{"id":23868,"date":"2016-10-24T16:13:41","date_gmt":"2016-10-24T15:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=23868"},"modified":"2016-10-25T10:00:13","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T09:00:13","slug":"man-machine-catford-indie-synth-guru-rodney-cromwell-channels-kraftwerk-on-new-five-track-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/10\/man-machine-catford-indie-synth-guru-rodney-cromwell-channels-kraftwerk-on-new-five-track-ep\/","title":{"rendered":"MAN-MACHINE &#8211; Catford Indie Synth Guru Rodney Cromwell Channels Kraftwerk On New Five-Track EP"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"23873\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/10\/man-machine-catford-indie-synth-guru-rodney-cromwell-channels-kraftwerk-on-new-five-track-ep\/rodney-cromwell-2-photo-credit-zamberwell\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Rodney-Cromwell-2-photo-credit-Zamberwell.jpg?fit=1268%2C840&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1268,840\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rodney-cromwell-2-photo-credit-zamberwell\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Rodney-Cromwell-2-photo-credit-Zamberwell.jpg?fit=640%2C424&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23873\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Rodney-Cromwell-2-photo-credit-Zamberwell.jpg?resize=640%2C424&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"rodney-cromwell-2-photo-credit-zamberwell\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" \/><strong>Happy Robots boss\u00a0and one time Peel&#8217;s Festive 50 fave Rodney Cromwell releases a new 5-track EP \u00a0on November 11.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>The\u00a0<em>Fax Message Breakup <\/em>EP follows Cromwell&#8217;s well-received debut album\u00a0<em>Age of Anxiety\u00a0<\/em>and features exclusive remixes of album cuts\u00a0<em>Happy Robot<\/em> and\u00a0<i>Cassiopeia.<\/i><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Inspired by\u00a0<strong>Phil Collins&#8217; <\/strong>split from his second wife, the title track thankfully bears no resemblance whatsoever to the music of the former\u00a0<strong>Genesis\u00a0<\/strong>skin-beater.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Instead what you get is a warm old-style synth groove, which sounds a bit like <strong>Kraftwerk<\/strong>,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>by way of &#8217;80s rave, with a bit of\u00a0<em><strong>Republic<\/strong><\/em>-era\u00a0<strong>New Order\u00a0<\/strong>thrown in.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Featuring Cromwell&#8217;s old\u00a0<em><strong>Arthur &amp;\u00a0Martha\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>collaborator\u00a0<strong>Alice Hubley\u00a0<\/strong>on keys and\u00a0<strong>Controllers&#8217;\u00a0Richard Salt\u00a0<\/strong>on guitar.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Cromwell, alias\u00a0<strong>Adam Cresswell\u00a0<\/strong>of indie-folktronica outfit\u00a0<strong>Saloon,\u00a0<\/strong>contributes lead synth and deadpan vocals shot through with dry wit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The EP features re-mixes of the title track by former\u00a0<strong>Stereolab\u00a0<\/strong>electronics-whizz <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/07\/from-stereolab-to-hologram-teen-morgane-lhote-on-her-new-techno-kraut-solo-sound\/\">Morgane Lhote<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0regular accomplice\u00a0<strong>AUW<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Other tracks include\u00a0<strong>Chris Frain<\/strong>&#8216;s mix of\u00a0<strong><em>Happy Robot <\/em><\/strong>and\u00a0London&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>The Leaf Library <\/strong>offer their take on\u00a0<strong><i>Cassiopeia.<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><strong>The\u00a0<em>Fax Message Breakup\u00a0<\/em>EP\u00a0will be available for digital download on November 11. The album &#8216;Age of Anxiety&#8217; is out now. Both are released by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.happyrobots.co.uk\/rodney-cromwell\">Happy Robots Records\u00a0<\/a>and distributed by\u00a0Cargo Records.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Rodney Cromwell features as part of a Happy Robots&#8217; presentation triple bill at Haunt, Stoke Newington on Friday, November 4. Tickets\u00a0<span style=\"color: #800080\"><a style=\"color: #800080\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wegottickets.com\/event\/373324\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kNBW651pGXE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Robots boss\u00a0and one time Peel&#8217;s Festive 50 fave Rodney Cromwell releases a new 5-track EP \u00a0on November 11. 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