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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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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 […]

Monday 8th September, 2008:

And now, the moment you’ve all been waiting for! Robot Vs Dinosaur will be back at Island on Friday September 19th, provided that the world doesn’t get destroyed by the Large Hadron Collider come this Wednesday (EDIT- didn’t happen in the end… how disappointing!). Sounding a little like Autechre and Mouse On Mars after having […]

Thursday 28th August, 2008:

Robot vs Dinosaur will be DJing as part of Brum-based creative media network Project X Presents‘ next event, entitled “Digital Dystopia”. Taking place on Saturday 13th September at newly-unveiled Birmingham club BUSK, the performance will further develop and explore the group’s remarkable “Omnimedia Experience” format, presenting a seamless flow of art, music and visuals via […]

Tuesday 26th August, 2008:

Thanks to everyone who turned out to the last Robot Vs Dinosaur, after a slightly patchy Summer it was the best night we’ve had for quite some time- hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did! Special thanks are of course owed to Mike In Mono and Girljoy (pictured) for coming down and […]

Wednesday 13th August, 2008:

Consider this a warning: less than 48 hours to go now ’til Robot Vs Dinosaur stomps back to Island Bar come this Friday (the 15th)! As well as top-notch brain-blowing live electronic action from Mike In Mono & Girljoy, we’ll also be DJing everything from Manitoba to Merzbow- expect electronic music of all flavours, some […]

Wednesday 23rd July, 2008:

Robot Vs Dinosaur will be returning to Island Bar on Friday August 15th, with live services resuming following July’s free entry DJ-only event. This time ’round we have a headline set from ex-Plone and current ZX Spectrum Orchestra/Modified Toy Orchestra mainstay Mike In Mono, a man who’s passion for bubbling analogue synth-pop and gorgeous vocodered […]

Wednesday 16th July, 2008:

Given that every electronic musician in the UK is seemingly on holiday at the moment (and who could blame them!), our next event at Island on Friday July 18th will be a free entry DJ party! As per usual we’ll be DJing a skull-cracking selection taking in breakcore, laptoptronica, chipcore, drill ‘n’ bass, J-pop and […]

Thursday 3rd July, 2008:

We’ve finally got ’round to sticking the photos up from our June event. Check them out via the gallery, and thanks to Andy Bullock for doing such a great job taking them, as ever.

Wednesday 25th June, 2008:

Thanks to everyone who came to Robot Vs Dinosaur last Fri, hope you all had a fantastic night. Arc Vel laid down some strikingly organic-sounding beats, gorgeously augmented by live guitar and beautiful undersea visuals, whilst those foolishly sat outside smoking during Portmanteau‘s set missed a flawless exercise in owl-rotation, soundtracked by their trademark ultra-glitchy […]

Wednesday 18th June, 2008:

Lock up your dinos… Robot Vs Dinosaur #5 is just around the corner! Taking place at Island Bar (next door to the Alex theatre, just ’round the corner from Sunflower Lounge) this coming Friday, our forthcoming event will see us breaking boundaries and smashing genres together to create a soundclash of epic proportions… Friday’s event […]