State.ie presents another night of Irish musical talent. 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 with the release of his critically acclaimed debut album ‘Pleasant Sqaure’ in 2008. In 2009 he has been excersising his Devo-esque performances alongside the likes of Laura Marling and Crystal Castles, has remarkably re-written the Pat The Baker jingle and is currently DJing on the all new digital radio station RTE 2XM.

“…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

Skuzzi Port was founded back in 2001, with two acoustic guitars helping to distract from the banality of school life, music being the only thing any of the skuzzi crew actually agreed was worth following! A band was duly put together and a lot of noise-making began… Skuzzi’s first incarnation was a kind of rock/blues affair with elements of jazz and folk thrown into the mix, not really with any intent, but the influences drove the sound of the songs in strange directions. After a while of tinkering around and writing some songs Skuzzi started to take a keen interest in the equipment that had been amassed over the years. Their listening patterns had been well and truly turned on by the ever-progressing electro scene, and Skuzzi programmed its first beat.

Then as the band morphed into a more mature production unit the drums and the bass made way for drum machines and bass bins. But never forgetting their rock and roll roots, the tracks even if synth and midi heavy are always driven by guitar and vocal power. So it’s funny how things go round in a circle from their beginnings as an alt-rock band to an electro duo and then electro quartet… the next step was to put back in the rhythm section and put together a full multimedia rock and roll electro show, complete with sound beams and laser triggers to bring the audience into the mix – literally!

Plus State DJs till late.

ROBOTNIK TV on MUZU.

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