Brooklyn, New York, USA-based hip-hop outfit formed in 1995 by Nick Millhiser (drums), Jesse Levine (vocals), Morgan Wiley (guitar), Andrew Raposo (bass), Alex Frankel (keyboards), and Ben Fries (vocals). The members all originate from New York City except for Wiley who was born in Lagos, Nigeria and moved to Las Vegas at a young age. Automato defy the conventional limits of the hip-hop genre, drawing on indie pop, dance punk and leftfield electronica to give their music a unique and powerful sound. Taking in influences as disparate as Nas, Can and the Pixies, it was this adve...