ABOUT

Robert Dylan Thomas (b. 1st March, 1985) is an English Drummer, Producer, Songwriter and music tutor.

Born and raised in Brixton, South London, his musical talent became apparent at age eleven after picking up the drums. Robert studied various styles of drumming and eventually formed popular Indie band The Maccabees in his mid teens with Orlando Weeks He went on to release two top 40 albums with The Maccabees, 'Colour It In' (2007) and 'Wall of Arms' (2008) and had a string of top 40 singles with the band including the hit single 'Toothpaste Kisses' in 2007.

Robert left The Maccabees after two extensive world tours in 2009 to pursue other musical ventures. He played session drums for 1965 Records recording artist Derek Meins. After this, Robert and Derek went on to form political activist group The Agitator, who were signed to David Balfe's Pointless Excitement label in 2009. In 2011 the duo went on to perform on the legendary Later with Jools Holland show.

After The Agitator disbanded Robert did a two year music production course at Access To Music in Brighton, and has been producing for local artists and as a beat maker. At Access To Music he met Jimmy Day and Laurence Allen and became session drummer for the much hyped project LOYAL. The group have already become a RADIO 1 favourite and signed to Songs Publishing. Their hit song 'Moving As One' was used by gaming giants Fifa in 2017.

 

Between 2019-2024, After the the Loyal project was halted due to Covid, Robert moved into a studio taken over by QM Records and East Sussex charity Audio Active.  He proceeded to fine tunes his studio skills taking a break from touring. In this period, he went on to write/produce, mix and master over 250 songs for TV and film in various genres including Hip-Hop, Chill Hop, Pop, Indie, Cinematic/Ambient and many more musical genres, havin 10 instrumental albums published on various labels, with songs being used on ITV, Channel 4. Google and many more media outlets around the world.

In this time he also wrote first his first two solo albums under new artist name "THE ALL". These albums are set for release in late 2025.

Robert is also a keen educator, teaching professional level drumming, production, guitar and songwritting/mentoring. Robert has experience in running group work shops for young people, both privately and with Audio Active.