Category Archives: robot rock

luv248

Time Shard

a polyrhythmic techno journey into a time vortex that is both trance inducing and body moving.
Tracklist
  1. Kinetic (Orbital Remix) – The Golden Girls – R&S Records (1992) > buy link
  2. Breathe – The Wee Djs – Touchin’ Bass (2006) > buy link
  3. Real (Nathan Fake Remix) – Avus – Border Community (2003) > buy link
  4. Me and My Shadow – Cristian Vogel – Novamute (2000)
  5. Scattering Pulsars – Shifted Phases – Tresor (2002)
  6. Phase (Speedy J Remix) – Human Beings – Deviate (1996)
  7. Charged Up – Salt Tank – Internal (1994)
  8. We Have Explosive (King Roc Remix) – The Future Sound Of London – EMI (2006)
  9. Frame Out – Ken Ishii – R&S Records (1995) > buy link
  10. Left Turned – Petter – Border Community (2004) > buy link
  11. Dataromance – Ellen Allien – Bpitch Control (2000) > buy link
  12. Time & Space – François K. – Wave Music (1998) > buy link
  13. Mercurial (The Ernie & Bert Stone High Mix) – Euphoria – Guerilla Records (1992) > buy link
  14. About That – Pentatonik – Deviant Records (1994)
  15. Bio Diesel – Cold Fusion Mafia – Trigger Recordings (2003)
  16. Phaze Test (30 Beat Cycle) – Eon – Electron Industries (1996)
  17. Jason Vorhees – LFO – Warp (1996) > buy link
  18. Koax (2003) – Apparat – Bpitch Control (2003) > buy link
  19. Walk about – Orbital – Internal (1993) > buy link
  20. More & More & More – Funkstörung – Studio !K7 (2005) > buy link
  21. Analogue Bubblebath 1 – The Aphex Twin – Mighty Force Records / R&S Records (1991/1995) > buy link

luv198

My Older Brother Has A Gun

sweet daddy luv swings back around to the original robot rock sound for the last mix of 2013. groove out the remainder of the year with your eyes closed and a smile on your face.
image : EXPO 67 L9 OdX3 3XdO 9L 76 OPXE
Tracklist:
  1. Being Boiled – The Human League – Fast Product / Soul Jazz (1978/2001) > buy link
  2. Mirando (Yacht Remix) – Ratatat – XL Recordings (2009) > (searching for buy link)
  3. Yo-Yo (Remix By Calvinist) – Pylon – DFA (2011) > buy link
  4. The Shot! (Dub Copy) – White Light Circus – DC Recordings (2005) > buy link
  5. Buzz – Chok Rock – Chateaurouge (2004) > buy link
  6. Soon (Andrew Weatherall Mix) – My Bloody Valentine – Creation Records / Junior Boy’s Own (1990/1998) > buy link
  7. By The Time I Get To Venus (41 Small Stars Version) – The Juan Maclean – DFA (2002) > buy link
  8. Down With Prince – Hot Chip – Moshi Moshi Records (2003) > buy link
  9. Shoot The Model (Teen Remix & Dub) – Bang Bang ft. Cosmo Brown – Yellow Productions (2004) > (searching for buy link)
  10. You Wanted A Hit – LCD Soundsystem – DFA (2010) > buy link
  11. Head Hang Low (Kelpe Version) – The Oscillation – DC Recordings (2008) > buy link
  12. Tom Tom – The Hundred In The Hands – Warp (2010) > buy link
  13. Rocky 8 (Space Raiders Remix) – Le Tone – Naïve (1999) > (searching for buy link)
  14. Sex Beat (Remix) – Two Lone Swordsmen – Warp (2004) > buy link
  15. Always On – Silver Columns – Moshi Moshi Records /Silver Columns (2010) > buy link
  16. Short Road – Wax Stag – People In The Sky (2007) > buy link
  17. Take Ecstasy With Me – !!! – Touch And Go Records / Warp (2005) > buy link

