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I Speak Machine, is the experimental electronic music act and audio-visual project of musician Tara Busch and filmmaker Maf Lewis. They have released two audio visual score projects on Lex records including the short science fiction films The Silence[1][2] and Zombies 1985[3][4], and a double album WAR[5], comprising of five short videos[6].
Biography
[edit]I Speak Machine was formed in 2013 when music composer and producer Tara Busch and filmmaker Maf Lewis created a short science fiction movie The Silence to be performed live to screen at the Purcell Rooms[7][8], South Bank Centre, London. The score to The Silence was signed to Lex records for release on vinyl and digital download in 2014. It was co-produced by Benge Edwards, and named album of the year by UK electronic music magazine The Electricity Club[9][10]. In 2016 they created the film and score for the period horror short film Zombies 1985. The score to this was released on Lex records on vinyl, CD and digital download.
In 2016 they toured the scores both albums live to film as support to Gary Numan[11] across the UK and USA, and performed them at Moogfest electronic music festival[12] in North Carolina, USA, and Le Guess Who festival[13] in Utrecht, Netherlands.
In 2022 the first non score album "WAR" was released on double vinyl, CD and digital download. Spin Magazine call it a "Bloody Wonder"[14]. It was performed live on a 50 date US and European tour most notably First Avenue[15], Minneapolis, The Fonda theater, Los Angeles, The Fillmore Theater, San Francisco,Webster Hall, New York, Columbia Theater, Berlin, Le Cabaret Sauvage, Paris, and Melkweg Amsterdam.
Discography
[edit]Albums (12" Vinyl / CD / Digital)
[edit]2013: The Silence (Lex Records)
2016: Zombies 1985 (Lex Records) -
2020: Orphans (ISM Records)
2021: Black Rabbits (ISM Records)
2021: Burn The Witch (ISM Records)
2022: WAR (ISM Records)
EPs (12" Vinyl / Digital)
[edit]2016: Exponentialism (Metamatic)
Singles (7" Vinyl / Digital)
[edit]2019: The Sound Of Silence (ISM001)
2019: Ticket To Ride (ISM002)
2019: Cars (ISM003)
2019: War Pigs (ISM004)
2019: Don't Worry Baby (ISM005)
2019: Space Oddity (ISM006)
2019: The Boys Of Summer (ISM007)
2019: Light My Fire (ISM008)
2019: White Rabbit (ISM009)
2019: Bad Moon Rising (ISM010)
2019: Superstar (ISM0011)
2019: Paint It Black (ISM012)