ROBOTANISTS Artist Profile
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- Genre: Rock - indie
- Status: Visit http://robotanists for more updates!
- Location: Los Angeles, California, US
- Website: http://robotanists.com
- Band Members: Sarah Ellquist (vocals, Keys, Guitar, Words & Music), Daniel de Blanke (Guitar, Vocals, Programming, Music), Keith Boyarsky (Bass), Preston Scott Phillips (Drums, Percussion, Iphone)
News:
We're going to be on tour and in the studio for the rest of the year! New Album will be out on in January 2011!!!!!
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ROBOTANISTS’s Bio
ROBOTANISTS is a band making music that will either break your heart or relieve you from one. Their haunting melodies and seamless blend of soulful indie rock, driving beats and lush synth pop have garnished them comparisons to buzz bands like Phoenix, The National and The XX, as well as modern legends like Radiohead and My Bloody Valentine.
Comprised of songwriters Sarah Ellquist DeBlanke (Vocals & Keys) and Daniel DeBlanke (Guitar, Keys) and rhythm section Keith Boyarsky (Bass) and Preston Scott Phillips (Drums), ROBOTANISTS spent 2009 spreading their big choruses and delicate prose across North America on tour and on the radio. Their breakthrough single “Wait a Minute here” (from the self produced and released album, CLOSE DOWN THE WOODS) topped charts in Los Angeles (KCRW, KROQ) and other major cities across the US, along side bands like Phoenix, Grizzly Bear, The Dead Weather, Dirty Projectors and more, earning them a slot at CMJ in 2009 and on the ballot for the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards Nominations.
The group kicked off 2010 with their second album, a collection of covers called SHAPES AND VARIATIONS. The album is the Silver Lake quartet’s critically acclaimed ode to Los Angeles, featuring 7 reharmonized and rearranged tracks by Jay-Z, Lykke Li, The Black Keys, Joe Jackson, Bryan Adams, and more. Through SHAPES, Daniel DeBlanke and Sarah Ellquist rise as an arranging tour de force, reworking material from the popular zeitgeist and giving it new life, full of all of the heartache, hopes and dreams that defines the “City of Angels.”
ROBOTANISTS’ first 12″, aptly titled, CURRENT, is due to be released in September 2010, and is a “best of” album that includes their favorite selections from each of their first two records.
The band is currently recording their next album, PLANS IN PROGRESS, in Los Angeles, with producer / engineer Danny Kalb (Beck, Ben Harper, Karen O), which is set to be released in early 2011!
For more info visit:
facebook.com/robotanists
myspace.com/robotanists
OverheadRecords.com
Influences:
Radiohead, Lykke Li, Bat for Lashes, Grizzly Bear, The Black Keys, Passion Pit, Mazzy Star, Dirty Projectors, The Dead Weather, kings of leon, warpaint, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, the sounds, silversun pickups, phoenix, pj harvey, thom yorke, portishead, the national, the xx, empire of the sun, toro y moi,-
28 Aug '10 02:45pm
Our first 12″ is hot off the press…
As you probably know, we’re about to release our first vinyl record, and our friends at United Record Pressing, in Nashville, Tennessee took some time to photograph our randomly mixed colored vinyl as it was pressed!!! CLICK HERE to see more pictures of the album being pressed, and visit URP on FaceBook to see pressings [...]
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28 Aug '10 12:45pm
We need your help to “KickStart” our new musical journey…
As you probably know, we’ve been writing and recording demos for our next record all year, and we’re finally ready to record it! This time we’re going on tour and making a album bigger and better than we’ve ever done before and we need you to HELP US MAKE IT HAPPEN! We’ve joined forces with [...]
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24 Aug '10 06:00am
ROBOTANISTS featured in new MTV Movie!
Tune in to MTV TONIGHT, August 24th to hear ROBOTANISTS “Getting by” featured in MTV’s MADE: The Movie. More about MADE…. MTV’s Emmy Award-winning series makes the leap to the big screen with this feature following unpopular band geek Tuba on her quest to earn a coveted spot on the high school cheerleading team. Concerned [...]
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19 Aug '10 11:09pm
This Week on Tour: Twilight Sleep + Helen Stellar + More!!!!
