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London-based experimental electronic music producer Robin Buckley

Robin Buckley terraforms the galaxy of contemporary dance music, pulling from YouTube clips, EDM sample packs, vibrators, Euro-pop hits of the 90’s, and computer music—to reframe relationships to sounds previously thought to be familiar. Within immersive sonic worlds, Buckley’s rhythms serve as cultural critiques, crafting hopeful narratives while also implicating violently normative social orders, moving through different mediums, narratives, and even Venga Boys edits to impart meaning. While Buckley’s early releases such as 2012’s Basement EP show an uncanny knack for skeletal, zig-zagging techno textures, their later releases move towards more abstract electroacoustic composition, commenting on cultural values within the sound art community. From serving as an Artist in Residence at London’s Call & Response sound agency, to their disseration on Modes of Queer Resistance in Electronic Music Production, there’s an equally thick body of theoretical knowledge that Buckley’s work is informed by—but however deep you want to dive their live sets are fluid, reactive, and immediately gripping.