Justin Robertson

Justin Robertson
Justin Robertson
Birth name	Justin Robertson
Also known as	The Prankster, Revtone, The Deadstock 33s
Born	11 June 1968; Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England
Origin	Manchester, England
Genres	Electronica, house, big beat, breakbeat, trip hop, dancehall
Occupation(s)	Musician, Producer, DJ, Artist
Instruments	Turntables, guitar, keyboards, programming, vocals
Years active	1991 – present
Labels	Deconstruction, Nuphonic, Neverwork, Gomma, Optimo Music, Solitary Cyclist, Clouded Vision, Days of Being Wild, Tigersushi, Skint
Associated acts	Lionrock, Gentleman Thief, Sleuth, Thee Earls, Kidscience, The Deadstock 33s
Website	www.justinrobertson.co.uk

Justin Robertson (born 11 June 1968) is an English electronic musician, DJ, and record producer.

Early life

Born in Walton-on-Thames in 1968, he moved to Chalfont St Peter in Buckinghamshire. After attending Dr Challoner's Grammar School in Buckinghamshire, he studied Philosophy at Manchester University.

Career

It was in Manchester that his musical career began. Initially working behind the counter at Eastern Bloc records. He went on to DJ at the Konspiracy club in Manchester, and began his own Sunday club Spice with fellow DJ Greg Fenton. In the early 1990s he started the Most Excellent club and played at The Haçienda. Subsequently, he went on to run Sleuth with Richard Hector-Jones and was one of the residents at Bugged Out. He has released several DJ mix albums. Robertson continues to perform DJ sets at venues and festivals globally.

Robertson also began a remix career, re working acts such as Björk, Erasure, Happy Mondays, Paul Weller, Justice, and many others.

Since 2003 he has been living and working from London. He has remixed dozens of high-profile music artists, either as himself or as The Prankster, Revtone or The Deadstock 33s, fronted the groups Lionrock and Thee Earls, and has released albums and singles of original music under his own name. Robertson at one time operated the vanity record label Neverwork. Since 2015 Robertson has been signed to Skint records, with whom he released the Deadstock 33s album Everything is Turbulence. He continues to work in London from his Solitary Cyclist studio.

Art

In 2015 Robertson created a traveling art show of oil paintings called Everything is Turbulence exhibiting in London, Leeds, Manchester, Stockholm and Ireland. The show examined notions of chaos and mystery through images of imagined creatures.

In 2016 Robertson produced a collection of pencil drawings and mixed media called 'The Explorer's Chronicle', launching at the Red Gallery in London, before traveling to the Refuge in Manchester. The show related to 'the mystery of science, the joy of exploration, and the importance of the imagination'.

In 2018 Robertson Continued his exploration of various philosophical themes in his art with 'It's Alive'. The exhibition at the Book Club, Shoreditch, London, explored questions of what it is to be human, what it is to be a conscious being and to what extent everything is ‘alive’. Philosophical ideas touched on included Panpsychism and Secular animism.

In 2019 Robertson exhibited a collection of paintings and mixed media called 'Alone' initially at the Folk clothing store on Redchurch street in London. The work explored themes of voluntary and involuntary separation, loneliness, loss and the hermetic life.

Discography

DJ Mix Albums

Journeys by DJs
Journeys by DJs Select Tape
Cream Live
Bugged Out
Imprint
Art Of Acid

Lionrock

Albums

An Instinct for Detection (1996) - UK #30
City Delirious (1998) - UK #73'

Singles

"Lionrock" (1992) - UK #63
"Packet of Peace" (1993) - UK #32
"Carnival" (1993) - UK #34
"Tripwire" (1994) - UK #44
"Straight At Yer Head" (1996) - UK #33
"Fire Up the Shoeshaw" (1996) - UK #43
"Project Now" (1996)
"She's on the Train" (1997)
"Wet Roads Glisten" (1997)
"Rude Boy Rock" (1998) - UK #20
"Scatter and Swing" (1998) - UK #98[1]

