Roger Robinson

Roger Robinson is a writer, musician and performer who lives between England and Trinidad.He describes himself as "a British resident with a Trini sensibility".He was chosen by arts organisation Decibel as one of 50 writers who have influenced black-British writing over the past 50 years.He was a spoken-word performer in London in the early 1990s, before branching out to start performing poetry with bands he would meet, including Techno Animal, Flytronix, The Bugz, Attica Blues and Speeka.Robinson is the lead vocalist for musical crossover project King Midas Sound, whose critically acclaimed debut album Waiting for You was released on Hyperdub Records, becoming number 10 in the top 50 releases of 2009 in Wire Magazine.