Cindy Kallet and Grey Larsen, internationally acclaimed touring musicians, were in bed one morning (the same bed), waking up to news on the radio, when all of a sudden they were yanked from slumber by a relentless barrage of synthetic percussion sandwiched between program segments. The mechanistic din penetrated Grey’s morning fog deeply enough to cause him to half open his eyes and murmur, “Makes me feel my robot roots . . . back when we were all machines.” Cindy, delighted, her antennae tickled by this surprise morsel of enigmatic clarity, rolled over and secretly captured these words on a dusty scrap of paper excavated from the bedside table. Soon after, she had cast his mumbled morning musings as the chorus of a new song, "Back When We Were All Machines."

They then sent the song to their friend, musician and studio engineer Izzy Maxwell, who gave it a tasteful industrial, other-worldly musical touch.
Eventually, it had to happen, and it did: you can now view the (in)famous online video in which the two adventurous acoustic musicians explore their robot roots on the rocky coast of Maine

Produced by Cindy Kallet and Grey Larsen
Music recorded and mixed by Grey Larsen at Sleepy Creek Recording, Bloomington, IN
Mastered by Mark Hood at Echo Park Studios, Bloomington, IN
Arranged by Cindy Kallet and Grey Larsen with Izzy Maxwell
Cindy Kallet: lead vocal, backup vocals, guitar
Grey Larsen: backup vocals, anglo concertina
Izzy Maxwell: additional sounds and manipulations
Paddy League: bodhrán (sampled)
Toy robot photo: Daniel Steinberg
Graphic Design by Michael McPeek at Bellwether Manufacturing
© (p) 2010 Cindy Kallet and Grey Larsen
BMI Sleepy Creek Music

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