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Summary

The Afters makes long-form portraits from the underground.


House, Balearic, downtempo, folk. The kind of music that moves you enough to stop and ask what that record was, who made it, where it came from and what it took to get there.


Told in the artists' own words, at their own pace, and scored with their own music.


Season one begins with Scott Ferguson, aka Robot84, told alongside Bill Brewster, Colleen Cosmo Murphy, Pete Gooding, Jon Sa Trinxa and scene friends and family.


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Episodes
  • Robot84 - Finding the Rhythm Again

    Robot84 - Finding the Rhythm Again
    13 Sep 2026
    Watch the extended youtube trailer here Scott Ferguson grew up in Tweedbank in the Scottish Borders surrounded by music. When his oldest brother left for college, the records stayed behind. Scott listened.He bought Technics with a student loan and played house parties, church halls and Gala Fairydean, the football club in Galashiels, where he DJ'd alongside Stuart McMillan, Darren Price and Andrew Weatherall.By 1992 he was playing north and south of the country and found his rooms in the Scottish underground dance scene: Edinburgh's Citrus Club, Carbolick Frolick and La Belle Angele. At Bomba Records he met Andy Williams, beginning a friendship and creative partnership that lasted 30 years.Body & Soul in New York changed how Scott heard clubs and records. In Glasgow he co-opened Defunkt Records with Colin Gate from Deep Sensation, then returned to London and started learning to produce.In 2012, an edit of Welcome to the Pleasuredome needed a name. Robot84 stuck. Greg Wilson played it at Bestival; Pete Gooding heard it, got in touch, managed him and brought him over to Ibiza for Pikes and sunsets at Hostal La Torre. Records followed on Nervous, Paper Recordings, Midnight Riot and Secret Life. DJ Harvey, The Blessed Madonna and Gerd Janson play his records. Arielle Free, Annie Mac & Artwork have championed him on Radio 1.Yet Scott has never stood in a club and heard one of his records played out.On Boxing Day 2022 he had an ischaemic stroke. From hospital in Gran Canaria, he sent out an edit called Robot84 vs The Raff — Get It Right Next Time that he had been sitting on. Jon Sa Trinxa played it at Café Mambo in Sydney in January 2023 and kept playing it, giving Scott confidence and focus as he learned to walk again. Then the loss of a lifelong creative partner hit hard.Scored with Scott's own productions, edits and remixes, the portrait brings together Bill Brewster, Colleen Cosmo Murphy, Pete Gooding and Jon Sa Trinxa, alongside Scott's family and friends, to tell the story of a life dedicated to music — the rooms, records, loss and recovery, new ways of working, and not holding back anymore.CHAPTERS0:00 — Records in the house1:52 — First decks and DIY nights5:25 — Forming the ear7:07 — The first rooms15:23 — Body & Soul17:21 — Early production forays24:04 — Becoming Robot8426:08 — The records travel34:45 — Stroke, loss and music as recovery43:57 — Back behind the decks49:38 — Music does healVOICESScott's story, told by himself, with family, friends and scene peers.FAMILYScott Ferguson — Robot84Samantha Ferguson — Scott's wifeJosh Ferguson — Scott's sonMark Ferguson — Scott's oldest brotherStuart Ferguson — Scott's brotherFRIENDSStuart OstleRichard HargrovesPaul McCueDonna BookerColin McCall — CocoAlan Crawford — ChoppyChristine MorellSpider — Steven ScottAlan DundasRichie ScottMichelle DouglasSCENEMike Keat — actor, comic, founder of the Cuban BrothersBill Brewster — historian, writer, producer, DJGordon Smith — Blackbeard, producer, Nuphonic, Fuzz Against JunkDavie Miller — founding member, FinitribeHifi Sean — Sean Dickson, DJ, producerPete Gooding — DJ, producer, presenter, Secret LifeSamantha Bagg — Ibiza DJ, Pikes residentAndy Wilson — DJ, radio presenter, founder of Ibiza SonicaJon Sa Trinxa — DJ, producer, IbizaColleen Cosmo Murphy — DJ, producer, Balearic BreakfastIn memory of Andy Williams — Yam Who?RELEASING SEPTEMBER 2026MUSIC IN THIS PORTRAIT00:22 Robot84 — Talk Talk "Give It Up" (Back to the Ku Club Mix)01:45 Robot84 — Brotha (Edit)03:07 Robot84 — Fight the Power (Jazztastic Edit)03:43 Robot84 — Late Nites06:28 Slam — Eterna06:58 Robot84 — Yo Yo Dance12:04 Robot84 — Looking 4 Luv (Disco Mix)13:00 Finitribe — 101 (Andrew Weatherall Intensity Mix)14:15 Gino Soccio — Dancer14:54 Finitribe — 101 (Andrew Weatherall Intensity Mix)15:20 Robot84 — Can't You See (Dub Mix)16:38 Yazoo — Situation (Dub Version)17:13 Robot84 — Robot84 vs Electro City18:15 Robot84 — Looking 4 Luv (Disco Mix)20:27 Gordon Smith & Scott Ferguson — untitled (unreleased)21:04 Robot84 — Looking 4 Luv (Disco Mix)22:45 Robot84 — I Need Your Love (Midnight Riot Original Mix)23:56 Robot84 — Robot84 vs FGTH: Pleasuredub26:00 Steve Cobby-Clamour (Robot84 "Back to the Balearics" Remix) [Secret Life]28:51 Robot84 — Right On [Nervous]29:23 Robot84 — Automatic29:44 Robot84 — Giant30:06 Robot84 — Make Me Feel Good31:08 Robot84 — Robot84 vs Native Dub (Vocal Version)33:05 Robot84 — Spooky33:38 Robot84 — Cosmic Love34:37 Robot84 — Robot84 vs The Raff35:03 Robot84 — Ambient Love (Let's Do It, Promo Vol 5)37:39 Robot84 — Robot84 vs The Raff40:41 Robot84 — Ambient Love (Let's Do It, Promo Vol 5)43:35 Robot84 — Wireman (Robot84 Remix)44:48 Thompson Twins — Dub Inside (Robot84 Balearic Rework)46:11 Robot84 — Beats From The Far East49:30 Robot84 — Robot84 vs The RaffMusic named in the portrait but not part of the ...
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  • Robot84 - Finding the Rhythm Again - trailer

    Robot84 - Finding the Rhythm Again - trailer
    2 Sep 2026

    Watch the extended youtube trailer here

    For 35 years, Scott Ferguson has lived inside the underground dance scene, from Scotland to London, Ibiza and back. As Robot84, his records get played in clubs worldwide - yet he has never heard one of his tunes played out in a club.

    Scored with his own productions, edits and remixes, this portrait follows Scott through the rooms, records, loss and recovery: what it took to keep going and not holding back anymore.

    Told with Bill Brewster, Colleen Cosmo Murphy, Pete Gooding and Jon Sa Trinxa, alongside Scott's family and friends.

    Episode one out now.

    Music: robot84.bandcamp.com
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