Native Instruments’ curated “boyband from the future” were one of the acts to cause no small amount of havoc at last week’s Electronic Beats Festival in Budapest. If your interest was piqued after reading our backstage interview with Jamie Lidell, Jeremy Ellis, Tim Exile, Mr Jimmy and DJ Shiftee – published earlier this week – consider this 15 minute clip a further taster of what happens when you get a serious amount of talent, and a intimidating volume of gear, in a room together. Warning: contains geeky dance moves.
Interview: Mostly Robot
Mostly Robot isn’t your usual band. Instead, they were ‘curated’ by Native Instruments. We caught up with Jeremy Ellis, Jamie Lidell, Tim Exile, Mr Jimmy and DJ Shiftee backstage at Budapest’s Electronic Beats Festival to find out about their live show, what their future plans are and what their origin story means for the future of music. – more
Mostly Robot: five musicians, one sound
Those loitering in the middle of the soul enthusiasts/gear geeks Venn diagram, your time to rejoice has come. Soul boy and sometime experimentalist Jamie Liddell has gone and formed a supergroup. Called Mostly Robot, the lineup also features four other likeminded sonic provocateurs including Warp’s Tim Exile, DMC champ Shiftee, MPC botherer Jeremy Ellis – more
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