Club Review: Robot Rock

The synthesiser – dance-music instrument du jour – was not invented by either La Roux, nor by Calvin Harris, worthy exponents though they are. No, it would appear that this whole catchy electro synth-pop thing was happening when today’s musical youth were a warm glow in their parents loins. Reaching across the divide are the mechanically articulated fingers of Robot Rock, hitting as they do the wonderful nostalgia of a Daft Punk electro masterpiece, or the sharp futurism of OMD.

We always find that cross-generational dancefloor smashers are best delivered when accompanied by real robot dancers and cosmic sweets, and happily, Robot Rock appear to agree. As anyone who’s seen the Justice Force Five or been to one of his many, many nights know Eddie The Goatboy is a man who knows how to soundtrack a good time and have fun with it. So on top of great records you get cute homemade visuals and cardboard’n'foil robot costumes. Robot Rock is no exception, expect to wear a mechanical grin all night.