| Free the Robots | |
| Birth Name: | Christopher Mark Alfaro[1] |
| Origin: | Santa Ana, California, United States |
| Genre: | instrumental hip hop, dubstep, Trip hop, Nu-jazz |
| Occupation: | Producer |
| Years Active: | 2003-present |
| Label: | Alpha Pup Records |
| Associated Acts: | The Gaslamp Killer, DJ Krush, Busdriver, Nocando |
Free the Robots (born Christopher Mark Alfaro) is an underground hip hop producer from Los Angeles, California.
Free the Robots pulls together jazz, dubstep, psychedelic music, electronic music and hip hop.
Free the Robots started as a side project by Chris Alfaro in 2003, while also playing with different bands, DJing, and producing tracks for MC's with the use of samples, controllers, and other live instruments. He is known as one of the pioneering artists to come out of LA's beat movement and has shared stages with the likes of Prefuse 73, Flying Lotus, DJ Shadow, Afrika Bambaataa and more.[2] His second album Ctrl Alt Del, which features Isaiah "Ikey" Owens, was released on Alpha Pup Records in 2010.[3] [4]