Dave creates wild soundscapes that will take you from a bluegrass sunrise ranch to a weirdly utopian Mad Max to a futuristic jazz bar. Mixing blues, old work songs, psychedelic tunes about robots and electronic arias to the ocean, you won’t ever be bored listening to his stories and his banjo that crossed the Nullarbor.

Dave has chosen robots as his muse for this show, and from the voice distortion to the technology he uses to blend his music, it’s nearly as much made by robots as about them, and that’s definitely intentional. Dave’s talent on the banjo and keyboard are obvious even to those of us who have never picked up an instrument, and his deep, rich voice is a joy to listen to (though most of the time it’s a high, warped, robotic keening).

Each song tells a story quite different from the last – some feel warm, like sunlight and grass; some feel funky and deep like aquamarine water – somehow, Dave makes the machine human, alive, natural and true. It’s such a delicate balancing act between constructed and improvised, artificial and human, living and inanimate, natural and unnatural. But whatever it is, it’s good, because I saw some people grooving in their chairs, and I was tempted to take to the dance floor myself.

Be careful not to close your eyes, or you’ll sink into those electronic bass layers and be lost in the cyberspace. Surprising, melodic, quirky and groovy – I felt the bass humming in my chest and under the soles of my feet. If you love live music, you won’t want to miss this one. And Dave, please upload your cover of ‘Take This Hammer’ to Spotify, because I wish to be blessed by that amazing track many more times in my life. I’m looking forward to what Dave will do next, so keep an ear out for him and his android alias JoBot! on your radio.