Bob Dylan, Yo La Tengo, Neutral Milk Hotel, Lou Reed, The Velvet Underground, The Clash, Joe Strummer, Radiohead, Neil young, Depeche Mode, David Byrne, Talkingheads, Flaming Lips, Underworld, Joy Division, Kate Bush, Boards of Canada, The Postal Service, Arcade Fire, Beck, Aphex Twin and my aunt alice who let me play her piano at 4 in the morning at her place when i was 5 years old. Old dads records - oh and DANIEL JOHNSTON, my only true hero in life.....oh and local legend JINX LENNON. Oh yes and Sparklehorse :-)
Robotnik's debut album 'Pleasant Square' was released to critical acclaim on Irish Independent label Angry Xmas Shop, May 9th 2008.
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"Breezy Melodies, assertive diction and scratchy acoustic guitar sounds never ever sounded as at home with trebly beats and primitive Jean Michelle Jarre synth sounds as they do on this hometown classic." - HOTPRESS 4/5
"Pleasant Square is a simple pleasure that proves surprisingly invigorating." - METRO
"the fruits of his labour will hopefully find the enormous audience it deserves" - STATE
"an album of such scope, diversity and simple, unadulterated enjoyment."- ENTERTAINMENT.IE
"...he manages to tap the rich vein of melancholy that made him become an artist in the first place. The results of such introversion can be affecting and gorgeous..." - THE IRISH TIMES
"...pleasantly sweet melodies are never far from the surface on a range of lo-fi blends of electronica and gently strummed guitars that evoke memories of Depeche Mode and Talking Heads..." - THE STAR
"...Pleasant Square has plenty of ideas...a vocal that evokes Elliot Smith..." - TRIBUNE
"It’s at its most delightful on the sparsely folky Vinedresser and the irresistibly poppy People Walk Away; but I Found Jesus In The Year 2027 is also exuberant, and North Pole pulls you in with its deliciously subtle magnetism...this is an impressive smorgasbord from an undoubted talent." - SUNDAY BUSINESS POST
"...I did enjoy his tongue-in-cheek song Puddlestarter, a humorous take on The Prodigy's Firestarter..." - THE INDEPENDENT
"Pleasant Square is a sonic walkabout that takes in influences as diverse as Radiohead and The Flaming Lips without ever losing its own sense of identity or purpose." - CLUAS.COM
"Eclectic and catchy, ‘Pleasant Square’ is also an engaging, bubbly, tuneful listen and thoroughly deserves all the attention it’s going to get." - DROP-D.IE
"Experimental touches and a try-anything-once attitude mark this album out from the rest. Delightfully eclectic and eccentric, this is not for boring folk with bland tastes." - THE EVENT GUIDE
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Robotnik is Chris Morrin, a boy from Baldoyle, with 27 swings on the merry-go-round. Robotnik is an adventurous Lo-fi concoction of pop, electronic beats and melodic musings on relationships, fantasies and twentysomethingdom.
Once you listen to the music, you might be lead to the conclusion that Robotnik happens to be a lovechild of David Byrne, Beck and Yo La Tengo with Brendan Benson and Radiohead acting as midwives. However, we hope you will also consider Robotnik to be an original in his own right.
Robotnik's path to the here and now swings by early memories of playing piano with his Aunt Alice, his teen garage band 'The Wesleys' and his sojourn into singer-songwriter territory with 'The Mucky Kid' EP in 2004.
"I bought my first laptop back in 2005 and started to get this shit load of free software. That's what prompted me to start pressing buttons and creating my first electronic tracks," explains Robotnik. Welcome on board.
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Hey man.. how have you been keeping? Congrats on the album. defo gonna check that out. Hey did you see we're playing on the same stage at the electric picnic!!?? xxx:):):)
Greetings from The Spiders. Sorry we had to run off and miss your set in Elec Ave. I caught most of it from the back during an intense cable untangling session and it sounded savage! Nice one lads. Jay.
I put this old pic up for you for the day. I look like hell but you look great!! Shocking :) I love you and Iwona and the happy gangers. xoxoxo Shan Shan
hey hey hey! Chris, how are you these days???!!! I have moved, and now i (yes, even I) have a music site. its not much, but its mine... hehe sooo glad to see that your album FINALLY made it out. i wish i could go to a show... ah well. are you still apt to send me a copy? the address has changed, but the desire remains the same... and Im old fashioned. i dont know how to down load. and Im broke, but, heh, you know... so, heres hoping all's well in your land, and spreading the love with a butter knife all the way over to youhttp://www. myspace. com/cambodiafiles
Entertainment. ie are hosting the exclusive download chart for this year's Hard Working Class Heroes festival, which takes place in Temple Bar from September 12th-14th. The festival focuses on showcasing Ireland's hottest new talent.
Just go onto www. entertainment. ie/hwch and download any song, by any band of your choice - it's as simple as that!! The top 20 bands will also be on a 'Best Of' compilation CD, which will be available during the festival.
Entertainment. ie will be giving the top three bands from the download chart a fantastic prize of a Dream Pro Tools MBox 2 Pro (very snazzy!).
