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 burn... More Biography