Robin Taylor-Firth

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Robin Taylor-Firth is an English musician notable for performance, songwriting and production on various projects including Nightmares on Wax,{{cite news|url=http://www.freetimes.com/stories/15/91/the-beat-goes-onpaul-collins-beat-at-now-thats-class-saturday-january-31-leads-this-weeks-concert-picks|title=Nightmares on Wax|last=Fleisher|first=Eddie|date=15 February 2009|work=Cleveland Free Times|publisher=Cleveland Scene|access-date=6 October 2009|archive-date=4 June 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090604084956/http://freetimes.com/stories/15/91/the-beat-goes-onpaul-collins-beat-at-now-thats-class-saturday-january-31-leads-this-weeks-concert-picks}} Olive,{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1432925/19970925/olive.jhtml|title=Olive: Like An Extra Virgin|date=25 September 1997|work=MTV.com|publisher=MTV Networks|access-date=6 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120901183735/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1432925/19970925/olive.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 September 2012}} Backyard Dog,{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2001/jul/06/artsfeatures7|title=Who the hell are...Backyard Dog|last=Simpson|first=Dave|date=6 July 2001|work=Guardian|access-date=6 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228211903/http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2001/jul/06/artsfeatures7|url-status=live|archive-date=28 February 2014}} and BudNubac.{{cite news|url=http://indielondon.co.uk/music/cd_budnubac_queseyo.html|title=Budnubac – Que Se Yo|last=Foley|first=Jack|work=indie London|access-date=6 October 2009|archive-date=29 August 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829171745/http://www.indielondon.co.uk/music/cd_budnubac_queseyo.html}}

His recording career began in the early 1990s with a series of twelve-inch singles pressed by Dislocated Hip Records, under the artistic name 'On'. Picked up in 1993 by Warp Records' sub-label, Nucleus, Taylor-Firth began a relationship with Sheffield-based Warp Records which continues via his membership of Nightmares on Wax to the present day. Though less present in Nightmares on Wax of late, he was a major part of the earlier works, such as Smoker's Delight, Car Boot Soul and Mind Elevation, co producing and co-writing many of the themes. His individual keyboard style is also heavily represented.

"You're Not Alone", which he co-wrote with Tim Kellett and recorded with the band Olive reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in 1997.{{cite web|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/all_singles_song.php?id=767|title=Olive – You're Not Alone|work=www.theofficialcharts.com|access-date=6 October 2009|archive-date=12 November 2006|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061112170539/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/all_singles_song.php?id=767}} Backyard Dog were also notable for the commercial success of the song "Baddest Ruffest", which featured on the soundtrack of Ali G Indahouse, and also in Coca-Cola's 2002 World Cup UK advertising campaign. Taylor-Firth currently resides in Madrid, Spain and is listed as a director of the music recording and publishing company BlancoMusic.

He won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Dance Music in 1997 for "You're Not Alone".

In 2014, he signed a major new publishing deal with Sony ATV.