She plays accordion, melodica, keytar, and kazookaphone. You'll likely see her in old videos as a male robot wearing a black coachman's hat with steampunk-style goggles on it and a black vest with red accents, but was gender swapped in 2014 following her performer coming out as transgender, making her the band's lone female. Rabbit (Isabella "Bunny" Bennett) is a copper clockwork robot, known for being the glitchiest of the robots.He plays guitar primarily, but also plays bass, mandolin, and keys. His skin is smooth silver, and he wears a black fedora and red tie. The Spine (David Michael Bennett) is a futuristic dieselpunk robot with a titanium alloy spinal column and convincing human mannerisms.A fictional timeline on the band's website chronicles the band's supposed "appearances" throughout the years at such notable places as the 1933 Chicago World's Fair and The Ed Sullivan Show.īesides their musical endeavors, the band publishes a Web Comic and has produced a card game based on characters in their backstory. The band's name is said to come from Walter's first robot, a giant mechanical giraffe. Called the 8th 1/2 Wonder of the World, the robots were a technological marvel that ran off steam powered engines and artificial intelligence. Walter in 1896 and kept in the Walter family over the years. ![]() ![]() ![]() The act combines the visual of robot pantomime with sketches, pop culture references, comic strips, improvised comedic dialogue, and original music.Īccording to the band's fictional backstory, the "musical automatons" were invented by a rich San Diego inventor named Colonel P. There is definitely a ton of passion going into the game, from them, from us, it’s a labor of love and we personally can’t wait to share our contributions to the game with the world.”īelow you can see a music video for “Prepate for Boarding”, the first song from SteamWorld Heist.Steam Powered Giraffe (SPG) is a musical project formed in San Diego in 2008. When asked if we would like to collaborate with Image and Form on their next SteamWorld game we immediately said yes! We loved SteamWorld Dig, and a steam-powered robot band making music for a steam-powered robot game? Count us in!” says David Michael Bennett (The Spine) of Steam Powered Giraffe.ĭavid is positive about working with Image & Form: “It’s a unique and enjoyable experience for the band. The band agrees: “Luckily, make-up aside, our mechanical cog-filled hearts were in synch. They wear a bit more makeup at times, is all.” We’re very much alike, childish and pretty resourceful. But it turned out they loved our games as well. Brjann elaborates: “I met with SPG at E3 in June to seal the deal, and since I love their music I have to admit I was a bit starstruck. This match made in steampunk heaven came as a stroke of luck. ![]() In addition, while out in the field on a heist mission, you’ll be able to collect sheet music containing Steam Powered Giraffe songs which you can later play on a jukebox in Captain Piper’s ship – thus allowing you to select which tunes grace your ears as background music. Image & Form CEO Brjann Sigurgeirsson is happy: “A SteamWorld game about steam-powered robots featuring real-world steam-powered robots. The quirky San Diego-based band (that just so happens to feature humans parading as antique singing automatons) will not only make all the songs and in-game music for SteamWorld Heist, but will also be featured in the game as a troupe that Captain Piper and her crew encounter in bars while recruiting fighters. Steam Powered Giraffe is working on the soundtrack for Image & Form’s anticipated multi-platform space strategy adventure SteamWorld Heist, due in spring 2015. With SteamWorld Dig just having hit PS4, they are also beavering away at their 2015 title, SteamWorld Heist. Image & Form must be pretty busy, right now.
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