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2.	Automaton (TOE Remix) 03:27	buy track
3.	Automaton (TOE Loves to Dance Mix) 06:25	buy track

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The Helmholtz Resonators have returned with their new single, Automaton, released 24th November 2014 via Genepool Records.

Did you ever buy a new gadget that was so nifty you wanted to make a song and dance about it? Well, The Helmholtz Resonators have done exactly that. Built from a Walkman, some "odds and sods" and more than a little ingenuity, the eccentric musician/scientists have procured a robot to help with their chores and provide entertainment during the long winter evenings. This charming droid has had such an impact on their lives that it has inspired their best work to date, their latest single. Sounding like a cross between Tom Tom Club, Metronomy and the Human League, the mechanical marvel has been entertaining everybody it meets.

The Helmholtz Resonators are a renegade group of psychedelic audio scientists who have been playing and writing music together since the turn of the century. They studied acoustic science and the work of Hermann Von Helmholtz, being particularly inspired by his book On the Wires of our Nerves, essential reading for anyone interested in the science of sound and sound synthesis. Heavily inspired by the ethos behind concept albums, the band have created a repertoire of songs that are as eccentric as their image, touching on influences as diverse as The Residents and The Kinks to LCD Soundsystem and Hieronymous Bosch.

Previous single, Sunshine/Shadow picked up support from the likes of Artrocker Magazine, BBC Radio’s Steve Lamacq and Gary Crowley, and The Vinyl District, and with an album in the pipeline for 2015 (and nothing but time on their hands given their new robotic housekeeper) we’re sure to be hearing a lot more from these eccentric musical scientists.

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released November 24, 2014

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The Helmholtz Resonators England, UK

The Helmholtz Resonators are a renegade group of spaced-out psychedelic audio scientific oddballs who have been playing and writing music together since the turn of the century. Live multi-instrumentalists, dream weavers and time travellers. They studied acoustic science and the work of Hermann Von Helmholtz, being particularly inspired by his series of works 'On the Sensations of Tone...'. ... more

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