Manchester mainstay Dark Room Robot makes the sort of music that gets the club bumping. His blend of house, techno, electro, bass and sound system culture always results in high-impact sounds with irresistible frequencies. He is an artist who can do it all, from edits of pop queens like Sabrina Carpenter to his multi-volume Strobe Lights series, always with an unmistakable dance floor edge and potent collision of styles. This latest EP is another testament to that, coming after high-profile support from BBC Radio 1 with TSHA dropping his techno rework of Four Tet in her Essential mix, and continued support from DJs like Paul Woolford and Hannah Holland.

Funky techno gem 'Pleasure' kicks off with silky, fast-paced club rhythms that sweep you off your feet while subtle melodies and whispered vocals enrich the groove. 'Touch It' rides on jacked-up drums with gritty synths drilling through the mix and filtered vocal sounds, adding the sleaze. The superb 'Fukin Techno' is another pumper that pairs physical, rolling drums with deft sci-fi synth sounds and oozes character from the spoken word samples that run right through it.

'Temptation' brings old school style to new school club beats with well-defined drums and bass, chopped-up vocals and bright synth lines all vying for your attention, while 'Try' is a broken beat gem with a menacing low-end and compelling rhythm. There is an old school jungle feel to the breakbeats of 'Low Lights' while a squelchy acid bassline takes things to the next level, and finally 'Ear Glitter' shuts down with an elastic and dubby groove topped with smooth chords, trippy melodic refrains and swung to perfection.

https://darkroomrobot.bandcamp.com/album/lights-down-low

https://soundcloud.com/dark-room-robot
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Lights Down Low

PREMIERE: Dark Room Robot - Low Lights [Forbidden Fruit Recordings]

Forbidden Fruit Recordings founder Dark Room Robot makes music for dark, sweaty clubs. He rattles bass bins as he cooks up high-tempo weapons that have won him plenty of props from tastemakers like TSHA and Sarah Story, who have both supported on BBC Radio 1. On top of this, the man who is also half of S.N.U.S. has had tracks make their way into record bags belonging to DJs like Anja Schneider, Skream, Paul Woolford and Jamie Jones.

This latest essential volume kicks oﬀ with ‘Rhythmic Touch’, a masterful bit of drum programming with elastic bass and busy piano stabs that bring colour to the hefty low end. The fantastic ’Drop That Beat’ is another full fat-tune with muscular beats and raw, frazzled synths that pump up the energy. They bring a rave edge next to old-school vocals as the well-swung drums bounce on. Last but not least is ‘Work’, a corrugated rhythm with woodpecker-style hits, infectious vocal chops and strobe-lit retro stabs that will get hands in the air.

Dark Room Robot’s ‘Strobe Lights Vol. 7’ comes on Forbidden Fruit Recordings on March 14th 2025.

https://darkroomrobot.bandcamp.com/album/strobe-lights-vol-7

https://soundcloud.com/dark-room-robot
https://soundcloud.com/forbiddenfruitrecordings

PREMIERE: Dark Room Robot - Drop That Beat [Forbidden Fruit Recordings]

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