Rise Robots Rise was an experimental hip-hop band integrating elements of soul, techno and jazz along with spoken/sung lyrics. They were signed to TVT in the early 1990s and later to Fibre Productions. Tom Jones covered their song "If I Only Knew" and RRR remixed Emergency Broadcast Network's song "3:7:8"

Although the albums don’t list any band members, the core of the band appears to be Joe Mendelson and Ben Nitze, as most of the tracks are listed as written by the two of them. There is also a wide range of guest artists contributing to their rather unique sound.

A partial list of artists credited or assumed to be involved follows:

Joe Mendelson - Composer, Mixing, Engineer, Main Performer, Producer, Vocals
Ben Nitze - Composer, Main Performer, Producer, Vocals
Rick VanBenschoten- Vocals, Engineer
Kitty Overton - Voices, Illustrations, Paintings
Marque Gilmore - Composer, Cymbals, Drums, Chapman Stick
Mac Quayle - Vocals
Patricia Joseph- Vocals
Tracey Amos - Vocals
Pablo Calogero- Vocals
Dave Douglas - Trumpet, Vocals
Fima Ephron - Bass
Michelle Johnson - Vocals
Jaik Miller - Vocals
Peter Orth - Vocals
Adam Rogers - Guitar, Vocals
Kelli Sae - Vocals
Nunzio Signore - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar
Andy Stein - Violin
Joyce Dolos Stovall - Vocals
Derin Young - Vocals
DJ Nastee - Loops
David Gilmore - Guitar
Pablo Calagero - Sax (Baritone), Chinese Flute
Will Ragono - Guitar
Hassan Bakr - Vocals
Dean Bowman - Vocals
Pablo Calogero - Flute, Sax (Baritone)
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