Robotkid is the alias of Josh Randall, an electronic dance music

Electronic dance music

Electronic dance music is electronic music produced primarily for the purposes of use within a nightclub setting, or in an environment that is centered upon dance-based entertainment...

ian, video artist, and video game developer from Cambridge

Cambridge, Massachusetts

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, Massachusetts

Massachusetts

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. Along with PK, he was part of the mid-1990s synthcore band Institute of Technology

Institute of technology

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. He is currently the Creative Director at Harmonix Music Systems

Harmonix Music Systems

Harmonix Music Systems is an American video game development company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the United States...

, a video game studio responsible for such series as Karaoke Revolution

Karaoke Revolution

Karaoke Revolution and its many sequels are video games for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Nintendo GameCube, Wii, Xbox, and Xbox 360, developed by Harmonix Music Systems and Blitz Games and published by Konami in its Bemani line of music games. The Original Concept for Karaoke Revolution was...

, Guitar Hero

Guitar Hero

Guitar Hero is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems and published by RedOctane for the PlayStation 2 video game console. It is the first entry in the Guitar Hero series. Guitar Hero was released on November 8, 2005 in North America, April 7, 2006 in Europe and June 15, 2006 in...

, and Rock Band

Rock Band

Rock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV Games and Electronic Arts. It is the first title in the Rock Band series. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions were released in the United States on November 20, 2007, while the PlayStation 2 version was...

. Prior to Harmonix, Randall worked for Looking Glass Studios

Looking Glass Studios

Looking Glass Studios was a computer game development company during the 1990s.The company originally formed as Looking Glass Technologies, when Blue Sky Productions and Lerner Research merged....

. Like Freezepop, whose Kasson Crooker

Kasson Crooker

Kasson Crooker is an American electronic musician, composer, and the artist behind Symbion Project, his solo moniker. He also works collaboratively in The Planets Won't Let You Sleep Tonight and his past bands are Freezepop, Splashdown, Larkspur, and Sirensong...

 also works for Harmonix, Robotkid's music has made appearances on the studio's game releases.

Robotkid

• You Shriek – "Grim" (1994, Deaktiv) (song: "Grim" (Reality remix))
• Freezepop – Fashion Impression Function
  Fashion Impression Function
  Fashion Impression Function is a 2001 EP by Freezepop. Tracks 5, 7, 8 and 9 are remix versions of songs found on the band's previous album Freezepop Forever. The song "Manipulate" would later appear on the album Fancy Ultra•Fresh....
  
  (2001, Archenemy
  Archenemy Record Company
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  ) (song: "Science Genius Girl" (Robotkid's Lameboy mix))
• Frequency video game (2001, Harmonix
  Harmonix Music Systems
  Harmonix Music Systems is an American video game development company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the United States...
  
  ) (song: "End of Your World" by Robotkid and Inter:sekt)

Institute of Technology

• The Return of the Bass EP (1994, self-released)
• "Smart Bomb" (split 7" with Sirensong) (1994, Breakfast)
• Hellscape compilation (1995, Furnace) (songs: "Justfiable Homiside" and "Dub B-Yond All Computation")
• Accidents Have No Holidays compilation (1995, Povertech) (song: "Excerpt from Spacejam 2000")
• Operation Beatbox compilation (1996, Re-Constriction
  Re-Constriction Records
  Re-Constriction Records was a division of Cargo Music basd in California. The label was founded in 1991 and headed by Chase, who was previously the Music Director at KCR, a student radio station on the campus of San Diego State University.-History:...
  
  ) (song: "King of Rock
  King of Rock (song)
  "King of Rock" is a 1985 single by Run-D.M.C. and the title track from their album King of Rock. It was featured on the video games Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, "Thrasher: Skate and Destroy" and is a downloadable track on "Rock Band 3. The song was sampled for Michael Jackson's song "2 Bad.", and was...
  
  ")
• Boston Elektro 101 compilation (1996, Sinless) (song: "Mizerable")
• TV Terror compilation (1997, Re-Constriction
  Re-Constriction Records
  Re-Constriction Records was a division of Cargo Music basd in California. The label was founded in 1991 and headed by Chase, who was previously the Music Director at KCR, a student radio station on the campus of San Diego State University.-History:...
  
  ) (song: "Mary Tyler Moore")
• Killing Floor – "Come Together" CD single (1997, Re-Constriction
  Re-Constriction Records
  Re-Constriction Records was a division of Cargo Music basd in California. The label was founded in 1991 and headed by Chase, who was previously the Music Director at KCR, a student radio station on the campus of San Diego State University.-History:...
  
  ) (song: "Tear It All Away" (Institute of Technology remix))
• Digital Wings 1 compilation (1997, Cyberden) (song: "Smartbeets")

External links

• Robotkid.com featuring downloadable tracks from both his solo and IT projects
• "Smartbomb", "On the Download", Boston Phoenix, July 22, 2005
• Remix of Freezepop
  Freezepop (band)
  Freezepop is an American electronic band from Boston, Massachusetts. They formed in 1999 with Liz Enthusiasm, Sean T. Drinkwater, and The Duke of Pannekoeken, an alias for composer Kasson Crooker. As of December 2009, the current lineup includes Enthusiasm, Drinkwater, Robert John "Bananas" Foster...
  
  's "Science Genius Girl"
• Josh Randall bio from Cybersonica
  Cybersonica
  Cybersonica is an annual multimedia festival for electronic music, sound, art and technology in London, England. The festival was established around 2002, supported by the Arts Council England and other sponsors....
  
   '06 program booklet
• "Games People Play", Boston Phoenix, May 6, 2005
• Tour of Randall's desk at Harmonix (photos and interview)