Dawn of the ReplicantsDawn of the Replicants

Dawn of the Replicants - Galashiels finest exponents of wonk rock.

DOTR came together in 1996, yet in incestuous style (like many SL acts) they'd all previously played in each others bands and had all worked together on the acclaimed, yet ultimately ill fated, music mag Sun Zoom Spark. They released there debut EP themselves, signed to major label imprint East West (allegedly as a tax loss to offset Simple Red's ill gotten gains), got dropped and eventually found a home with SL Records in 2006 for their album Fangs.

Since being herald as the best new band in the UK by the 'London' Times in 1997, and being awarded the two singles of the week by the NME (back when such things counted!) they continued to receive a slew of impressive press coverage , were consistently championed by John Peel until his untimely death and have toured across Europe and North America.

The band are currently on hiatus, but that hasn't stopped them compiling "So Far So Spitfire", a collection of early tracks, demos and b-sides, a companion piece to 2007 Bust The Trunk, a collection of their singles from1997 - 2007. The band are all tireless workaholics and, even when the band has been at it's most active, have had numerous side projects on the go. As well as appearing in numerous bands, including SL signings Paul Vickers and The Leg, Replicants can be found running labels, studios, website, magazines, radio shows and a Fringe Festival comedy show - much of which is linked to over there...

Last updated in January 2010

The Replicants are unique and enthralling Mojo

A most unlikely, yet brilliantly exhilarating rock band The Independent

Fast becoming indispensable British eccentrics NME

The temptation is to go "Yeehaw!" John Peel

Free of mainstream influence they’re able to sway, skip and swing their own rhythm, creating beautiful widescreen masterpieces from the darker side of acid-abused pop. Way-out, man. Time Out

In a modern world gone mad, these bastard children of Frank Zappa-esque grandiose are it’s sure-fire remedy. Record Collector

D.O.T.R don’t so much plough their own furrow as invent an entirely new kind of farm in which all the livestock speak Spanish and wear funny hats. NME

Like Colombo, their shambolic and unfashionable exteriors disguise a keen instinct for murderous riffs and lethal choruses The Skinny

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  Dawn of the Replicants

  Chaos In An Inkwell (So Far So Spitfire Explained)

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  Always confusing, frequently brilliant, and at their most appealing when they're most confused. Melody Maker

  Tracklisting:

  1. 1 - Cocaine On The Catwalk (So Far So Spitfire EP, 1996)
  2. 2 - Chaos In An Inkwell
  3. 3 - Showgirls In The Mist
  4. 4 - Diggin Bear (So Far So Spitfire EP, 1996)
  5. 5 - Big Hefty Hounds (Soundstation demo, 1998)
  6. 6 - Mary Louise (4-track demo, 1995)
  7. 7 - Rope Tricks (Crunchy Joseph, 1995)
  8. 8 - Lisa Box (So Far So Spitfire EP, 1996)
  9. 9 - Recovery Position
  10. 10 - Joe Meek
  11. 11 - Float On A Raft (Crunchy Joseph, 1995)
  12. 12 - Bizarre Concoction (So Far So Spitfire EP, 1996)
  13. 13 - Method Acting
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  Dawn of the Replicants

  Bust The Trunk

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  Debut single "Cocaine on the Catwalk" still sounds as unusually brilliant as it did first time around, the sinister stomp of "Rule the Roost" remains a minor late-90s gem, and the more recent "Oh, Bumblebee" is oddball pop personified. Paul Vickers unique vocal whine hovers delightfully through it all, occupying a self-effacing space somewhere between the sound of Nick Cave and Billy Corgan Record Collector

  Tracklisting:

  1. 1 - Cocaine On The Catwalk
  2. 2 - Lisa Box
  3. 3 - Skullcrusher (David Holmes/Tim Goldsworth Remix)
  4. 4 - Radars
  5. 5 - Candlefire
  6. 6 - Hogwash Farm: Rebuilt
  7. 7 - Mary Louise
  8. 8 - Born in Baskets
  9. 9 - Rule The Roost
  10. 10 - Science Fiction Freak
  11. 11 - Love Is A Curse
  12. 12 - Leaving Town
  13. 13 - Smoke Without Fire
  14. 14 - Rockerfeller Centre 1932>
  15. 15 - Everyone In Heaven Is Afraid Of Heights
  16. 16 - Won't Harm A Fly
  17. 17 - Ricecake Rabbit Soul
  18. 18 - Essence Of Maureen
  19. 19 - Little Driver
  20. 20 - Oh, Bumblebee
  21. 21 - Fix The Air
  22. 22 - Cocaine On The Catwalk (1996)
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  Dawn of the Replicants

  Fangs

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  D.O.T.R don’t so much plough their own furrow as invent an entirely new kind of farm in which all the livestock speak Spanish and wear funny hats. They are as the hip-hoppers say, on some other shit, and never more so then here...dipsomaniac rumba (liqueur lagoon) lo-fi waltz (pterodactyl) and at least one vitriolic pop classic in Little Driver N.M.E.

  Tracklisting:

  1. 1 - Essence of Maureen
  2. 2 - Oh, Bumble Bee
  3. 3 - Blue Bugle
  4. 4 - Liqueur Lagoon
  5. 5 - Wrap Flows
  6. 6 - Fix The Air
  7. 7 - Good Morning, It's Midnight
  8. 8 - Little Driver
  9. 9 - French Toast
  10. 10 - Fangs
  11. 11 - Power Fitz
  12. 12 - Pterodactyl
  13. 13 - Spear That Tear
  14. 14 - Night Flight and Devilry