30 Oct 2008

BBC cIty cEntre bIg scrEEns to fEature mAchine bOy animated fiLms

The BBC's Big Screens will be showing a selection
of Machine Boy animated films incl. 'Building A
Better Boy', 'Action Figures','Depression' & 'OK Komputer'
all thru November & December 2008, the screens are at the
following City Centre locations!

Big Screen Manchester
Big Screen Liverpool
Big Screen Birmingham (Chamberlain Square)
Big Screen Leeds
Big Screen Hull
Big Screen Derby
Big Screen Rotherham
Big Screen Swindon
Big Screen Hull

So if you're there doin yer shoppin...you may just catch a
bit of Machine Boy's animated'trip'rok universe! you lucky
thangs!!.....

Go ere for more BBC Big Screen info: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bigscreens/

25 Oct 2008

MACHINE BOY in tHe rAdio seSSion gRoOve!

MACHINE BOY 'aLive' is now up and running, Dean has recruited his old chum Rob into the Machine Boy 'aLive' fold and they have been rehearsing a new full live set over the last few months, this is gonna be a bit different (apparently).....with lotsa live electronics plus big live drums, live guitars & synths!!!.....when Dean was recently asked what all this 'aLive' stuff was about he replied....'its just big phat
noisy electro'trip'rok versions of Machine Boy songs!!!.....DUH!'

To kick things off the chaps have just recorded their first Machine Boy 'aLive' radio session for Jeff Grainger's, John Peel inspired radio show on Dandelion Radio....the live tracks featured in the session are:

1. Ryming (aLive I Am Not Mix)
2. Building A Better Boy (aLive)
3. Jamie (aLive)
4. Depression (aLive)
5. Project Life (aLive)

It looks like the approx airdate for the session is December 2008 and it will be available to listen to on't'internet!....we'll let you know more, when we know!!!....Here's a few links for more details...
http://www.myspace.com/thedownloadshow
http://www.dandelionradio.com

We have actually got some video footage of the chaps recording the session which we will be posting sooooooon!!!.....oooh! how exciting is that.....hohoho!!

23 Oct 2008

BRUMCAST with Machine Boy's Jamie...!!

Brumcast 109 'Sometimes, in the Bullring'
Category: Podcast

Showcasing the best of Birmingham and the UK Midlands finest acts of all genres. This week we have new tracks from Johnny Foreigner, Copter, Machine Boy, Kramer Vs Kramer Vs Godzilla, The Brascoes and more in a Indie, Soul, Punk, Electro, Avant Garde, Brumkraut mash up!

Here's this show's playlist :-
1. Copter - Can't Help It (1:45)
2. Machine Boy - Jamie (2:38)
3. Chapters - Fakes In Our Friends (2:23)
4. Kramer Vs Kramer Vs Godzilla - Rukus (4:24)
5. The Brascoes - First Impressions Of You (3:11)
6. Gas - Microscopic (9:54)
7. Suddenly, Phantoms! - A Second Year (3:46)
8. Dalmatian Rex and the Eigentones - Octopus I love You (2:46)
9. DIGO - On the money DIGO rmx feat. Kate Fletcher (4:22)
10. Calories - A bear a bison (3:36)
11. Wülfstabber - 7 (7:57)
12. Einstellung - Tot (version 2) (4:01)
13. God Complex - Legions (4:08)
14. Johnny Foreigner - Sometimes, In The Bullring (4:21)
15. The Fores - Roll Of The Dice (3:36)
16. Regiment XV - Reflections MP3 (3:35)
17. Cat Green Bike - Adventure Potential (7:24)
Enjoy!
Little Chris

Get the podcast from one of these very neat places!!

21 Oct 2008

LISTEN to nEw rYming miXes!!....nEat!!

The new Machine Boy Ryming single & remixes are now available and you can even listen to em at Beatport (search Machine boy and you will be rewarded!!) oh yeh plus you can get the new tracks at that monster that is... iTunes ......rock on! dude's (& dude'esss'sss....erm.....obviously!).

Go to Beatport.comGet These TracksAdd This Player

19 Oct 2008

NEW Red Robot single!