We’re finishing up our shows for the month with some of our favorite bands…. MONDAY 08.23.2010 @ SILVERLAKE LOUNGE 2906 Sunset Blvd. (@ Parkman Ave), Los Angeles, CA, USA | MAP 21 +| 9:00 pm set | FREE!!!!!! with August resident artist TWILIGHT SLEEP and Special Guests: Helen Stellar + By Sunlight [POSTER] Filed under: [...]
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19 Aug '10 10:34pm
Daniel DeBlanke + “The Scenesters” on the Silver Screen!
THIS WEEKEND… DANIEL DeBLANKE will be performing with Spirit Animal, at a special movie screening of “The Scenesters” and live music event… SARTURDAY 08.21.2010 SPIRIT ANIMAL @ THE DOWNTOWN INDEPENDENT THEATRE 251 S. Main Street, Downtown Los Angeles, CA, USA | MAP CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS MORE ABOUT THE EVENT: The Vacationeers and Funny Ha [...]
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15 Aug '10 12:45am
This Week on Tour: Electric + Acoustic on Sunset Blvd.
We have two incredible nights of music this week on opposite sides of Sunset Blvd… We hope you’ll join us! MONDAY 8.16.2010 @ THE ECHO 1822 West Sunset Blvd, Echo Park, CA 90026 | MAP FREE | 18+ | 11:45 PM SET | POSTER with FOL CHEN (11)+ Light Pollution (9) + Crocodiles (10) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [...]
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09 Aug '10 01:15pm
Chatting about fashion and music with FILTER & American Rag…
The Summer / Fall 2010 issue of RAGGED Presented by Filter Magazine is now available online at RaggedMag.com and features an exclusive interview and American Rag fashion editorial with our very own, Sarah Ellquist of ROBOTANISTS. Sarah chats about our 12″, CURRENT, coming out this month, and the new album we’re about to record, and [...]
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07 Aug '10 07:30am
This Week on Tour: Hollywood + Downtown LA
We’ve got two exciting FREE events coming up this week: Chris Douridas (KCRW) + Matt Goldman (MFG) + Valida Present MONDAY 08.09.2010 SCHOOL NIGHT @ BARDOT 1737 Vine, Hollywood, CA, USA | MAP with Voxhaul Broadcast (@10 pm) plus DJs Chris Douridas (KCRW) + Valida 21+ | FREE WITH RSVP | CLICK HERE TO RSVP [...]
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02 Aug '10 12:53pm
This Week on Tour: Our New Album Acoustic Preview
We’re about to record a brand new record this month… so we’ve stripped our new tracks down to their skivvies and we’ll be performing them live this week! Join us, and IsGoodMusic.com for a very special acoustic showcase in Silver Lake. Friday 08.06.2010 WHERE IS GOOD MUSIC? @ MEET MIX MOGUL 1519 Griffith Park Blvd. [...]
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21 Jul '10 09:12pm
This Week on Tour: 1 Birthday + 3 Events + a TON of Great Bands!
We’ve got 3 amazing events coming up the last week of July, and we hope you’ll join us! IPromote GoodBands.com and BeatCrave.com present WILD TONIC’s BDay Bash! WEDS. 07.28.10 @ LaBRIE’S 806 E. Colorado St (off Glendale Blvd), Glendale, CA 91205 | MAP with Rumspringa and Vanaprasta 8:30 pm | $5.00 @ Door | 18+ [...]
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19 Jul '10 12:30pm
VOTE FOR ROBOTANISTS Through July 25th
ROBOTANISTS have been selected by When You Awake as a finalist to perform at the FREE FOR ALL MUSIC FEST on August 15th at The Echoplex in Los Angeles. Now we need your vote for us to get to the next round and play. PLEASE CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW and VOTE for ROBOTANISTS in [...]
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08 Jul '10 03:08pm
Behind the Scenes of a Dreamscape…
We just shot our second music video, this time for our song and quasi-Jay-Z cover, “EXILED STATE OF MIND” The track appears on our upcoming 12″, CURRENT and on on our covers record, SHAPES AND VARIATIONS, and the video was directed and shot by our good friends BYRON TURK, who is most notably a camera [...]
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