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my robot friend

Electro / Indie / Rock

Manhattan, NY

Robot High School

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My Robot Friend is an electronic music/performance art project from New York led by the enigmatic Howard Robot. Started in late 2001, My Robot Friend earned positive critical acclaim from the start, making Rolling Stone magazine's annual Hot List in the first year of existence. Since then, My Robot Friend has gained a glowing international reputation for making cleverly subversive music and stretching the boundaries of live performances around the world. My Robot Friend's live show is a visually and musically unique experience, falling somewhere between the manic energy of Devo and the creative, refined performance art of Laurie Anderson. Howard Robot performs in an elaborate, personally-designed light-up suit while interacting with other intricate, beautiful illuminated objects, wireless video cameras, pyrotechnics, synchronized videos, and other odd home-made props. Humorous, subversive, conceptual and sometimes dangerous, My Robot Friend questions humans about their relationship with technology and each other, poking fun at everything in the process.

In November 2004, My Robot Friend's 'Hot Action!' made its emergence from New York City's electronic underground. The album spent several months in the CMJ charts and hit the top 20 electronic albums on iTunes international sales charts. My Robot Friend's second album 'Dial 0' was released by Soma Records in 2006. Songs from this album have appeared on television (Malcolm in the Middle) and film (Unknown White Male). My Robot Friend's third record, 'Robot High School,' is planned to be released in 2008. Artists such as The Pet Shop Boys and Robbie Williams have covered My Robot Friend's songs, and remixers and collaborators have included bands as diverse as Antony, Matmos, Modeselektor, Jeans Team, Dean and Britta, Electronicat, Safety Scissors, Derrick Carter, Tommie Sunshine, Outputmessage, and Zombie Nation.

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Discography - see all 12

  • Robot High School

    Robot High School

  • Rapture 12"

    Rapture 12"

  • Swallow 12"

    Swallow 12"

  • Dial Zero 12"

    Dial Zero 12"

  • Dial 0

    Dial 0

  • 23M 12"

    23M 12"

  • America Is Automatic / Isolation

    America Is Automatic / Isolation

  • Nonstop Nonstop Nonstop

    Nonstop Nonstop Nonstop

  • Hot Action!

    Hot Action!

  • Why Won't You Call Me Back EP

    Why Won't You Call Me Back EP

  • Walt Whitman EP

    Walt Whitman EP

Comments - see all 7

elektrolad says:

Dear Mr Robot, Now can I do a remix for you? cheers, the not world-famous elektrolad

posted Nov 29

Laurent COUDERT says:

Greetings from France, thanx for the add. Laurent

posted Nov 29

BLUSH says:

YO ROBO! Are you at the IOW Bestival again this year?

posted Jul 21

Communion/Journey says:

i wish i would have_ no, it is by some photographer from the bay area. Well, one day I shall be taking pictures like that, or at least look like that.

posted May 24

elektrolad says:

Got the poster today. It's great! Now, I have to get it framed...

posted May 17

Kevin Blechdom says:

Ahhh, it's like swimming in fresh air instead of thick mud

posted May 11

elektrolad says:

I guess I'm yours as well...

posted May 10