a white woman in a yellow t shirt , purple hat and blue glasses playing the trumpet , sat on a silver floor with lots of guitar pedals

Robyn Rocket

album cover with cartoon rocket flying into a portal.

 

Background:

Robyn Rocket plays trumpet through guitar pedals (Space Trumpet). Robyn grew up in Suffolk but is now based in London. 

 

She started playing the trumpet (cornet) aged 8 before stopping aged 15,  but she took it up again in her late 20s after meeting a big band leader at Morley College who taught her how to learn music theory with her ears rather than her eyes.

 

As a disabled musician Robyn has struggled with her eyes constantly moving and poor short term memory. In 2016 Robyn met Andy Diagram, the first trumpet player she saw who put their trumpet through guitar pedals and made loops, this inspired Robyn and she started exploring how to do this.

 

Robyn is also a visual artist and has created 2 comics/zines.

 

Connections:

Robyn is supported by arts charity *Heart n Soul who she met through her work as a professional speaker on autism. Robyn is Autistic and is now a creative associate at Heart n Soul and has a studio at the *Total Refreshment Centre. Through this connection Robyn has played with artists like Alabaster DePlume and Danalogue. Robyn also runs a gig series at *Cafe OTO, in Dalston, East London called Robyn’s Rocket. 

 

Robyn’s Rocket:

Robyn’s aim is to create a space that welcomes as many different people in as possible. Robyn makes Cafe OTO into a homemade spaceship. Through her OTO connections, she has played with artists like Charles Hayward, Mica Levi and Mariam Razeie.



Current Work.

“Robyn is doing brilliant and important work - the world needs more music like this. Just one word: listen!"Giles Peterson

 

In 2025 ‘Robyn Rocket and People You May of Heard of’ a album of music created with a mix of musicians from the communities Robyn is part of will be released on Vinyl and digital distrusted by state 51 . The work was improvised with 3 different groups of musicians over 3 days .

 

NOTES

* Heart n Soul is an award winning arts charity who believe in the power and talents of people with learning disabilities and autistic people. They are based in Deptford, South East London.

*The Total Refreshment Centre (TRC) is a group of music studios as well as a recording studio previously run by Capitol K, but is now run by a collective of producers including Capitol K, Jordan Parry and Syd Kemp. TRC was started in 2012 by Producer, DJ and drummer Alexis Blondin.

*Cafe OTO is an 180+ capacity venue in Dalston, East London. They put on experimental music shows and gigs.

 

 

a white woman in cargo trousers in a crowd of people playing trumpet.

Robyn Rocket playing in the crowd .Photo by Dawid Laskowski

a black and white photo of a woman and man one playing the trumpet the other synth's
2 people one in a shiney overall and one in a black shirt smiling

Robyn and Danalogue as space blanket photo by Robyn Skinner

photo of Ned Smith ,, Jaime rory Lucy (Rucksack Cinema) .Robyn Rocket and Betamax at wigmore hall photo by Jaime Rory Lucy

photo by Sian O’connor

photo taken at Somerset house.

Robyn and Seb Rochford photo by Sian O’connor