Robotics and electronic music go hand in hand in this collaboration between three very different artists, specially commissioned by Sonar and the UK festival Faster than Sound. Two of the most respected musicians in Britain’s new electronica, Jon Hopkins and Tim Exile, accepted the challenge of composing a piece for a very special group... The Soundclusters line-up consists of five robot-instruments created by Roland Olbeter, a German artist based in Barcelona since 1986. Two violins, a viola, a cello and a drum packed with micro-keys and mechanisms allow them to play live with Hopkins and Exile, in one of the most amazing stage shows of this year's Sonar.