Kinky Robot are an alternative rock band formed and based in Joburg, featuring Martin Bester on lead vocals, James Nelson on bass guitar and electronics, Fabio Cohn on drums and Pieter Rossouw on lead guitar.
In 2010, Kinky Robot's first single, Hobie Beach, was released. Radio stations across the country received it favourably and it was playlisted on more than 15 radio stations across South Africa.
Kinky Robot went to number one on stations like Cape Town's KFM and Joburg's 94.7 Highveld Stereo's Homebrew chart, MFM in Stellenbosch, Bay FM in PE, Kovsie FM in Bloemfontein, Tuks FM Most Wanted chart in Pretoria and was a top-10 hit on stations like Algoa FM in the Eastern Cape, Jacaranda 94.2 in Gauteng and Northern SA, going as far as number three.
In March 2011 they went back into the studio with the same producer of Hobie Beach, Marius Brouwer, and recorded their second single, Lover Of Life. The year closed with the release of their third single, Gravity, which is downloadable from iTunes and other sites.