Hey, Just to put you in the picture that very fine electronic label Red Robot Records have a new Machine Boy release out on Monday 20th Of October, it features Machine Boy's original mix of the track plus 2 brand spanking new Machine Boy mixes plus some new vocals....wow I hear you say....yes we say, exciting isnt it!!?....

MACHINE BOY - RYMING
1/ Original Mix
2/ Phat as Phuck Mix
3/ I Am Not Mix

Available from all good download stores including iTunes, Beatport
http://www.beatport.com/ , Juno http://www.juno.co.uk/ etc.

Red Robot Records links:
http://www.myspace.com/redrobotrecords
http://www.redrobotrecords.blogspot.com/
here's a couple of video's made especially for the event...erm.......release!! ROCK ON!!





5 Oct 2008

JAMIE single & some other stuff!!

hell yeh we got a cupla thingz to tell ya!!......ok then our new single'Jamie' is now available at the mighty iTunes, its a 3 tracker with a couple of interesting bits'n'bobs on there with a (WOW) new machine'esque'rawk'n'rollamix of that little ole'action figures' ditty!

Go here to check out 'Jamie' at iTunes:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=288288024&s=143444

plus the album 'The Good Machine'is also now available to get too...altho the official release date thingy shouldn't have been for another few weeks...(best laid plans & all that!) itsnow up on itunes!.........so go check em both out, see if you like em, then maybe buy a choon or 2 (machine boy will personally come round and kiss every person who buys something!!...HONEST!...he don't lie, he's a good machine!)

Check out 'The Good Machine' at iTunes here:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=288290480&s=143444

....or even if you wanna just post a comment on our itunes store page that would be damb cooooooool (good or bad....we don't mind, we'd love to hear watcha got to say)......we're a bit thin on iTunes comments...so that would be well wicked!!...

dean's also putting the final touches to the animated 'Jamie' video too so hopefully our (now) bestist friends at MTV will hopefully(keep everything crossed for us!) be showing the (hoho)'Jamie' masterpiece on MTV sooooooooooooooooooooooonio!!!! ;-).............

oh yeh a couple of other little bits and pieces to tell!....machine boy's doin a couple of remixes for that gorgeous new label 'Red Robot Records' (groovy 'Warp' dude Lex Loofah'sbrand new label...ee's d'man!.....NEATO!) more on that soon, plus Red Robot are releasing yet another Machine Boy single this month to be exact on the 10th October, its again a 3 track offering including the original mix of 'Ryming' plus 2 new spangly mixes of Ryming with added vocals and some other bits'n'bobs!..1:Original Mix, 2:Phat as Phuck mix,3:I am Not mix...NICE!!....this will again be a download single and will be available from various sites including Beatport and iTunes (to name but a few)....more on this soon!


More Red Robot info here:
http://www.myspace.com/redrobotrecords

and just one more thang!!!.....one of machine boy's fave little labels Retinascan.de are releasingsome more 'physical' machine boy stuff (ie.....a shiny silver disc, DUH!)....in the shape ofa....erm...i spose we will call it an ep...mini album kinda thing, it will be a 9 track affairand its just a bit different from machine boy's most recent output..and the ep is called 'Extort'..anyways when we know release dates etc....we'll get back to ya!!...........oh yeh there are a few other things...but I need a rest after writing all that crap!....anyways more soon!......rock on dudes...and dude'esssss'sssssss.......obviously!!
Thanks & luuuuuuuurve from your little friend machine boy ;-)


Go here for more Retinascan info:
http://www.retinascan.de

4 Oct 2008

GILL MILLS award winning 'Best Of Myspace' Podcast features Jamie...

