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Cath Roberts

@cathrobots.bsky.social

Artist. Improvisation, saxophone, electronic noisemaking, the band Sloth Racket, Luminous label, printmaking, zine making, other papery business. https://cathrobots.co.uk/ (they/them)

146 Followers  |  172 Following  |  20 Posts  |  Joined: 15.01.2025  |  1.6755

Latest posts by cathrobots.bsky.social on Bluesky

I got it in 2022 and it hasn't lost its appeal...still sounding wild and coming out with new/unexpected stuff. I've met people who didn't get on with it, but I love it!

02.06.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It's all Lyra-8....sticking to one box at a time...

02.06.2025 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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New release out today: Creatures of Tooth! Cassette and digital album on Madwort Recordings.

Tom Ward - bass clarinet
Cath Roberts - synthesiser

madwort.bandcamp.com/album/creatu...

02.06.2025 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
Gig poster for light.box and Quartz Sand, tonight at Hundred Years Gallery.

Gig poster for light.box and Quartz Sand, tonight at Hundred Years Gallery.

A very last minute shout-out for an excellent gig that I'm part of tonight: Quartz Sand (Kate Carr and me) open for light . box with Tom Challenger at Hundred Years Gallery, London. Info at:
hundredyearsgallery.co.uk/music-light-...

09.05.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Next Noise Upstairs! Thursday 10th April, Fuel Cafe Bar, Wilmslow Road, Manchester, 8.30pm start, bring instruments to participate, FREE entrance. Our guest band: GFH Trio:

28.03.2025 11:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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2023 - 2025 - prof_lofi INTRASPECT VII – Guildford, March 23rd Intraspect VII | Thursday April 23rd | doors 7pm / music 7:30pm An evening of experimental music featuring live electronics, acoustic and digital improvisation a...

Delighted to announce the next Intraspect (VII) in Guildford on April 3rd, at 730pm (free).

Details in further posts and info below!

More info here: billthompson.org/aka_prof_lof...

21.03.2025 20:33 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Two people in faded workwear jackets sit on some decking outside what look like beach huts, but are actually artists' studios! They are both holding mugs and the person on the left has been caught mid-mouthful.

Two people in faded workwear jackets sit on some decking outside what look like beach huts, but are actually artists' studios! They are both holding mugs and the person on the left has been caught mid-mouthful.

A confusing cardboard structure stands on a desk. It's made of panels sticking out at different angles and it's got neon and black paint on it. It doesn't photograph massively well, but luckily this is a work-in-progress shot. It's the cardboard structure from my project 'And then the next thing you know'.

A confusing cardboard structure stands on a desk. It's made of panels sticking out at different angles and it's got neon and black paint on it. It doesn't photograph massively well, but luckily this is a work-in-progress shot. It's the cardboard structure from my project 'And then the next thing you know'.

A collage of photographic material and text overlaid in a pretty dense and jumbled way. Visible are megaphones, ocarinas, microphones, a handheld recorder, a snare drum, text from instruction manuals, cables and an otamatone, which is a plastic instrument that looks a bit like a saxophone but with a face...this is my promo image for the student concert.

A collage of photographic material and text overlaid in a pretty dense and jumbled way. Visible are megaphones, ocarinas, microphones, a handheld recorder, a snare drum, text from instruction manuals, cables and an otamatone, which is a plastic instrument that looks a bit like a saxophone but with a face...this is my promo image for the student concert.

Coming up for me in the next two weeks:

3rd April: ATTNTYK with Tullis Rennie at INTRASPECT VII, University of Surrey!

9th April: end of year concert with my students, City St Georges Experimental Ensemble!

cathrobots.co.uk/blog/2025/03...

Join me for rad sounds inside universities - both free!

27.03.2025 17:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A 29th leaf left, a 29th #43Leaves piece of 2025 left hanging, this one in York, for someone to just take should they wish to.... #streetart

13.03.2025 00:53 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Made 12 Rubber Band noise boxes the last little while for shipping with my rubber band music album.
Here are nine of them.

14.03.2025 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

New Sloth Racket shirts have arrived...

06.03.2025 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Things looking bleak in 2025? Do you enjoy different types of tea? I Bought a kettle that can boil water at different pre-selected temperatures. Wow - 2025 is looking a whole lot better.

25.02.2025 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Daniel Thompson (g), Douglas Benford (w), Neil Metcalfe (fl), Tilly Coulton (fl), Ross Lambert (g) and Caroline Kraabel (s) at AD LIB, Ealing, west London, 1st February 2025

09.02.2025 13:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy 10th anniversary year to SLOTH RACKET - here's to the next ten. Look out for forthcoming live dates at a venue near you - slothracket.co.uk
(photos from Hundred Years Gallery, London, April 2024)

04.02.2025 21:48 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Agree! Why do they exist??

21.02.2025 16:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Some nice releases up on bandcamp. Lots of incredible collaborators I must say. andrewlisle.bandcamp.com if inclined

20.02.2025 12:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A roll of bright yellow square stickers with black print. The design is of a fire-breathing Sloth and the text says 'Sloth Racket Ten Years'...

