Pioneering talent discovery methods in the music industry was never part of Robert Ronaldson’s career plan, but his work with Robots + Humans has helped break a wave of acts including Koffee, Young T & Bugsey, Powfu and more. Here, the tech entrepreneur turned frontline president opens up about his major label life at Sony, analyses music’s changing relationship with data and sounds a reassuring note about the UK’s emerging talent challenge…

WORDS: JAMES HANLEY      PHOTOS: JOE MAGOWAN ...