We all know know by now (if you don't go check it out and it'll all become CLEAR!) that Gill Mill's really knows her onions (musac'ly speaking obviously!)...and she always features some awesome cutting edge choons in podcast'land...and again we're totally honoured she's featured our latest little choon 'Jamie'......on her award winning iCast podcast 'Best of Myspace'......oh god I'm in love!!.....go show!....her show!.....some luuuuuuurve...subscribe to the podcast....YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT....oh yeh here's a few little choice comments she's made machine boy'wise....."We love Machine Boy here, and he's got an album full of stuff like this squelchy gem here. Go check their page"..... for more Gill Mills 'Best of myspace' iCast podcast info! go to one of these little squelchy places......

http://www.myspace.com/icast

http://www.bestofmyspace.co.uk

1 Oct 2008

ROBOCAST Radio features more Machine Boy!

ouR fAve rObOcast plaYin jAmie....
The new Robo Cast Radio show feat MAchine Boy - Episode 27 ROBOTS FROM OUTER SPACE is now ready to stream or download for FREE :)
http://www.robocastradio.co.uk/latestshow.html
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Thursday, September 25, 2008
pEEly radIO rOx 2 yer’mAcheeen bOy!
those very fine people in Vancouver Canada at the John Peel inspired radio station Banana Peel Radio are playing Machine Boy.....and very fine it sounds too....the stations myspace page is also HERE large!!!
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008
8pr dOin tHe gOOd inTerView!
those very neat dude'esss'sss at the mighty 8pr have been asking yer ole friend machine boy a few questions about his nu album called 'the good machine' take a read http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=63970550&blogID=431633349 and tell em you luv em
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Monday, September 01, 2008
gAry hUntEr reViews oUR nU alBuM TOP MAN!
fellow myspace electronic myspace dude Gary Hunter has reviewed our upcoming album which will be available from iTunes at the end of September.....wow! Gary's the man, go check out his music....its well top!!....oh yeh here's the review.........hope you wets your appetite for our nu long player!!.....

