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Austin, TX - Super producer duo The Heavy Weights have selected Recorder as the winner of the Famecast contest to win a NeKo keyboard production station, valued at $6,000 and courtesy of Open Labs. Here’s what The Heavy Weights had to say about their selection:

"Open Labs Neko and Miko Workstations have many features that would compliment any artist of any genre, but for the sake of utilizing a Neko to its fullest potential, we have chosen the winner in the Electronic genre, Recorder.

We believe that they would find the Neko to be an interesting solution to the problems that face musicians in electronic genres. We found their performances to be quite hilarious and entertaining (which is what this is all about enjoying music). Recorder’s production style would be complemented greatly with an Open Labs Neko.

We would also like to say congratulations to the winners of all of the other genres and to encourage all the contestants to keep doing what they love and to keep up the good music. Thank you again to Open Labs for the opportunity to give away such an awesome piece!"

For more details on the Famecast/Open Labs Neko contest, click here.

By JENNIFER CHANCELLOR World Scene Writer
1/4/2008
Last Modified: 1/5/2008 1:24 AM

Dance music propels Recorder to win in national contest

You probably haven't heard anything like it around these parts, though it's been here for years.

Tulsa band Recorder calls it "robot dance music and sad robot lullabies, made by robots . . . for robots."

But it's really a trio of area artists – Rob and Lynn Robertson and Jeff Whitlatch – who love creating super-sweet, super-danceable electronic music.

"It started as a joke, really," said Rob Robertson in a recent telephone interview. "It was like, 'Nobody else is doing this, but you know, robots have feelings, too!' "

But the project's taken on a life of its own since those days back in 2004, garnering the group international recognition, a record deal with Switzerland's Minuta Records, and most recently, a $10,000 fan-favorite award and a critic's choice award from the Fame Cast Web site. The group won the Electronic Fenom/Critics' Pick titles from the "American Idol"-style contest, said Robertson.

Awards are given in everything from dance to country to comedy and more, according to the official Web site at www.tulsworld.com/FameCast.

In addition
to $10,000, Recorder will receive a mentorship session with J.S. Clayden, an L.A.-based British ex-pat and core member of UK alt-rock band Pitchshifter, said Robertson.

Many may know Robertson as DJ Robbo, a founder of the Electrocore network, and an established local DJ who helped organize Oklahoma rock band Shiny Toy Guns' first national tour.

"I'm pretty much focusing on Recorder now," he said. "We're working on getting a really good live show going. We hope to play more music festivals in the near future."

All three also work at Nightingale Theatre, Lynn and Rob Robertson as actors and Whitlatch as the the community theater venue's technical director.

That experience was essential for the band's performance at the FameCast finals, which featured a roster of performers whittled down from a roster of dozens of other acts and, finally, to five, said Robertson.

"It was our first real live show," he said. The trio dressed as robots, brought out keyboards, more keyboards, a vocoder, a theremin- like device, a mike and told their melodic tale of love, loss, fear and redemption.

"Will the world wait for me?" sadly sang the girl robot – a vocoder-equipped Lynn Robertson – during the performance, as colorful twirls of electrical cord-like hair bounced around her cyborg face.

The crowd was in love with her. The answer was yes.

FameCast's Web site boasts, "Show the world your talent and win!"

Recorder did and it tallied enough votes from local, national and international listeners to propel them to the top spot.

"It was amazing that we got so many votes during that week," he said, due to the catastrophic ice storm that slammed Tulsa in mid-December. "So many people here in Tulsa were without Internet access or power. To win was a pleasant surprise."

Recently featured on Spin magazine's "Hot Pursuit" site and on the Music Nation Web site, the act will also be featured – as a live performer – at Hard Work Records' "Hard Work Weekend," scheduled Feb. 29 and March 1 here in Tulsa.

Check out MusicNation.com where this weeks featured artist is none other than Recorder.