The Instant Automatons has been played on NTS shows including Channeling w/ Ivan Smagghe & Nathan Gregory Wilkins, with New Muzak first played on 6 September 2016.

The Instant Automatons were a British diy-punk group active between 1977 and 1982, founded by Mark Automaton (Mark Lancaster) and Protag (Martin Neish), with Mic Woods joining after its inception.