The Sci-Fi Lo-Fi series, a spin-off of Soma's much-admired Sci-Fi Hi-Fi mix compilation series, commenced over a year ago with Andrew Weatherall providing a twisted mix of psychedelic rockabilly, garage rock, post-punk and dance rock to an incredible reception. For a label firmly associated with house, techno and electronica, the release proved to be a commendable gamble and in 2008 Soma released the second in the series from Damian Lazarus, who provided a dark mix of twisted pop and leftfield electronica. With the continued success of the series Soma now prepares to release the third installment from Rob da Bank. In his beautifully illustrious musical career Rob's is a great success story that has overturned every stone imaginable. Sunday Best was, in its 1995 inception, a small weekly leftfield club night with an ‘anything goes’ music policy which Rob created. As a natural progression from this Rob developed the Sunday Best Recordings label in 1997 as a means to release some of the music that was filling his club on a weekly basis. Such is Rob's keen ear and passion for promoting new music, the label would soon be responsible for acts such as Groove Armada and Lemon Jelly and today plays host to a diverse family of musicians including Dans Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip and Kitty, Daisy & Lewis. Rob, along with his wife Josie, then progressed further with their grand ideas to establish Bestival in 2004, maintaining the same blueprint as the successful Sunday Best club nights. Now three-time winners of the Best Medium Sized Festival award and consistently reaching capacity, Bestival is currently one of the most exciting music festivals in the UK and has spawned a new spin-off festival in Camp Bestival. Rob is probably best known throughout the world for his radio shows on BBC Radio 1. Commencing at the station in 2002, he co-presented the weekly Blue Room show with Chris Coco on a Saturday morning and, in 2004, was assigned the mammoth task of filling the shoes of the late, great John Peel, which he did so for 18 months. Rob now presents two shows over four hours on the station in the luminal world between Sunday night and Monday morning where he showcases his vast collection of anything from Peruvian dub and Swedish techno to Hungarian goulash music and everything in between. Aside from his work with Radio 1 Rob has also just re-scored the music to the film King Kong for BBC Radio 4 which will be airing soon. This huge commitment to and passion for all forms of music along with his vast experience makes him the perfect candidate for the next Sci-Fi Lo-Fi album. Rob delights with an educational, historical and chronological compilation of Shoegaze, “My teenage years were spent wholeheartedly gazing at my shoes feeling sorry for my pubescent self and immersing my ears in the murky, ethereal, beautifully soupy sound of the bands assembled here. Listening back to these bands and tracks makes me feel recklessly alive in troubled times! It's an honour to be part of this series following the huge critical acclaim awarded to Andrew Weatherall. And for me, this was the obvious musical period that inspired me the most in my formative years.” he explains. With sleeve notes penned by Editorial Director of NME and Uncut, Steve Sutherland, a 4200-word account of the history of Shoegaze, Sci-Fi Lo-Fi Vol. 3 proves to be as informative as it is an enjoyable listening experience.