ROBOTNIK
COUNTY DUBLIN
Robotnik is Chris Morrin, a highly challenged boy from Dublin. Robotnik's music is a mental adventure of pop, electronic beats and melodic musings on relationships, fantasies and twenty something-dom.
Robotnik has been extremely busy since releasing the critically acclaimed debut album 'Pleasant Sqaure'. Last year he exercised his Devo-esque performances across Europe alongside the likes of Laura Marling, Mumford and Sons and Crystal Castles; all the while enjoying regular airplay on MTV. Robotnik's debut album will be released this year in Germany under the Berlin label Future Pop Stuff.
Robotnik's live show has developed into a powerful two-man live force with the addition of producer and collaborator Martin Osborne; whom Morrin lovingly refers to as his extra hard drive.
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DEBUT ALBUM REVIEWS
"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
"…remarkable debut, which straddles Eighties synth-pop and thoroughly modern
laptop lo-fi, he displays ambition and originality in spades…this is among
the very best records of the year" - ALTERNATIVE ULSTER 8/10
"Pleasant Square is a simple pleasure that proves surprisingly
invigorating." - METRO 4/5
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LIVE REVIEWS
"Nobody else could get away with what he does. It’s a surprise that he does not get the media coverage that he deserves and that he has not yet been picked up by a record label. On the other hand 2009 may be the year when the Irish take heed of this performer and realise how talented he is" - STATE MAGAZINE 2009
"Robotnik's upbeat tunes are brilliantly bonkers and sweet, and should be investigated immediately by all persons interested in dancing around like loons. The likes of 'Weird Road' brings out a softer, quieter side which manages to be a little more introspective and bittersweet than the more upbeat stuff, but no less engaging" - BBC NORTHERN IRELAND 2009
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UPCOMING GIGS
| 31 Jul 2010 | 18:00 | Castlepalooza Festival | Co. Offaly, Ireland |
| 14 Aug 2010 | 18:00 | Milk Festival | Ballinlough, Ireland |
| 25 Aug 2010 | 18:00 | Lavery's | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| 10 Sep 2010 | 18:00 | Whelans | Dublin, Ireland |
| 1 Oct 2010 | 19:00 | Arena GlasHaus | Berlin, Germany |
