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Renegade Android

RENEGADE ANDROiD (official capitalization) is the "musical" outlet for non-android American-born Shawn Jason Shackelford. In addition to RENEGADE ANDROiD, Shawn has also released an album using the moniker 'unseelie,' & has collaborated on other projects (past, present & future.) Having came into existence in the late 1970's placed his early years in the era of the Atari 800 Home PC & other antique gaming consoles, providing him with musical influence as ubiquitous as technology is seamlessly integrated into our every-day lives. Currently Associated net-labels: D-TRASH, Alphabasic, GOZOMBIE, elegirl, Photon Emissions, & Vaatican "Taken from the DTRASH webpage: "The style of his single DTRASH release isn't easy to sum up but we would probably call it 'FX-driven post-Warp hardcore for relaxation'." This is a pretty accurate description of Renegade Android's (aka Shawn Shackelford) sound. Released in 1999, this is unfortunately R.A.'s only album so far. And don't let the rather cheesy name fool you, this is genius work. This is an angry Aphex Twin, pushing his toys to their limit. Infamous breakbeats morphed beyond recognition, simple (yet catchy) 3 or 4 note melodies, abrasive distortion, overflanging, high-pitched electro bass drums, complicated beat sequencing and sick 303s are all part of Renegade Android's own little world. Every sound on this record seems to be made out of metal, solid or liquid. All is chrome and steel; percussive sounds are like banging cans and melodies feel like cold liquid silver running through your veins."