victor has always had a strong connection to physical machinery, constantly using old Hi8 tape camcorders to recreate that idea of nostalgia from the early 2000s and childhood. this attachment comes from the love of physical media, whether it's vinyl or dvds, and not having to fear when an album or film will be taken off streaming services online. within the modern world, this attachment to machines is now recreated through interactions with robotics in workplaces and unavoidable artificial intelligence.

as the western world dives further into the use of automated machinery, a society grows where computers fill human positions. this creates an everyday occurrence of collaborating with these systems, and victor attempts to capture that through their mechanical ambient tracks, covering the negatives of that, the benefits, and the day-to-day living of it all.

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in just over a month, on the 26th september, victor will play at kazimier stockroom. it features a collection of live songs covering the relationship with machinery in the world, and the impact that it has economically and ecologically.

the show will also cover the british government's lack of sufficient help for those it promised to assist. instead of putting up a strong hand and attempting to end the current palestinian genocide, they line their pockets with the blood of children through arms sales, and restrict our access to knowledge in the interest of children's 'safety', whilst making agreements with openAI to use generative ai within public services, reducing accuracy on precriptions and diagnosis. all whilst kier starmer publicly befriends a convicted felon, who openly welcomes two international war criminals into his country.

‘drones’ is victor's opening track. it is split into three distinct sections, all about different robots around the world. the first track is about a robotic dog called ‘spot’ within the cathedral and metropolitical church of st. peter, who assesses damage in emergency scenarios. the second part is about the robot that has welcome information in the baltic centre for contemporary art that collects tips, as well as the starship food delivery robots, each with their own name, seen delivering food in local towns. the third and final part is all about the robot armar-6, created to work alongside humans in manual labour scenarios, doing tasks that require heavy lifting.

all the profits from the show will be sent directly to oxfam to aid the critical work they are doing in gaza in an attempt to help house, feed, and aid those just trying to live. if you would like to send a donation yourself, outside of the show, you can here