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Robot Vs Dinosaur

Robot Vs Dinosaur was Birmingham's most diverse and eclectic electronic night, taking place at Island Bar on every third Friday of the month.
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Tuesday 11th November, 2008:

As previously mentioned, Robot vs Dinosaur will be returning to Island Bar come Friday 21st November and as ever we’ve all manner of electronic thrills and spills in store. On the live front we’ve got a headline set from London-based techno merchant The Third Man (of whom we wrote about at great length in our […]

Friday 7th November, 2008:

Ai Records technomancer The Third Man, one of the participants on the imprint’s recent triple-split EP alongside Plant43 and Najem Sworb, has recently released his debut album ‘Clarion Call’. More of a mini than a full-length LP, the release sees him distilling his love of techno, acid and the classic Detroit sound with the rather […]

Thursday 6th November, 2008:

Robot vs Dinosaur are all set to DJ this Saturday as part of the upcoming Gigbeth festival, topping a bill of exciting and innovative new acts performing on the 4Talent stage, located in the Dragon Bar at Birmingham Barfly. Confirmed to perform are Rich Batsford, The Icarus, Iain Woods & The Psychologist, Keyboard Choir and […]

Wednesday 5th November, 2008:

So: Mechakitten, our long-mooted joint event with The Autumn Store, came and went just over a week ago. Thanks to everyone who took part and helped make it such a fantastic evening including Seeland, Arthur & Martha, Arc Vel (pictured) and Mexican Kids at Home for providing cracking live performances, Leon Chromatouch for orchestrating the […]

Wednesday 22nd October, 2008:

Mechakitten- the long-mooted joint event between Robot vs Dinosaur and indiepop promotions outfit The Autumn Store– is finally on the horizon, taking place at Island Bar this Saturday! The night features a rare headline performance from ex-Broadcast/Plone duo Seeland, plus motorik madness from London’s Arthur & Martha, electronic epics from previous RvD performer Arc Vel […]

Tuesday 21st October, 2008:

Giant mechagodzilla thank-yous to everyone who came down to October’s Robot vs Dinosaur! Drink was poured, music was consumed and minds were blown: mostly our own, given how good the turnout was in spite of our not having a great deal of time to promote the night as of late. Special thanks go out to […]

Tuesday 14th October, 2008:

Don’t forget that our October event’s just around the corner, taking place at Island on Friday 17th. We’ll be hosting live performances from Cyan341 (the headliner- ignore the flyer!) and Line, plus DJs and visuals from Chromatouch. Entry is £3, or just £1 if dressed as a robot or dinosaur- doors open at 8:30. More […]

Sunday 5th October, 2008:

Given that it would seem we’ve got events coming out of our ears for Autumn, here’s a round-up of what we’re up to over the next month or so… Don’t forget, full details of all of our upcoming escapades can be found on our events page. First up: we’re very pleased to confirm that the […]

Tuesday 30th September, 2008:

…who came down to the last Robot vs Dinosaur! To those who couldn’t make it: you missed a double bill of crunch-tastic technomadness from Jade One and QXTC! You missed live visual jockeying from Chromatouch! And most of all, you also missed exceedingly good cake, and all the cake-related dual-birthday hilarity which invariably comes with […]

Wednesday 17th September, 2008:

Just a couple of days to go before the next Robot vs Dinosaur! Taking place upstairs at Island Bar this Friday (the 19th), we’ll have brain-baking live electronic madness from Jade One & QXTC plus visuals from Chromatouch, as well as DJs playing all manner of electrogoodness- check out our events page for the full […]