Founded by the Strokes' Fabrizio Moretti, Machinegum is an artists' collective and band that uses audience involvement as part of its creative process. The project's debut album, 2020's Conduit, introduced the group's moody synth pop-meets-indie sound.
For Machinegum's musical branch, Moretti enlisted friends and collaborators that included Nation of Language's Ian Devaney, drummer Chris Egan, keyboardist Martin Bonventre, visual artist/musician Erin Victoria Axtell, and Delicate Steve. The band debuted at a December 2018 show at the Brooklyn venue Baby's All Right. A year l...