Golden Acre Sleeps

Random number, aka Matt Robson, creates what has been described as 'Northern Wrongbeat', a mesh of emotive, brooding harmonies drawn and quartered by complex, beat-heavy rhythms. It's digital music with a human heart at it's center. More bands live in Leeds ls6 than probably any other single postcode in the UK. And in the centre of that you'll find random number- the beating electronic exception to the hardcore, guitar fuelled rule. Robson's hyperactive beat mechanics and alchemical sound manipulations are bound together with a keen sense of melody shaped by his many years of playing in the Leeds alternative music scene, most notably as drummer for hood (which culminated with their release home is where it hurts'). with this background of the band dynamic, Robson, has rallied hart against stereotypical laptop clichs, and imbues his shows with a keen sense of energy and punk attitude, using two unsynchronized laptops and a tabletop of controllers and effects. Highpoint. 2006.