Remixes as Justin Robertson/The Prankster

A Guy Called Gerald – Voodoo Ray
A Man Called Adam – Barefoot in the Head (with Caged Baby)
Annie – Better
Apollo 440 – Lost in Space
Ariel – Food Wine Food
Ariel – Sea of Beats
Ariel – the Chunk
Astronuts – Voyager
Audioweb – Faker
Ben Mill – Faith in G Minor
Björk – Big Time Sensuality
Black Star Liner – Superfly and Bindi
Boxcar – Universal Hymn
Caged Baby – Golden Triangle
Candy Flip – Redhills Road
Candyland – Bittermoon
Cerrones – Cerrone's Paradise
The Charlatans – My Beautiful Friend
The Chemical Brothers – Music Response
Cherry Ghost – 4 AM
Chicken Lips – Do It Proper
Coco Steel and Lovebomb – Feel It
Concretes – Kids
D-Code – Odyssey
Deep Creed – Warriors Dance
DKS – Pump up the Volume
Dub Federation – Keep on Giving
Dub Pistols – Back to Daylight
Elevator Suite –
Erasure – Snappy
Fatboy Slim – Push and Shove
Fatboy Slim – The Joker
Felix the Housecat – Harlot
Filthy Dukes – Nonsense in the Dark
Fini Tribe – Ace Love Deuce
Fini Tribe – Forevergreen
Fini Tribe – Mellow Man
Fluke – Slid
Fortran 5 – Heart on the Line
Freaks – Creeps
Gary Clail – These Things Are Worth Fighting For
The Grid – Crystal Clear
The Grid – Roller Coaster
The Grid – Texas Cowboys
GTR – Manco Cepacs Revenge
Hacksaw – the Dawn
Happy Mondays – Sunshine and Love
If – Saturdays Angels
IFL – the Brave
Inspiral Carpets – Caravan
Inspiral Carpets – Skidoo
Ladytron – 17
Little Axe – Ride on
Lizzie Tear – Face in My Mind
Mad Jacks – Feel the Hit
Mad Jacks – Get to That
Manic Street Preachers – Australia
Midlake – Roscoe
Moodswings – Hozanna
Neglectarinos – Music Machine
New Fast Automatic Daffodils – This Is Fascism
New Kingdom – If Unicorns Were Horses
New Order – 1963
The Others – Desolate
The Overlords – Gods Eye
The Overlords – Wow Mr Yogi
Pimp – The Light
Pioneers – Sweet Inspiration
Progress – Weird Life
Rachid Taha – Indie
Rachid Taha – Voila Voila
Radio 4 – Start a Fire
Rare – Seems Like
React to Rhythm – Intoxication
Republica – Out of This World
Saint Etienne – Nothing Can Stop Us Now
Shamen – Boss Drum
SLD – Getting Out
Slick Sixty – the Wrestler
Sly and Lovechild – Spirit of Destiny
Stereo Mcs – Creation
Stone Roses – Waterfall
Stush – Fools Gold
Suede – Chemistry Between Us
Sugar Merchants – Throw Away
Sugarcubes – Birthday
Sugarcubes – Motorcrash
The Summit – Project X
Talk Talk – Dum Dum Girl
TC 1992 – Funky Guitar
Tommy Four Seven – Eat Me
Transglobal Underground – International Times
Wally Lopez-Patricia never leaves the house
WestBam – Celebration Generation
The Whip – Sister Siam
Wire – So Slow
Yargo – Love Revolution

The Prankster

Singles

Sounds of the Burning Spear

Peter Perfect

Singles

Pitstop
Anthill

Gentleman Thief

Singles

Havanna Twilight
Jam the Channel
We generate love

King Marvel Invention

Singles

Claypipe

Revtone

Albums

Justin Robertson presents Revtone (2001)

Singles

The Brightest thing(2001)
Everpresent/The Brightest thing Remixes (2002)
Love Movement Berlin mixes(2003)