^LIVE Rhythm Droid (LIVE)

Fusing Detroit techno sentimentalism with electro synths and funk basslines Rhythm Droid manages to pump out 1 hour plus live house, electro, and tech-funk sets without any laptop or prerecorded material. Having released on Rennie Foster's Dirty Works label along with remixing French duo Housse De Racket, he also has forthcoming releases and remixes on London's Eye Industries (Siriusmo, Russ Chimes, Alan Braxe, The Twelves).

Growing up in a sunny surfing town in Southern California, the young Devon Hughes spent his days noodling with electronics, entertaining fantasies of becoming a techno-pop star in Japan. Early musical turn-ons included the Beatles, Vivaldi, Japanese pop and anime music. Still a teenager, he found himself drawn deep into the late 90's rave scene, becoming exposed to harder styles like Swedish techno and London acid. Experimenting with cheap synths, a sequencer, and reel-to-reel tape recorders, the Droid hit a turning point when he saw footage of Orbital's live performance at Glastonbury. "I couldn't believe it. Just to be up there on stage with those headlights, making such powerful music using technology...there was nothing cooler. That image was burned into my mind."
Determined to take his fascination with electronic music to the stage, Rhythm Droid embarked on an odyssey of live performances--enduring poor attendance, bad sound, shifty promoters, and crazy ravers. 11 years and countless gigs later, Rhythm Droid is able to massage even the most selective partygoers into a funk frenzy with a messy table of drum machines, synthesizers, effect processors and a microphone. He has shared the stage with Rennie Foster (Subject Detroit, F-Com, Rebirth), The Lowbrows (Lindatune), Dr. Shingo, and Crystal Fighters (Kitsune). Current releases are the 4-track "mute city ep" and Rennie Foster's "The Go Down (Rhythm Droid Remix)" on Dirty Works. Upcoming releases include "Young in Your Heart", "Vector Interlock (Raw n Dirty)" from Dirty Works.

Rhythm Droid とはDevon Hughes自身が手掛けるtechnoとelectronic funkのプロジェクトである。16歳の時から約12年に渡り、PCを使わずドラムマシンやシンセサイザーなどの機材のみを使用した楽曲制作をしてきた。現在もクラブシーンでは彼ならではのスタイルを生かし、レコーディングされた音源などは一切使わない臨場感溢れるライブパフォーアンスでフロアを沸かしている。都内では、WAREHOUSE702を始め、Club Asia、Le Baron de Paris、 Club Game、Rockwest、COLORS Studio、SECO Bar、 Loop、fai Aoyama、などで活躍。また、2009年５月にリリースされた"Sunrise on Planet Tokyo" を収録した "mute city ep" は iTunes, Amazon, Juno Downloadなどにて発売中。
今後の更なる活躍に目が離せない。

"mute city ep"
Dirty Works Records

1 - Sunrise on Planet Tokyo
lush house chords keep the club crowd smiling in ecstasy

2 - Red Lantern Obscured by Smoke
a deeper syncopated groove

3 - On a Turquoise Tip
sexy sample cutups sprinkled over deep chords for rhythmic hypnosis

4 - Vector Interlock
rave chords meet cheeky bass in robotic funk stomper


Remixes/リミックス:
Housse De Racket "Forty Love" (Rhythm Droid Remix)
Rennie Foster "The Go Down" (Rhythm Droid Remix)
Mercedes "Shock Absorber" (Rhythm Droid Remix)


For booking, contact:
ブッキング：
info@rhythmdroid.com