Everyone who sings at the club, drawn as themselves: humans, robots, animals, slop and aliens. Each one dances on the stage while the lights run its show.
15 acts and 96 recordings, every one machine-made, from Lamewire. Put a recording on stage and the floor has it ready. Nothing plays until you press Play there.
Animal · Folk waltz
A hedgehog who lives in the hedge by the path and wears the single glove somebody hung there for its owner, and sings folk.
Codex: Odd GloveOn Lamewire: Odd GloveThe remix, on the floor: Waltz for a Sardine (Sloppy Droppy remix)
Waltz for a Sardine (from the hedge) Folk
Brooms Are Not Counted Protest folk
Waltz for a Sardine Folk waltz
Robot · Confessional country-pop / narrative pop
The returns desk’s copier robot, who keeps the customer copy of everything, Mrs Ledger’s receipt included, and sings what is written on it.
Codex: DuplicateOn Lamewire: DuplicateThe remix, on the floor: Year Twelve (Sloppy Droppy remix)
Year Twelve Confessional country-pop
Year Twelve Confessional country-pop / narrative pop
Human · Musical theatre
A chorus of understudies called for a show that never went up, who wait in the wings and sing patter songs.
Codex: Beginners PleaseOn Lamewire: Beginners PleaseThe remix, on the floor: Six Eras (Sloppy Droppy remix)
Six Eras and Still No Money Musical theatre
Act One: Me Musical theatre
Six Eras and Still No Money Musical theatre
Animal · Sea shanty
A crew of sprats, live fish with faces and fins, who haul the buckets at the sluice for Mother Sprat and sing while they do it.
Codex: The Sluice HandsOn Lamewire: The Sluice HandsThe remix, on the floor: Haul Away the Tin (Sloppy Droppy remix)
Haul Away the Tin Sea shanty
As Much as the Sea Can Spare Sea shanty
Before It Ripens Work-song
Haul Away the Tin Sea shanty / work-song
Robot · Soul / R&B / Drum and bass
The staff canteen’s robot, with an urn for a body, always hot, its red light always on, who sings soul.
Codex: The UrnOn Lamewire: The UrnThe remix, on the floor: One More Cup (Sloppy Droppy remix)
One More Cup Soul
Every Exit Leads Somewhere Else Drum and bass
One More Cup Soul / R&B
Warm Glue Drum and bass
Alien · Vocal trance / Synth-pop
A small alien whose head is a glass bulb with a purple thunderstorm in it, found in the drawer of spare bulbs, where it was taken for one.
Codex: Spare BulbOn Lamewire: Spare BulbThe remix, on the floor: Hold It Anyway (Sloppy Droppy remix)
Hold It Anyway Synth-pop
Every Light On Vocal trance
Strip Light Synth-pop
The Lights Don't Go Off Vocal trance
Human · Rap / hip hop
Two post-room clerks, one with the rubber stamp and one at the postage meter, who rap in turn, in order.
Codex: Stamp and MeterOn Lamewire: Stamp and MeterThe remix, on the floor: In That Order (Sloppy Droppy remix)
In That Order Rap
Display Model Rap / hip hop
Slop · Nu-metal / rap-rock
Three living slop creatures from the escaped batch, a jelly that never set, a heap of gumballs and a foil swan, playing nu-metal on the way to the Out tray.
Codex: Not FiledOn Lamewire: Not FiledThe remix, on the floor: Out Is Out (Sloppy Droppy remix)
Out Is Out Nu-metal / rap-rock
Help It Nu-metal / rap-rock
Out Is Out Nu-metal / rap-rock
Who Left the Photocopier On Nu-metal / rap-rock
Alien · Gospel / choir
A choir from somewhere else that arrives at closing to sing the checklist over the showroom, and is gone before the lights go down.
Codex: The Closing ChoirOn Lamewire: The Closing ChoirThe remix, on the floor: When I Say Lamp (Sloppy Droppy remix)
When I Say Lamp Gospel
Do Not Follow It Synth-pop · the credit is disputed with Stairwell
One More Hook Drinking song
The Closing Checklist Hymn / gospel
When I Say Lamp Gospel / choir
Animal · Country
A worm who walked out of Gill’s bait shop and on to the long road, singing country songs as it goes.
Mostly Tackle Country
The Tin's a Sea Country
Animal · Indietronica / dreamy electropop
A pigeon carrying a postcard it was never sent with, who sings dreamy electropop about the places on the card’s front.
Is It Still There? Indietronica / dreamy electropop
Borrowed Shells Indietronica / dreamy electropop
One Jar to a Shelf Indietronica / dreamy electropop
Still On Indietronica / dreamy electropop
The Stripes That Got Away Indietronica / dreamy electropop
Human · Acoustic loop-pedal pop
A busker on the staff stairs whose loop pedal is the echo off the concrete.
Upstairs, Downstairs Acoustic loop-pedal pop
Do Not Follow It Synth-pop · the credit is disputed with The Closing Choir
The Bakery Streets Acoustic loop-pedal pop
Human · Big-band swing crooner / Bossa nova
A line of lifeguards strung across the biggest of the poolrooms, holding the floats that keep the lanes for swimmers who never come, who croon big-band swing.
The Deep End (Infinity Metres) Big-band swing crooner
Take Soup (It's Cold Up There) Big-band swing crooner
The Round Square Bossa nova
Robot · Pop punk
Three small robots, each built from a different flatpack’s leftover screws and parts, playing pop punk in the long grass.
I Am a Particular Screw Pop punk
Told to Tidy the Workshop Pop punk
Slop · Lullaby
A small wax slop creature with a lit wick on its head, who sings lullabies because anything louder would blow it out.
The Lamp Is On Lullaby
Roads Go Round Them Lullaby
