Since 2018, Fabrizio Moretti (also of The Strokes) has led the New York synth pop band and artist collective Machinegum (stylized machinegum) which both performs and records music and presents gallery installations.
The group is composed of Moretti and Ian Devaney (vocalist of Nation of Language), Delicate Steve, Chris Egan, Martin Bonventre, and Erin Victoria Axtel. The group has also collaborated with architect Joseph Vescio and actor/director Justin Bartha in the past.[19]

Machinegum released their debut album Conduit in December 2019.[19] Released on Frenchkiss Records, the group later signed to the record label in February 2020.