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Robyn Rocket

Space Trumpet, and Inclusive Conscious GIgs!

About Me

Background: Robyn Rocket plays space trumpet through guitar pedals (to create spacey sounds). Robyn grew up in Suffolk but is now based in London.

She started playing the trumpet (cornet) aged 8 before stopping aged 15, but she took it up again in her late 20s after meeting a big band leader at Morley College who taught her how to learn music theory with her ears rather than her eyes.

As a disabled musician Robyn has struggled with her eyes constantly moving and poor short term memory. In 2017 Robyn met Andy Diagram, the first trumpet player she saw who put their trumpet through guitar pedals and made loops, this inspired Robyn and she started exploring how to do this.

Connections: Robyn is supported by arts charity *Heart n Soul who she met through her work as a professional speaker on autism. Robyn is Autistic and is now a creative associate at Heart n Soul and has a studio at the *Total Refreshment Centre. Through this connection Robyn has played with artists like Alabaster DePlume and Danalogue. Robyn also runs a gig series at *Cafe OTO, in Dalston, East London called Robyn’s Rocket.

Robyn’s Rocket: Robyn’s aim is to create a space that welcomes as many different people in as possible. Robyn makes Cafe OTO into a homemade spaceship. Through her OTO connections, she has played with artists like Charles Hayward, Mica Levi and Mariam Razeie.

Current Work. In 2024 Robyn will release 5 EPs as part of her ‘Robyn Rocket and People You May of Heard of’ project. This project took 20+ musicians from Cafe OTO, *Total Refreshment Centre and Heart n Soul and mixed them up. They recorded over 3 days with everyone improvising together. The result is 10 tracks mixed in with Robyn’s own practice of experimenting and finding new sounds.

NOTES * Heart n Soul is an award winning arts charity who believe in the power and talents of people with learning disabilities and autistic people. They are based in Deptford, South East London. *The Total Refreshment Centre (TRC) is a group of music studios as well as a recording studio previously run by Capitol K, but is now run by a collective of producers including Capitol K, Jordan Parry and Syd Kemp. TRC was started in 2012 by Producer, DJ and drummer Alexis Blondin. *Cafe OTO is an 18+ capacity venue in Dalston, East London. They put on experimental music shows and gigs.