A roll of bright yellow square stickers with black print. The design is of a fire-breathing Sloth and the text says 'Sloth Racket Ten Years'...

Very chuffed with these lo-fi stickers I just received from Duplikat Press in Margate. They have a nice fuzzy aesthetic and it's fun to have stickers on a roll! These will be in future @slothracket.bsky.social merch orders, and at gigs across this year. Really recommend Duplikat:

www.duplikat.co.uk

20.02.2025 12:16 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The flyer for BRΓ…K's February 2025 gig, with the guest artists as listed in my post text. It's a very minimal flyer with black text on a kraft brown paper background so there's almost nothing to report here!

The flyer for BRΓ…K's February 2025 gig, with the guest artists as listed in my post text. It's a very minimal flyer with black text on a kraft brown paper background so there's almost nothing to report here!

This Saturday 22nd February in Brockley SE London, join us for more improvised duo sets at BRΓ…K! We're back in the beer shop once again with February guests Charlotte Arculus (electronics), Sue Lynch (tenor saxophone) and Julia BrΓΌssel (violin). Doors 18:30 at waterintobeer. Info: brakbrakbrak.co.uk

18.02.2025 12:18 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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2021 - Photo Booklet 6 (live inside the internet), by Sloth Racket from the album Ten Years of Live Sloths

Daily Tune #2720 - "Photo Booklet 6" by @slothracket.bsky.social
slothracket.bandcamp.com/track/2021-p...
@cathrobots.bsky.social - baritone saxophone, compositions
Sam Andreae - alto saxophone
Anton Hunter - guitar
Seth Bennett - double bass
Johnny Hunter - drums
Luminous Label

07.02.2025 08:15 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

New account here for my band...

04.02.2025 12:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This Saturday in Glasgow...

04.02.2025 11:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New Oozle out this week!

Sign up for monthly mail art at patreon.com/RobChurm (link in bio)
New members sign up through the patreon website as opposed to the applestore app because apple are adding a hefty Β£% so it's much cheaper through the actually patreon site.

04.02.2025 11:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Juno 3: Proxemics, by Han-earl Park, Lara Jones and Pat Thomas 12 track album

also beyond grateful to be on this record with formidable @hanearlpark.bsky.social & Pat Thomas. These players are incredible and the gigs we did together brought me a lot of joy, knowledge and curiosity. Guitar / Sax / Electronics / improv - very free
hanearlpark.bandcamp.com/album/juno-3...

04.02.2025 10:58 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Lara Jones Composer / Producer / Saxophonist / Keys / DJ /

Deleted X obviously / also deleted Spotify and removing my music from it. @bandcamp.com alllll the way. You can see my full discography here: larajones-saxophone.bandcamp.com

04.02.2025 10:56 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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A shot from a rare solo set. A treat to play on a bill of three solo bass players, with radically different approaches. Music is the best.

04.02.2025 00:39 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Oracle of the Dead, by Stian Larsen / Colin Webster / Ruth Goller / Andrew Lisle from the album Temple Of Muses

Daily Tune #2717 - "Oracle of the Dead"
colinwebster.bandcamp.com/track/oracle...
Stian Larsen: guitar
Colin Webster: alto saxophone
Ruth Goller: bass
Andrew Lisle: drums
Relative Pitch Records

04.02.2025 08:45 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Anyone know what tape this is? Can’t find the box and it has no artist/title on it. Sort of guitar(?) Over modulated drones, it’s pretty good. Someone on here must know!

03.02.2025 17:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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DMC: Dotson/Paton duo, Cries from the LTN, Steckdose At Birmingham Centrala on Tue 11th Feb, 2025

Next Don't Mind Control gig!
11th Feb at Centrala. Features a new collab I'm doing with Chicago composer Matthew Dotson, as well as sets from Steckdose and Cries from the LTN
Super cheap advance tickets! You know where to be ;)
wegottickets.com/event/645989

03.02.2025 15:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The cover of 'Ten Years of Live Sloths' which features an inverted image of a fire-breathing sloth's face, with some smashed-up looking text saying the album name. The image is black and white, with some colour accents on the text: a kind of fluoro-teal and a hot pink.

The cover of 'Ten Years of Live Sloths' which features an inverted image of a fire-breathing sloth's face, with some smashed-up looking text saying the album name. The image is black and white, with some colour accents on the text: a kind of fluoro-teal and a hot pink.

I've been working on this for a while and it's out today!

Sloth Racket - Ten Years of Live Sloths:

slothracket.bandcamp.com/album/ten-ye...

Ten tracks, one from each year of the band's existence, recorded live around the UK (and briefly online) and lovingly excavated from the band's archives.

03.02.2025 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I loved their debut, but this second album from Breathing Heavy (Sam Andreae and @ciaranmackle.bsky.social ) really brings their interaction to a new level of frenzied cohesion... Live sax and reed samples tessellating like a flock of birds/hornets in the most bamboozlingly skronky way possible...😍

24.01.2025 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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AIL Open Seminar #007 - Rodrigo Constanzo YouTube video by Augmented Instruments Lab

Rod’s recent seminar at Augmented Instrument Lab.

www.youtube.com/live/Clr4lnv...

27.01.2025 10:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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