Shit Robot

In the early '90s, Dublin, Ireland native Marcus Lambkin moved to New York, where he ingrained himself in the club scene as a DJ with a number of residencies. It wasn't until 2006, however, after he had moved to Stuttgart, Germany and aligned with <a href="spotify:artist:066X20Nz7iquqkkCW6Jxy6">LCD Soundsystem</a>'s <a href="spotify:artist:03XnX4XEVVtZNUBSdUlzsB">James Murphy</a> for a party dubbed Shit Robot that he began producing and remixing under that name -- a reference to <a href="spotify:artist:03XnX4XEVVtZNUBSdUlzsB">Murphy</a>'s poor drawing skills. From April 2006 through March 2010, Lambkin released four left-field house singles -- mutations of electro, deep house, classic Detroit techno, and old-school rave -- on <a href="spotify:artist:03XnX4XEVVtZNUBSdUlzsB">Murphy</a> and Tim Goldsworthy's <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22DFA%22">DFA</a> label. He also remixed tracks by Dondolo, <a href="spotify:artist:0KURTnU2sPmu0EymZWZRpp">Kaos</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:31DXlldabwPHwu6dYevuzK">Simian Mobile Disco</a>, Idioma, and the like-minded <a href="spotify:artist:7gG6LkU3pCSQmCIPR4aSBt">Juan Maclean</a>. Unsurprisingly, the output raised Lambkin's profile as a DJ, and he began to gig all over the planet. This all culminated in the first Shit Robot album, From the Cradle to the Rave, which was released on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22DFA%22">DFA</a> in September 2010. The next few years found Lambkin DJing, doing remixes, and releasing another Shit Robot single, "Teenage Bass"/"Space Race," in 2012. The next full-length, We Got a Love, came out in early 2014 and featured appearances by <a href="spotify:artist:0xDT2bQJYfy8CYs8JlmH3B">Nancy Whang</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3ni9LX95aVQksOuoHFEbEx">Reggie Watts</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6nVyfvCKEclhlX3kM8sJzF">Luke Jenner</a> of <a href="spotify:artist:166Dz1GX3xonSQ3Z6CQW26">the Rapture</a>, and Chicago house legend <a href="spotify:artist:1kLU4FT0l2Bayn8Vir6jo3">Lidell Townsell</a>. Lambkin did remixes for <a href="spotify:artist:1pUMwXCq7PqAbwLGpQ5UCV">Prinzhorn Dance School</a> and Tippy Toes in 2015, also issuing the "Rishi" single in collaboration with Kai P and Rino S. The next Shit Robot album, What Follows, was released in May of 2016 and featured guests like <a href="spotify:artist:6zclVXoEfp3nFq4dOgqgOX">Alexis Taylor</a> of <a href="spotify:artist:37uLId6Z5ZXCx19vuruvv5">Hot Chip</a>, Patrick Mahoney of <a href="spotify:artist:066X20Nz7iquqkkCW6Jxy6">LCD Soundsystem</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0xDT2bQJYfy8CYs8JlmH3B">Nancy Whang</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:7gG6LkU3pCSQmCIPR4aSBt">Juan Maclean</a> (who also mixed many of the album's tracks). ~ Andy Kellman, Rovi