Machine Boy (Dean Cook) have just completed their second album called "The Good Machine". The album is the follow up to "Building A Better Boy" and continues where that album left off. Dean has a very original sound, simplistic but effective and has worked so far for him with tracks played on BBC Radio 1 & Radio 6 and video's aired on MTV, so, the formula is clearly working so why change it!
The new album kicks off with the quirkey and catchy "Jamie" which uses a sound like you use to hear on Atari & Commodore computers as it's lead sound. Superb electronics as you would expect from Dean - loved it. This track is to be released as a single in October 2008 so watch out for that.
"Project Life" is a more moody and reflective track with a great bass sound in it, again an unusual track that works. Dean has a knack of making simplistic tracks with minimal sounds work very effectively.
Track 3 "Time Slog" with its cross between electro and drums 'N' bass rhythm again is a very minimalistic track with a nice punchy bass and melody line, It had a bit of a Kraftwerk feel about this one. The only thing I found with this one was the lead sound was a bit annoying after a while.
The albums 4th track "revelation" again I though had a slight Kraftwerk feel to it. It is a track that would work as a soundtrack piece of music. This is a track which moves away from the usual Machine Boy sound and it works very well, I could see this track working with a thriller or horror film - Clever track!
"Tape Scene" is a track I instantly liked and so far stands out as the best track. Excellent rhythm patterns and rhythm sounds which you would expect as Dean is a drummer by trade! This again would work as a soundtrack piece. Lots of Kraftwerk elements especially the Choir like sounds. Everything about this track is class, loved it, loved it, loved it!!
"Skeam" again would suit as a soundtrack piece of music. A high tempo track which has all the usual "Machine Boy" style sounds. The string sounds are very haunting/thriller like. Excellent use of rhythm again on this one and I have to say is another favourite of mine - A very good track.What strikes me so far is how varied this album is, yes the sounds you come to expect from Machine Boy are there but they are used very effectively.
"Decypher is another excellent track with I think an early Depeche mode influence to it. Great use of bass sounds with some excellent synth sound over the top, this for me is the second best track so far - excellent!
On to track 8 "Flange" starts off with a great electro sounding synth followed by a soft melody line with some great rhythm and percussion sounds. This again lends itself as a potential soundtrack piece. A nice track with a melody line that does grab you.
"Synthet" is a fast paced electro track that is excellent it is punctuated with great melody parts, an atmospheric track and again is a track I really did like.
The album closes with "Krash" which has a drums 'n' bass intro and is very minimalistic regards synth parts and for me is the weakest track on the album as it just passed me by.Well another fantastic album from somebody on the Myspace network.
It is amazing the standard of material I have listened to and reviewed.This is a very accomplished album with tremendous production and clever use of synths and drum patterns and a worthy follow up to "Building A Better Boy" and I am sure that tracks off this album will be aired on the beeb as there are some very strong tracks on it.It has been a pleasure to listen to this album and my review score is 8.5/10
I think it would be great for Dean to do another album using the same formula to give us a fantastic trilogy of albums. Well done to Dean & his co-producer George Bond of delivering another excellent album.
You can find out more about machine boy via the link below:Machine Boy On MySpace
You can also check out the Machine Boy tunes via iTunes by visiting the link below:
Machine Boy On iTunes
Gary Hunter
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mAchiNe bOy buiLding oN rOb dA bAnks raDIo 1 sHow!
all round decent Radio One dude Rob Da Bank recently played our little ditty 'Building A Better Boy' on his ace'a'mundo BBC Radio One show.....to be exact it was on Monday 25th August 2008.........you can check out more details of Rob's afformentioned wonderfullness.........HERE thanks Rob you are Da Man!!....
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Wednesday, August 06, 2008
rTv tv cHannEL r bUiLding A beTTer bOy fOr aLL!
those very cool dudes at RTV CHANNEL are showing our new Building A Better Boy animated video as 'Clip Alert' every 15 minutes this week on their ace new music channel......TOP DUDES!!
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008
maChinE bOy rObOt inTRoduces faMily gUy on bBC3 tv.....
ooooooh! how much do we love family guy.....A LOT!! and your fine little blue animated robot machine boy buddy has been doin his (or maybe her!...or even its??) thang introducin' Family Guy on BBC3 TV at various times....usually at 10pm! over the last few weeks.............hehehehehe.............tis funny!!!
see him doin his little thang HERE
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Thursday, July 17, 2008
cYBstEr tv show 16....oUr flUNk is in thERe....banGiN!! Current mood: horny Category: Podcast
Cybster DJ's top top top tv show, show 16 includes one of our nice happy vids 'Flunk'..........go to HERE to take a look....tis gud!!
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Sunday, July 13, 2008
robOCast shOW is OnE.....IT ROCKS!!
