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Cath Roberts
@cathrobots.bsky.social
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(They/them) Improvisation, saxophone, electronic noisemaking, the band Sloth Racket, Luminous label, also papery business. Not on social media a lot but contact me at https://cathrobots.co.uk/
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Cath Roberts @cathrobots.bsky.social · Jan 15
'Hello world'. Not sure how I'm going to use this yet, or how often, but hello nonetheless. To get in touch with me or find out about my work, head to my website: cathrobots.co.uk
C A T H R O B O T S | Saxophone, noisemaking, organising
cathrobots.co.uk
cathrobots.bsky.social
This album is finally up for pre-order. I'm usually a lot quicker than this but it kept getting stuck. Next job is to send out promos, which I'll do....sometime.....between now and release day! Blargh. But yay! It's nearly out.
slothracket.bsky.social Sloth Racket @slothracket.bsky.social · 27d
It's taken two years to get it finished but the new Sloth Racket studio album ARBOREAL is coming out on 1st December and available to pre-order today! Digital album, CD and companion A6 scores booklet, released on the Luminous label:

slothracket.bandcamp.com/album/arboreal
October 31, 2025 at 6:06 PM
cathrobots.bsky.social
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...
June 2, 2025 at 1:51 PM
cathrobots.bsky.social
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-...
Gig poster for light.box and Quartz Sand, tonight at Hundred Years Gallery.
May 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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noiseupstairs.bsky.social
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:
March 28, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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proflofi.bsky.social
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...
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...
billthompson.org
March 21, 2025 at 8:33 PM
cathrobots.bsky.social
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!
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 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.
March 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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seanworrall-01.bsky.social
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
March 13, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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k8carr.bsky.social
Made 12 Rubber Band noise boxes the last little while for shipping with my rubber band music album.
Here are nine of them.
March 14, 2025 at 1:38 PM
cathrobots.bsky.social
New Sloth Racket shirts have arrived...
slothracket.bsky.social Sloth Racket @slothracket.bsky.social · Mar 6
NEW MERCH ALERT! Our birthday celebrations continue with this Sloth Racket Ten Years shirt:

slothracket.bandcamp.com/merch/sloth-...

Comes with the live album 'Ten Years of Live Sloths'.

Available in time for BC Friday tomorrow or just NOW...
March 6, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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markholub.bsky.social
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.
February 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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hajdukino.bsky.social
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
February 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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hajdukino.bsky.social
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)
February 4, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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andrewlisle.bsky.social
Some nice releases up on bandcamp. Lots of incredible collaborators I must say. andrewlisle.bandcamp.com if inclined
February 20, 2025 at 12:04 PM
cathrobots.bsky.social
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
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'...
February 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM
cathrobots.bsky.social
This Saturday 22nd February in Brockley SE London, join us for more improvised duo sets at BRÅK! We're back in the beer shop once again with February guests Charlotte Arculus (electronics), Sue Lynch (tenor saxophone) and Julia Brüssel (violin). Doors 18:30 at waterintobeer. Info: brakbrakbrak.co.uk
The flyer for BRÅK'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!
February 18, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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ajazznoise.bsky.social
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
2021 - Photo Booklet 6 (live inside the internet), by Sloth Racket
from the album Ten Years of Live Sloths
slothracket.bandcamp.com
February 7, 2025 at 8:15 AM
cathrobots.bsky.social
New account here for my band...
slothracket.bsky.social Sloth Racket @slothracket.bsky.social · Feb 4
We're ten this year! And we're starting the celebrations with a new live album: Ten Years of Live Sloths. A track from every year of our existence...

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

Catch us live in the UK this month in Glasgow (8th Feb) and Birmingham (23rd Feb). Info:

slothracket.co.uk
The cover of 'Ten Years of Live Sloths'. It's an inverted illustration of a fire-breathing Sloth, in black and white, with colourful text in fluoro teal and hot pink saying the album title...
February 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
cathrobots.bsky.social
This Saturday in Glasgow...
cathrobots.bsky.social Cath Roberts @cathrobots.bsky.social · Jan 15
Two live dates for my band Sloth Racket next month:
- Glasgow - 8th February - Old Hairdressers
- Birmingham - 23rd February - Centrala (Fizzle)
A bright yellow flyer by Rob Churm for the Sloth Racket gig in Glasgow on 8th Feb. It has a kind of brilliant monstrous multi-armed creature in the middle and the gig info hand-written around it.
February 4, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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robchurm.bsky.social
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 £% so it's much cheaper through the actually patreon site.
February 4, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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larajonesmusic.bsky.social
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...
Juno 3: Proxemics, by Han-earl Park, Lara Jones and Pat Thomas
12 track album
hanearlpark.bandcamp.com
February 4, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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larajonesmusic.bsky.social
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
Lara Jones
Composer / Producer / Saxophonist / Keys / DJ /
larajones-saxophone.bandcamp.com
February 4, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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basspope.bsky.social
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.
February 4, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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ajazznoise.bsky.social
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
Oracle of the Dead, by Stian Larsen / Colin Webster / Ruth Goller / Andrew Lisle
from the album Temple Of Muses
colinwebster.bandcamp.com
February 4, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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jakeblanchard.bsky.social
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!
February 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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sipaton.bsky.social
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
DMC: Dotson/Paton duo, Cries from the LTN, Steckdose
At Birmingham Centrala on Tue 11th Feb, 2025
wegottickets.com
February 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM