Uphill City

I Am Robot and Proud is the name Toronto native Shaw-han Liem works under to create his singular brand of hypnotic, beguiling electronic pop music. Uphill City is the highly anticipated full-length follow-up to his very popular 2006 album the Electricity in Your House Wants to Sing. Just like the previous record, Uphill City is electronic pop music that energizes the listener and refreshes the ear yet Shaw-han's skill as clever Pop composer has grown even more mesmerizing. IARAP is syncopated multi-instrumental rhythms and playful, repetitive multi-dimensional melodies - just the elixir your head needs. Shaw-Han mixes acoustic instrumentation; piano, guitar and drums seamlessly with his unique electronic keyboard sounds and percussive elements. This isn't difficult, experimental IDM that pulls the listener off the left side of the dial. This is complex composition that manages to simply delight. It's an exciting sound that gives one the feeling of flying fast & free through a heavenly modern green world of Pop, beauty, and sunshine. Your brain chemicals are sure to be balanced after the first minute into the title track.