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Robert Rental

Robert Rental has been played on NTS over 80 times, featured on 81 episodes and was first played on 7 March 2014.

Robert Rental (1952 - 2000) was an electronics experimenter who came to prominence in the late 1970s before quitting music in the early 1980s.

Born as Robert Donnachie in Port Glasgow, Scotland, he grew up together with Thomas Leer, with whom he formed a short-lived punk band in 1976. The two quickly decided that electronic music was the way to go and they both released DIY solo EPs in 1978, Rental's being "Paralysis" produced by Leer.

In 1977 and 1978 Rental had produced…

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Double Heart
Robert Rental
Mute1980
Double Heart
Robert RentalMute1980
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Day Breaks, Night Heals
Thomas Leer, Robert Rental
Industrial Records1979
Day Breaks, Night Heals
Thomas Leer, Robert RentalIndustrial Records1979
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Perpetual
Thomas Leer, Robert Rental
Industrial Records1979
Perpetual
Thomas Leer, Robert RentalIndustrial Records1979
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Untitled
Robert Rental feat. T. Leer
Not On Label (Robert Rental Self-released)1979
Untitled
Robert Rental feat. T. LeerNot On Label (Robert Rental Self-released)1979
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A.C.C.
Robert Rental
Regular Records1978
A.C.C.
Robert RentalRegular Records1978
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Double Heart
Robert Rental
Mute1980
Double Heart
Robert RentalMute1980
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The Hard Way In & The Easy Way Out
Thomas Leer, Robert Rental
Industrial Records1979
The Hard Way In & The Easy Way Out
Thomas Leer, Robert RentalIndustrial Records1979
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Open Air
Robert Rental
Optimo Music2018
Open Air
Robert RentalOptimo Music2018
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Interferon
Thomas Leer, Robert Rental
Industrial Records1979
Interferon
Thomas Leer, Robert RentalIndustrial Records1979
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Ugly Talk
Robert Rental
Dark Entries, Optimo Music2020
Ugly Talk
Robert RentalDark Entries, Optimo Music2020
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