's approach to music is that 'anything goes'. His outright refusal to stay within one style, coupled with his reluctance to do anything he's told...ever, mean that Rob himself rarely has any idea what the current track is going to end up like, let alone the next one
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Major breakthroughs for Robbo include:
Accidentally stumbling on a B.B.King concert on the tv, late one night, many years ago. Buying a 'Best of' album the next day & ordering an import 'History of American Blues' at the same time. EUREKA!!!!,
"The Rover" by Led Zep, first ROCKRIFF learnt, "Beatin' around the bush" AC/DC..the second, The Eighties, for being such a crap-house of a musical decade, (mostly), forcing Rob to write his own music so he had something to listen to. His old musical partner Blaise, for the chord of A MINOR, His old musical partner, & fingerstyle guru, Tim Whitnell, for the nails, & showing just what is possible with one man & his guitar, BigBruv Tony, for constantly finding new things to listen to. Previous band's include Blaising Chaos, Toad, Treatment, Altogether Gone and Duck Unit.
Rob's taught both guitar and bass in the past, but has never been asked to give singing lessons! -----------------The Link below will take you to some amazing tunes & some top guitar playing,
enjoy...
And now for some vids...
robboland - Shopping while excited
Hello from Pontypool! Just wanted to let everyone know that we have posted our latest tune "SIGNS" on our myspace profile as well as "MACHINE the remix". Please check them out n let us know what you think. Also are newly updated WEBSITE www.the-transporters.com is NOW ONLINE. So feel free to go have a nose around (there is a link on our myspace profile). In our media room we have our debut lp "TRANSPORTED" re-available on i-tunes as well as a preview of our follow up lp "MY ESCAPE". Not only that there is a live/folk page and a REMIX/RADIO page with more NEW and EXCLUSIVE tracks. Kisses Grace.x
robboland!!!!! How fun it is to meet you and see your land! Happy to meet a friend of Dan's too! Wishing you a fun and sunny weekend!!!!!! What's new? xoxoJordi
Robo my man how’s it been? Just finally got back with an internet connection that’s worth a damn! I’m just letting my friends and actual fans know on a more personal level that we’ve gone into the next fix my friend all new tracks up in the player when you get a chance to listen let me know what you think, Been listening to your stuff again to now that I can, still love it dude. Stay well- Beast
Hello from Wales! We have just posted a new song on our remixed page,The Transporters Remixed. "Machine" is the first track Steve and i have worked on in a while. You can find it on The Transporters profile in the top friends. Please check it out sometime and let me know what you think. There is also a "almost" new tune on our main profile called "Her World"- this is a remix that Jules the bass rocked up in his London studio. Steve has been busy updating our website for us, its looking good and will be up and running soon, our debut "Transported" will be reavailable and we will also be releasing our 2nd Lp "My Escape". The-Transporters.com will have exclusive remixes, new videos, galleries and our shop will be back. We will you keep you updated...Grace.xx
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