Its been a big year for Killer Robot.

Beginning with a long awaited return visit from Butane and a mid year stop over by none other than Alex Smoke, the night has entrenched itself as South Africa’s premier channel to the international techno underground, with many unforgettable nights in between. 2009 was also the year KR residents also made their contribution to the global scene. After travelling to both Sonar and the Detroit Electronic Music Festival, Ivan made the trip to Glasgow to support none other than techno legend Kevin Saunderson while Bruno Morphet toured Germany, playing gigs in Berlin with Seth Troxler, Ryan Crosson and Shaun Reeves and in Leipzig with Christian Fischer at the legendary Distillery. AK47 let his production do the travelling with new music signed to More appearing in many Beatport shopping carts.

KR03, The Third Birthday, represents the culmination of three years of work and effort, in the face of both appreciation and indifference, in bringing the finest electronic music to Cape Town on a weekly basis. For our regulars, past, present and future, its a night to celebrate, and to remember, but most of all to party the only way we know how. And we know just the guy to help us with that…

KONRAD BLACK.

Konrad Black has always had a thing about music with robots. It started out as a kid in Vancouver, freaking out to the futuristic vocoder intro on Boney M’s Night Flight To Venus and it’s stayed with him ever since, on a journey that currently finds him holding down a much coverted residency at Berlin’s legendary Panorama Bar.

Konrad knows it’s about living and breathing the music, it’s not just a question of turning up, spinning a few tunes and then disappearing back into the night, it’s about getting to know the people, understanding what makes the club tick and always delivering a night of memorable tracks and seamless transgressions.

Although his initial instincts had led him in a Drum and Bass direction, it wasn’t long before he began transplanting his ideas into a 4/4 context. Hooking up with Swayzak in 1998 had a large part to do with this and led to a string of releases on 240 Volts

Konrad’s own approach to music – “It’s important to let music mature and resonate. It’s important to know who you are and to embrace the things that drive you forward even if they seem strange to others’’.

Konrad is now a household name amongst the biggest clubs and festivals in Europe and the US. He recently completed the third cd in the acclaimed series for Berlin club Watergate, and forms part of Richie Hawtin’s Contakt tour.