Shit Robot
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Marcus Lambkin better known by the pseudonym Shit Robot is an Irish
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

 electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...

ian and DJ
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...

.

Career

Working as a DJ in New York in 2000 he befriended James Murphy later of LCD Soundsystem
LCD Soundsystem
LCD Soundsystem was a prominent American dance-punk band from New York City. It was fronted by American singer-songwriter and producer James Murphy, co-founder of record label DFA Records...

 and started a DJ partnership with him. Lambkin moved to rural Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 in 2004 and started producing his own music, with a number of releases on DFA Records
DFA Records
DFA Records is an independent record label and production team, launched in September 2001 by Mo' Wax co-founder Tim Goldsworthy, musician James Murphy, and manager Jonathan Galkin. The label has an exclusive distribution deal with major record label EMI....

 from 2006. He released his debut album From the Cradle to the Rave in September 2010 to positive reviews from Entertainment.ie and NME The album features contributions from Alexis Taylor
Alexis Taylor
Alexis Taylor may refer to:* American adult model Shannan Leigh * Alexis Taylor, member of the British electro-pop band Hot Chip...

 of Hot Chip
Hot Chip
Hot Chip are an English electronic indie band. They have released four studio albums—Coming on Strong, The Warning, Made in the Dark and One Life Stand.-Formation:...

 and James Murphy amongst others.

Singles

  • Wrong Galaxy (DFA Records, 2006)
  • Chasm (DFA Records, 2007)
  • Simple Things (Work It Out) (DFA Records, 2009)
  • I Got A Feeling (DFA Records, 2010)

External links

Shit Robot portrait robot in Brain magazine
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