Electropunk synthpop industrial experimental disconoise from London.
Electronic music/lyrics by Roi Robertson made at his studio in an ex-brothel in North London. For Live shows Roi is joined by Steve Bellamy on synths.
History…
Roi started Mechanical Cabaret in 1999 and played his first live show in October that year at Gossips in Soho, London for the club night 'Electric Dreams'. In 2001 they toured the UK with Katscan and Squid. Of particular note amongst the gigs that Mechanical Cabaret played during these early years, they supported Fad Gadget at his 'comeback' concert after 15 years away, at the Astoria in London.
In June 2002 Roi released his first CD ‘We Have An Agenda' . The song ‘Nothing Special' from the CD was picked up on by some American film-makers and used as part of the Metropolis Records soundtrack for the film ‘Gypsy 83' which saw a cinematic release stateside and gained much critical acclaim, winning the Gay and Lesbian Film Award that year.
In 2003, Mechanical Cabaret supported Sheep On Drugs, The Damned, and they also toured the UK again, this time supporting Sigue Sigue Sputnik along with Greenhaus. Later that year, Roi contributed lyrics and vocals to a dance track called 'Try Harder' included on the album 'Another Life' by Greenhaus. Steve Bellamy from Greenhaus later went on to work with Roi on the recording, engineering and production of the second Mechanical Cabaret album 'Product For Your Insecurity', and is now a member of Mechanical Cabaret too.
Mechanical Cabaret were one of the first bands to perform at the now infamous ‘Nag Nag Nag' electroclash club-night in London, run by the equally infamous Jonny Slut (Specimen/ Batcave/ Atomizer) where they played to packed out audiences several times. At the end of 2003 Roi co-started a weekly club-night too, along with DJ's Mark Moore (S'Express) and Frankie D, called Electrogogo, held at Madame JoJo's in Soho, London. No longer a weekly occurence, Electrogogo is rumoured to be surfacing again some time soon, somewhere in London's 'sleazy' Soho…
In 2004, whilst continuing to play live shows around London and the UK, Roi recorded the double A-sided single ‘Cheap And Nasty/See Her Smile' which eventually came out towards the end of that year on Umami Records as a 12”, 7” and CD, along with a world exclusive, a Nag Nag Nag Remix of Cheap And Nasty, the first ever official Nag Nag Nag remix released, done by Atomizer - a band featuring Jonny Slut and fellow Nag DJ Phil OK.
Members: Bruce Lovelock, Roi Robertson, Tobi Chandler
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https://mechanicalcabaret.bandcamp.com/https://wtiirecords.bandcamp.com/Mechanical Cabaret - Why so Serious?
Mechanical Cabaret - Careful Careless
Mechanical Cabaret - Disbehave
Mechanical Cabaret - give it to me
Mechanical Cabaret - I Lost My Friend To A Video Game
MECHANICAL CABARET - In Loving Memory
Mechanical Cabaret - GBH
Mechanical Cabaret - Is Normal Abnormal?
Mechanical Cabaret - Everything Is Energy
Mechanical Cabaret - Cheap and Nasty
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