Cavetown: "I've been able to grow a community in a really wholesome way"

You might think you need to have a big brash and outlandish character and a big ol' slice of ego to make it big online in the hyper-accelerated times of the modern internet age. For Robin Skinner, though he's become something of a slow-burning internet sensation just through being himself and letting his words, his music and his gentle and endearing charm be a friendly welcoming presence always willing to let people in the nurturing bosom of the world of Cavetown.

One look at the numbers shows you Robbie is officially a big deal. With over 2.7 million monthly streams on Spotify and a ginormous 1.17 million subscribers to his long-established YouTube channel, Robbie has cultivated Cavetown into something of a phenomenon. He already has a much-loved catalogue of albums and songs online on his beloved Bandcamp account, but now he's ready to properly fully take off as an artist with a forthcoming major label debut and plans to spread his ethos of positivity and inclusivity on a global scale.

Robbie is a softly spoken gentle soul and speaks with a considered clarity that is in touch with the delicate tenderness of his melodic bedroom pop. Indeed the bedroom is where his musical dreams began as he saw himself exposed to music from an early age. "I grew up with very musical parents," he begins. "It's been something that's been nurtured in my family, and they've always been super, super supportive of me doing music stuff. From a young age, I've been playing instruments. I was into singing for as long as I can remember. I did a bit of classical training. I sang in a church choir for a bit. I played a bit of violin and a bit of recorder as a kid. When I was 8, I decided I wanted to play guitar because my dad played guitar and I thought he was cool. I got him to teach me."