Free The Robots from Santa Ana, California is the brainchild of Chris Alfaro a producer who pays homage to the past with a drive for the future.
He blends elements of Jazz, Electronic, Hip Hop, Trip Hop, Soul and Psychedelia to create a sort of future jazz.
Alfaro spends hours of his time in record stores crawling through a vast number of old Jazz records in search of the ideal sample. When he finds one, he rushes back to his studio to do his thing. The recipe might not be new, but the results are quite tasty.
Free The Robots was started as a side project by Alfaro in 2003 while also playing with different bands, producing MC’s, and DJing full time. Having worked with so many different styles of music, Alfaro commingles them all to create beautiful Hip Hop instrumentals in the legacy of RJD2 and Kid Koala.
Check him out on My Space.
Download legally and for free:
- Clocks and Daggers here (courtesy of BBQChickenRobot)
Buy "The Killer Robots" digitally on iTunes (US)
See him live:
| Dublab radio session | Los Angeles, California |
| all Salsa (DJ Set) @ the Crosby | Santa Ana, California |
| Daedelus, Jel, The Gaslamp Killer, Eliot Lipp, Mophono, Deru, Free the Robots
| San Francisco, California |
| Daedelus, Nosaj Thing, Free the Robots @ Trilogy Lounge
| Boulder, Colorado |
| Daedelus, Nosaj Thing, Free the Robots @ Backspace
| Portland, Oregon |