Hello humanoids, welcome to the brand new show - ROBO CAST 25 – A FINE YEAR OF ELECTRONIC EVOLUTION. As ROBO CAST is now one year old!! This show is a retrospective featuring various artists from past shows. Including some previous played gems and a few new tracks and also introducing a new artist to Robo Cast – Jon Ryman. My thanks to all the artists who have supplied the fantastic music for this past year. I could not do the show without you.
Click here to get your own player. Please help to spread the ROBO word. Tell all your fans and friends. Post your own blog or bulletin.The best original electronica from around the globe is now ready for your listening pleasure. You can STREAM or DOWNLOAD the show for FREE from - http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LnJvYm9jYXN0cmFkaW8ucG9kb21hdGljLmNvbQ== For FULL details including all the artist links visit the Robo Cast website – http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LnJvYm9jYXN0cmFkaW8uY28udWsvbGF0ZXN0c2hvdy5odG1s HERE IS THE LINK TO THE CURRENT SHOW DOWNLOAD - http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vcm9ib2Nhc3RyYWRpby5wb2RvbWF0aWMuY29tL2VuY2xvc3VyZS8yMDA4LTA3LTExVDEwXzQxXzA2LTA3XzAwLm1wMw==SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST - RSS Feedhttp://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vcm9ib2Nhc3RyYWRpby5wb2RvbWF0aWMuY29tL3JzczIueG1s TO ENSURE YOU DO NOT MISS OUT PLEASE JOIN THE ROBO CAST RADIO BLOGhttp://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vYmxvZy5teXNwYWNlLmNvbS9pbmRleC5jZm0/ZnVzZWFjdGlvbj1ibG9nLkNvbmZpcm1zdWJzY3JpYmUmZnJpZW5kSUQ9MjA5OTUyMzYy Here's a list of the fantastic artists for this show: -MACHINE BOY - BUILDING A BETTER BOYhttp://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3Lm1hY2hpbmVib3kuY28udWs=http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3Lm15c3BhY2UuY29tL21hY2hpbmVib3l1aw==FINE TIME - DEEPEST HATEhttp://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmZpbmV0aW1lLW11c2ljLmNvbQ== http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3Lm15c3BhY2UuY29tL2ZpbmV0aW1lbXVzaWM=EVA - GHOSThttp://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3Lm15c3BhY2UuY29tL2V2aWV3ZWxscw== KATSEN - CONSTELLATIONhttp://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3Lm15c3BhY2UuY29tL2thdHNlbmJlZXBz MOTORBIKES IN TOYKO - DANCE TO THE RECORD MACHINEhttp://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3Lm15c3BhY2UuY29tL21vdG9yYmlrZXNpbnRva3lv http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3Lm15c3BhY2UuY29tL21vdG9yYmlrZXNpbnRva3lvcmVtaXhwcm9qZWN0 GARY HUNTER - RAINhttp://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3Lm15c3BhY2UuY29tL2dhcnlodW50ZXJtdXNpYw== DANIEL LAMBERT - WE'LL RUN THROUGH WALLShttp://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3Lm1wMy5jb20uYXUvRGFuaWVsTGFtYmVydA== http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3Lm15c3BhY2UuY29tL2xhbWJlcnRzb3VuZA== NEON - MULTIMEDIAhttp://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3Lm15c3BhY2UuY29tL2h0dHB3d3dteXNwYWNlY29tbmVvbg== THE LOVED ONE - FURTHER OBSERVATIONShttp://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3Lm15c3BhY2UuY29tL3p3YW5ndGFib28= http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3Lm15c3BhY2UuY29tL21ldGFtZXRhcGhvbg== FUTURE DAZE - ORIGINS UNKNOWNhttp://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmZ1dHVyZWRhemUuY28udWs= http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3Lm15c3BhY2UuY29tL2Z1dHVyZWRhemU= ELECTROSTATE - MYSPACEhttp://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3Lm15c3BhY2UuY29tL2VsZWN0cjBzdGF0ZQ== SYNTH GROOVE - PLEASE STAND BYhttp://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3Lm15c3BhY2UuY29tL3N5bnRoZ3Jvb3Zl JOHNNY NORMAL - MINI METROhttp://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3Lm15c3BhY2UuY29tL2pvaG5ueW5vcm1hbG11c2lj JON TEKNIK - LET THE BODY ROCKhttp://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmpvbnRla25pa211c2ljLmNvbQ== http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3Lm15c3BhY2UuY29tL2pvbnRla25paw== JON RYMAN - OVER EXPOSURE (from the new album NINETEEN EIGHTY FOUR)http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LnB1cmV2b2x1bWUuY29tL2ludGVybG9wZXI2Nw== http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3Lm15c3BhY2UuY29tL2pvbnJ5bWFubXVzaWM= BELOW - ROBO CAST RADIO KEY LINKSFor FULL details including all the artist links visit the Robo Cast website – http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LnJvYm9jYXN0cmFkaW8uY28udWsvbGF0ZXN0c2hvdy5odG1s HERE IS THE LINK TO THE CURRENT SHOW DOWNLOAD - http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vcm9ib2Nhc3RyYWRpby5wb2RvbWF0aWMuY29tL2VuY2xvc3VyZS8yMDA4LTA3LTExVDEwXzQxXzA2LTA3XzAwLm1wMw== SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST - RSS Feedhttp://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vcm9ib2Nhc3RyYWRpby5wb2RvbWF0aWMuY29tL3JzczIueG1s TO ENSURE YOU DO NOT MISS OUT PLEASE JOIN THE ROBO CAST RADIO BLOGhttp://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vYmxvZy5teXNwYWNlLmNvbS9pbmRleC5jZm0/ZnVzZWFjdGlvbj1ibG9nLkNvbmZpcm1zdWJzY3JpYmUmZnJpZW5kSUQ9MjA5OTUyMzYy
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Monday, June 30, 2008
BuildinG...on sTuArt MaCOnies fREakZone bbc6muSic
good ole stuart Maconie played our latest single Building A Better Boy on his very neat 'Freakzone' show on BBC6music, Sunday 29th June......oh such a nice bloke he be!!.....oh yeh by the way we are NOT freaky at all.....erm.....well not that freaky anyways
here's a link to see info and hear the show!! ERE IT IS!!