“All the ingredients sum up to a mind-bending trip through the world of beats, where there are no limits in experimentation and you can let your mind wander far out if you let it.”
-TURNTABLELAB

“LA’s Free the Robots has slowly been crafting one of the more unique sounds to come out of the West Coast beat scene, pairing futuristic basslines that could fit into a dubstep set with chunky, dusty beats that sound straight out of the mid-’80s.”
-XLR8R

“comes at you with soft-melodic, yet heart-thumping edgy beats.”
-URB

“a fearsome and sophisticated instrumental album as animated by the spirits of Can or Agharta-era Miles Davis as by Madlib or Dilla or the Low End Theory beatmakers that are regulars alongside them at the Crosby”
-OC WEEKLY

“built from the ground up…dirtier, harder, and heavier.”
-GIANT ROBOT

“a nicely varied and expertly executed full-length”
-BOOMKAT

“one of the most influential artists to come out of Los Angeles’ experimental beat scene.”
-DEFTUNE

“crunchy samples, wobbling low-end, and an irreplaceable sci-fi aesthetic.”
-KEYCMND

“a record bursting with genres, and it’s not afraid to use them: obscure samples are blended together with analogue and digital compositions so that each song provides new and interesting insights.”
-MEMEMAGAZINE

“soundscapes of inorganic (electronic) nature with a soulful human touch…the future is here, folks.”
-CIVIL

“the ideal soundtrack to blunt cruise”
-PASSIONWEISS

“one of the most anticipated albums of the year.”
-FAKERICH

“This is the kind of freedom that Johnny 5 tasted and all those other androids out there have been dreaming of since.
-CHROME KIDS

“pure nastiness”
-THE BOMARR BLOG

“eclectic mind seducing sounds”
-SEXYFRESH

“quite the talented upcoming Cali B-boy/Producer”
-BIGMUFF

“Free the Robots’ inventive take on sound is lighting a fire under the blogosphere and slapping online music publications upside the head.”
-DF5K

Enough Bass to Rattle the Rattlesnakes. see you at Coachella (BassFace 2010)!!

‘CTRL ALT DELETE’ Drops one week from today! be on the look out March 30th, 2010 (Alpha Pup Records). For now peep promo video #3 (Free the Robots feat. Ikey Owens of the Marsvolta)!

Kickin it off huge for the official ‘CTRL ALT DELETE’ Release party at none other than the Low End Theory!! (LIVE March 31st @ the Airliner, Los Angeles)

And don’t miss the following Record Release parties/Shows in your area!

Stay tuned every Tuesday for the next 5 weeks!

Here it is! The Glitch Mob, Free the Robots & Deru will be taking it on the road. Mark your calendars. See you soon!

MAY 1 - CHICAGO, IL @ DOUBLE DOOR
MAY 2 - DETROIT, MI @ MAJESTIC THEATRE
MAY 3 - CLEVELAND, OH @ GROG SHOP
MAY 4 - TORONTO, ON @ WRONG BAR
MAY 5 - BOSTON, MA @ MIDDLE EAST
MAY 7 - NEW YORK, NY @ HIGHLINE BALLROOM
MAY 8 - BALTIMORE, MD @ BOURBON STREET BALLROOM
MAY 9 - RICHMOND, VA @ HAT FACTORY
MAY 10 - GREENSBORO, NC @ GREENE STREET CLUB
MAY 12 - ASHEVILLE, NC @ CLUB 828
MAY 13 - KNOXVILLE, TN @ VALARIUM
MAY 14 - NASHVILLE, TN @ LIMELIGHT
MAY 15 - ATHENS, GA @ NEW EARTH MUSIC HALL
MAY 16 - ATLANTA, GA @ MASQUERADE
MAY 18 - MOBILE, AL @ ALABAMA MUSIC BOX
MAY 20 - NEW ORLEANS, LA @ HOUSE OF BLUES
MAY 21 - HOUSTON, TX @ RICH’S
MAY 22 - AUSTIN, TX @ LA ZONA ROSA
MAY 23 - DALLAS, TX @ TREES
MAY 25 - OKLAHOMA CITY, OK @ CITY WALK
MAY 27 - ST. LOUIS, MO @ 2720
MAY 28 - KANSAS CITY, MO @ CONSPIRACY ROOM
MAY 29 - MORRISON, CO @ RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATRE / BISCO INFERNO *
JUN 02 - VICTORIA @ SUGAR
JUN 03 - VANCOUVER, BC @ VENUE
JUN 04 - PORTLAND, OR @ ROSELAND THEATER
JUN 05 - SEATTLE, WA @ SHOWBOX MARKET
JUN 06 - ARCATA, CA @ ARCATA THEATRE
JUN 09 - SANTA CRUZ, CA @ CATALYST
JUN 11 - LOS ANGELES,CA @ THE HENRY FONDA THEATRE
JUN 12 - SAN FRANCISCO, CA @ FILLMORE AUDITORIUM

Santa Ana’s Free The Robots debut full-length Ctrl Alt Delete (Mar. 30 on Alpha Pup) is an evolution—a fearsome and sophisticated instrumental album as animated by the spirits of Can or Agharta-era Miles Davis as by Madlib or Dilla or the Low End Theory beatmakers that are regulars alongside them at the Crosby. (Ikey Owens’ guest spot on “The Eye” launches the song somewhere between Davis’ “Billy Preston” and Can’s “Father Cannot Yell,” and surely Julian Cope will be writing about this momentarily.)

Robots’ real-named mastermind (and Crosby co-owner) Chris Alfaro knows exactly how to pace and how to punish, and each song on Ctrl Alt Delete is a carefully assembled piece all its own; together, however, they align into an album of vision and precision.

Opener “Sci-Fidelity and the crushing “Global Warning” tent pole the album—both glacial in temperament and tempo, and both the kind of song that grinds dinosaur bones into dust—but there isn’t a soft spot anywhere. Second-to-last “Turkish Voodoo” (certainly friends with Gaslamp Killer’s recent “Turk Mex”) would have been a natural ender, with its smashing OH NO-style beat, synth blips for improved circulation and a climax that will catch and messily devour the next song in your shuffle. But actual conclusion “Inter Arma” is instead the slow-burning “Mother Sky” that Ctrl Alt Delete truly demanded. It’s a vital release for heads of any pedigree—beat, bass or like Damo Suzuki, mushroom—and up there with dios’ we are dios as one of the strongest local releases so far this year.

-Chris Ziegler (OC Weekly)