| Robin Fox | |
| Birth Date: | 1973 |
| Origin: | Australia |
| Occupation: | Musician |
| Label: | Room40 |
Robin Fox is an Australian musician. He has released several solo albums as well as collaborations with Anthony Pateras and Oren Ambarchi.[1] His work with Anthony Pateras has been noted for making a significant contribution to noise music.[2]
His mother was an experimental music composer and his stepfather ran the computer music department at La Trobe University.[3] After dropping out of law school, Robin decided to focus on music inspired by his mother's work.[4] He later returned to studying and has a PhD in composition from Monash University and an MA in musicology, with published articles on experimental music and composition.[5]
He has collaborated with his partner choreographer Stephanie Lake on several dance works, and has created sound and light-shows for Australian contemporary dance company Chunky Move.[6] [7] These included his work with lasers which led to him being nicknamed the "king of lasers", and has seen him tour around the world.[8] [9]
In 2016 he co-founded the Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio (MESS) along with Byron J Scullin, which contains a collection of synthesisers and other electronic music instruments available to the public.[10] That same year he installed a giant theremin in Girgarre as part of the town's regional arts project.[11]
In 2021 he released two new albums on Australian experimental music label Room40.[12]