Song of the Day: Shit Robot “Space Race”

“Space Race” is by the mad Irishman Marcus Lambkin aka Shit Robot who has an impressive catalogue of releases going back to 2001 under various aliases. He’s been a long time partner with DFA Records and this digital-only release is chock full of classic DFA sounds. Space Race with it’s 8+ minutes of bleeps, synths and digital drums culminates in an awesome synth “breakdown” at the 5 minute mark. The song structure reminds me of an 808 acid track, lots of layers, building to epic proportions before starting all over, only done with a NuDisco sensibility.

While working as a DJ in New York in 2000 he befriended James Murphy, later of LCD Soundsystem, and started a DJ partnership with him.[2] Lambkin moved to rural Germany in 2004 and started producing his own music, with a number of releases on DFA Records from 2006.[2] He released his debut album From the Cradle to the Rave in September 2010 to positive reviews from Entertainment.ie[3] and NME[4] The album features contributions from Alexis Taylor of Hot Chip and James Murphy amongst others.

Song of the Day: Shit Robot “Space Race”