Somehow, 100 robots have ended up playing 2 different Battle of the Band competitions on consecutive nights in Brighton: at The Providence on April 2nd and The Lectern on April 3rd.

So, which band is the best and which battle of the bands is better? Early indications favour The Providence, which seems to have a better PA, but The Lecturn is near the University. It could go either way.

Anything you can do, I can do meta: join us for both nights of the Battle of the Bands tour and see who we declare the winner of the Battle of the Battle of the Bands!

Incredibly, 100 robots have 4 gigs lined up in the next 3 weeks: tomorrow we’re playing at an electro/rock night at The Freebutt with Bang Bang Eche, Son of Robot and labasheeda, then next Thursday we’re playing at a more hip hop themed night at The Hope with Tactical Thinking and L-Mo. On the 2nd of December we’re playing at the music hack themed £5 App Christmas Special, where I’ll also be giving a talk about my open source guitar mounted iPhone multitouch Mrmr/LiveAPI/OSC wireless Ableton Live interface and then using it to play live. Finally on the 11th of December we’re playing at the Linden Lab Brighton Christmas party along with the other real rock band that formed from the remnants of the all conquering Linden Lab Brighton virtual Rock Band.

Whew. It’s going to be a busy few weeks. If you can come to any of the gigs, please do. It’s going to be fun: we’ll be playing brand new songs including our first excursion in to Rock/Dubstep and trying out new ways of performing. If all the gigs weren’t in Brighton I’d call it a tour…

We’ve just about finished setting up the 100 robots gear at BarCamp Brighton 4 in a derelict building that’s going to make the gig feel like an illegal rave. If you’re at BarCamp please come downstairs to hear us sing songs about the surveilance state, Twitter and the Iran election, gene therapy cures for aids, world of Warcraft love affairs and lots more at 8:15 this evening. If you can’t make it we’re also playing at the Prince Albert on Trafalgar street in Brighton at 8 PM on the 24th of October and if you can’t make it to either you can watch the videos from the Dance of the Dead zombie prom which are now on YouTube. You can also listen to and download some of our tracks for free from last.fm or myspace and add yourself as a fan to the facebook page.

I may not have blogged much recently, but I’ve been hard at work writing new songs about the financial meltdown, the surveilance state, gene therapy cures for hiv, anger and guilt for the new band I’ve put together with Max Williams and Aleks Krotoski: 100 Robots. We’ll be performing the new songs along with rock/dance/electronic versions of Thriller and Re: Your Brains among others to 200 zombies at Dance Of The Dead: a charity zombie prom in London in aid of St Mungos on April 4th. If you’d like to come along, dance, rock, shamble and groan tickets are available here. I’m always happy to dress up as a zombie, throw in playing music and supporting a band called the The Tits Of Death and it’s clear that this is going to be the best gig ever!