A little music history for you guys….
Marcus Lambkin (aka Shit Robot) is unveiling his debut album, From the Cradle to the Rave, an album 20 years in the making. He has been dubbed “The Godfather of DFA” by label head James Murphy becasue he helped build DFA Records from the ground up, musically and literally. After moving to NYC in 1992 from his native Dublin, Ireland, the man behind the moniker served a stint as a resident DJ at the infamous club Save the Robots; co-founded Plant Records and the now defunct Plant Bar, where The Rapture’s Luke Jenner poured drinks and which UK magazine The Face called “New York’s coolest and loudest bar”; used his cabinet making skills to help literally build the DFA studio; and DJ’ed the legendary Shit Robot parties with future LCD Soundsystem frontman, James Murphy.
20 years later he is set to released is his masterpiece with the help from some notable contributors: James Murphy co-wrote several tracks and mixed the album, while Juan Maclean, Janine “Planningtorock” Rostron, LCD Soundsystem’s Nancy Whang, Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor, House of House’s Saheer Umar and ex-Nation of Ulysses and The Make-Up’s Ian Svenonious all contribute vocals.
After streaming the album, I now see how he shaped DFA’s iconic sound. All the tracks are pretty darn good, dancy and have that “DFA sound” that we have come to know and love. I can’t wait for this to be releases so that I can actually put them on the pod.
From the Cradle to the Rave will be released on September 21st. In the meantime enjoy this free remix from TBD of the albums track, “I Found Love”
enjoY!
Shit Robot – I Found Love (TBD Remix)
James Murphy co-wrote several tracks and mixed the album.