Whilst soaking up the myrid of bands that flowed through Newcastles Legendary Riverside venue in the 90’s, Anth discovered a love for electronic beats and twisted melodys that were been thrown down inbetween indie beats at the friday night mayhem that was the Palace. Soon he gravitated to the heady world that is Shindig where Dj’s Scott Bradford, Scooby and mark Armstrong would spin a devastating mix of house music, accompanied by a range of guests from David Holmes, Merc to Deep Dish. Many adventures followed traveling around the UK to hear the best Dj’s in the darkest clubs.
Having initially tried producing with an early version of reason, university studies took over and several years past before Anth again had chance to pursue his creative ideas. Fast forward to late 2007 and after two frantic years of learning software and understanding how to construct beats it was time to release his creations. Though first a suitable name had to found. Many cut and paste word games followed as Anth sort a name to describe his unique sound, something that captured the essence of what he was trying to achieve, when he realised his liking for all things robotic, dark and hypnotic, and the artist was born, DARK ROOM ROBOT. Blending a sound of bass heavy technical beats aimed both the head and the feet. DRR draws on Anth’s vast range of influences, a little bit of funk, little bass, a little treble to slap face, early Clinton, Davis, Barrettoo, Tony Allen and kuti, Dinosaur Jr, Pure Science, Terry Francis, The Clash, the list goes on… categorised is not what DRR wants but if he had to call it anything it would be deep tech house. Singled out as an up an coming producer by Dj Magazine, the word is starting to spread all about the original beats that are been thrown down by the robotic one, miss them at your peril.
As the DRR sound matures, Anth is beginning to now take his first steps into performance, using Ableton to create a seamless blend of his own loops, EFX and special edits. Some of the dancefloor mixes have even ended up as full blown tracks. Watch out for some robotic groves at a club near you in the near future. |
