isle of man born, london former, melbourne based rob first turned his mind to production work in 2005. with early tracks being singled out for praise and plays from the likes of jondi & spesh and james holden, his sound developed quickly into left-of-c..
Isle of Man born, London formed, Melbourne based Robsounds first turned to music production in 2005 after stints playing bass or guitar in a number of bands and years DJing around some of London's dirtiest clubs. His first release, on much-loved Canadian netlabel Tide Pool, was The Rob Sounds EP, which broke servers by notching up over 2,000 downloads.
Subsequent releases on Acid Milk Recordings (Green Three) and Bellarine (Seven Months) got the attention of Stu Hirst and Armin Van Buuren respectively and after getting a rinsing from James Holden, Ripperton and Jondi & Spesh, QF736 became Robsounds' first vinyl release on Swiss imprint Audio Invaders, with Ripperton and Undo on remix duties. Rob then turned his own hand to remixing after being asked to give his own take on Perc's classic Ice Cream for Kenton, which was subsequently played by Carl Cox on his Kiss FM show.
Departing London for Australia, Robsounds wasted little time in signing an EP to Melbourne's legendary EQ Grey Label, with Ligne Rouge instanting finding it's way into the record boxes (or CD cases) of Hernan Cattaneo and James Holden. Further releases followed on Manual Music and Acid Milk, but it was Daso & Pawas' remix of the Room 228, the follow up to QF736 on Audio Invaders, that really started to get people talking. With early support and Kiss FM plays from that man Cattaneo, it further attracted interest from Tresor legend Dave DK, Abyss, Radioslave and Shonky, who gave Robsounds his first play on Triple J when he featured the track on the Mix Up show.
After completing some well-recieved remixes for Bellarine, Acid Milk and Dublin-based Aciitone, as well as a new EP for Bellarine, The Robsounds EP dropped on EQ Grey to much aclaim from local and international DJs, getting a heap of plays on Triple J in the process. Rounding off 2008 by finishing an EP for Tide Pool that had been started 18 months earlier, Robsounds regrouped and set up his stall for 2009 - and with releases already slated for a slew of labels, it's set to be a big year...
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Original
Robsounds - The Rob Sounds EP - Tide Pool (CA) 2005
Robsounds - SCSI Liquid - Tide Pool (CA) 2006
Robsounds - Au Poids De Feu - Tide Pool (CA) 2006, re-released 2008
Robsounds - Green Three - Acid Milk (CH) 2007
Robsounds - Seven Months - Bellarine (AUS) 2007
One Trick Pony - Tinhut - Guilt (UK) 2007
Robsounds - QF736 - Audio Invaders (CH) 2007
Robsounds - Frogs - Acid Milk (CH) 2007
Robsounds - This Is Not A Love Song - Manual Music (NL) 2007
Robsounds - Room 228 - Audio Invaders (CH) 2008
Himbeere - Obe - Basic Energy (NL) 2008
Robsounds - By Proxy - Bellarine (AUS) 2008
Robsounds - Robsounds EP - EQ Grey (AUS) 2008
Robsounds - Lime - Tide Pool (CA) 2008
Robsounds - Before You Let It Fall - Aciitone Blue (EI) 2009
Robsounds - High Rollers EP - TIde Pool (CA) 2009
Robsounds - Never In The Moonlight - Klangweld (DE) 2009
Robsounds - Sea of Retardation - Herz ist Trumpf (DE) 2009
Robsounds - Kleine Stuck Freude - Tracer (NL) 2009
Robsounds - Derailment EP - Render Obedience (BL) 2009
Robsounds - Ligne Bleu - Aciitone Blue (EI) 2009
Robsounds - Scarlett - Manual Music (NL) 2009
Robsounds - Kauhaus - Manual Music (NL) 2009
Forthcoming:
Robsounds - Frangelico - Aciitone Blue (EI) 2010
Robsounds - Superficial - Klangwelt (DE) 2010
Robsounds - Velvet - Aciitone Blue (EI) 2010
Robsounds - Iluka - Cinematique (NL) 2010
Remix
Perc - Ice Cream For Kenton - Perc Trax (UK) 2007
Matador - Sona - Acid Milk (CH) 2008
Aaron Shim - Infrasonic - Aciitone (IE) 2008
Mark Duffin - Coppermill - Bellarine (AUS) 2008
Saucy - Prism - Bellarine (AUS) 2008
Kjofol - Focus - Klangwelt (DE) 2009
Forthcoming:
Lanny May - Osoreal - Tracer (NL) 2010
Spinky - Fever - Cinematique (NL) 2010
Daniel Mehes - Macau - Outside The Box (NL) 2010