luv189

The Big Room Big Boom

a 3 turntable mix of robot rock that’s meant to be played on a big sound system.
i need a big sound system.
can somebody find me a big sound system?
photo : Horatio Alabaster the big bass drum master
Tracklist:
  1. Thugs – Starkey – Civil Music (2012) > buy link
  2. Spritzcussion (RV GM Sample Mix) – Ricardo Villalobos – Perlon (1999)
  3. Heavy Machinery – Scuba – Hotflush Recordings (2010) > buy link
  4. Pressure (Vertical Mix) – Spacetime Continuum – Astralwerks (1994)
  5. Dream – Ellen Allien – Bpitch Control (2010) > buy link
  6. Praise (Future Sound Of London Conceptual) – Inner City – Ten Records (1992)
  7. Idiot Clapsolo – Holden – Border Community Recordings (2006) > buy link
  8. 10101 – Holden – Border Community Recordings (2006) > buy link
  9. Rusty Nails (Shackleton Mix) – Moderat – Fifty Weapons (2009) > buy link
  10. Orage Solaire -Pheek – Archipel (2006) > buy link
  11. Mode Operator (Beispiel A) – Diamond Version – Monkeytown Records (2012)
  12. Bottom Heavy (Bottom Sound Of Lisbon) – Danny Tenaglia – Tribal America (1994)
  13. Repercussions Of A Razorblade – Skream – Swamp81 (2009)
  14. Void 23 (Carl Craig Re-Edit) – Ramadanman & Appleblim – Aus Records (2010) > buy link
  15. Messagesacomin – Super Collider – Rise Robots Rise (2002) > buy link
  16. Despot – Ital – Planet Mu (2012) > buy link
  17. Premonition – Si Begg – Novamute (2003) > buy link
  18. The Horn Ride (Deep Dish on some good crack) – e-N – Tribal America (1995)
  19. Beam Me Up (The Pegasus Mix) – Speedy J – Warp / UMM (1994)
  20. Hideaway (Dubfire needs to score) – De’lacy – Easy Street Records / Slip ‘n’ Slide (1995) > buy link
  21. Long Street – DVA ft. Big Space – Hyperdub (2012) > buy link

luv003

Residential Area

this should be played at high volume…
preferably in a residential area.
photo : a residential area
Tracklist:
  1. Consume – Spooky – Generic (1996) > buy link
  2. Wireless Intercom – Artificial Material – Studio !K7 (1997)
  3. On A Limb – Tipper – Fuel Records (2001) > buy link
  4. 2.1 (Oliver Hacke remix) – Akufen – Trapez (2002)
  5. Flat Out – Morgan Geist – Clear (1997) > buy link
  6. 4 Cans Of Coffee – Modeselektor – Bpitch Control (2002) > buy link
  7. we r are why – Autechre – Warp (1996)
  8. Don’t Be Light (Mr. Oizo remix) – Air – Source (2001) > buy link
  9. New School Bikes – Kid Spatula – Planet Mu (2000) > buy link
  10. Birmingham (Surgeon Mix) – Rue East – Pure Plastic (2002)
  11. Oasis (dub) – Ibex – Planet E (2000)
  12. Stem The Flow – Dave Tarrida – Tresor (1999)
  13. A Moment Of Silence (Trapezoid Mix) – Boom Boom Satellites – R&S Records (1998) > buy link
  14. Runaway – Phil Parnell – Soundslike (2001)
  15. Goza – Afro Force – 2000 Black (2001)
  16. Af-Rican Drumz – Afronaught – Afro Art (1997)
  17. Serious Trouble – Zongamin – Flesh Records (2000) > buy link
  18. Theme From PACK (Parallax Corporation remix) – I-F – Interdimensional Transmissions (1998) > buy link
  19. Mixed Bizness (Transatlantic rmx instrumental) – Beck – Geffen (2000)
  20. High Volume – Buckfunk 3000 – Fuel Records (2001) > buy link

luv163

I Won’t Run Away

luv took some bass infused techno and some techno inspired bass music and made this heavy blend of robot rock. a sound so big you won’t be able to run away from it.
photo by Andre Ermolaev of Icelandic volcanic run off
Tracklist:
  1. Ieee Mitten Menu (Mint Mix) – Speedy J – Novamute (1999) > buy link
  2. Fruit Punch – Terror Danjah – Hyperdub (2012) > buy link
  3. Thin Crust – Sympletic – Warp (1996) > buy link
  4. Feral (Lone Mix) – Radiohead – Ticker Tape Ltd. (2011) > buy link
  5. Ocia Syndor – Drexciya – Clone (2002)
  6. Angel (Si Begg remix) – Toasty – Hotflush Recordings (2007) > buy link
  7. Atlanta ’96 – Atlanta – Instant Life Records (1993)
  8. Pretty Bright Light – RSD – Punch Drunk (2007) > buy link
  9. Liquid Is Liquid (Remix) – Liquid – XL Recordings / Torso Dance (1992)
  10. Creybey – Morgan Zarate – Hyperdub (2012) > buy link
  11. Instinct – RAC – Warp (1996) > buy link
  12. Can Control – Eprom – Rwina Records (2012) > buy link
  13. Naturalistik – Plastikman – Plus 8 (1994) > buy link
  14. Anxiety – Falty DL – Planet Mu (2009) > buy link
  15. Koito – Ricardo Villalobos – Perlon (2012) > (searching for buy link)
  16. I See Them Everywhere – Si Begg – Noodles Recordings (2008) > buy link
  17. Bones – Krampfhaft – Rwina Records (2012) > buy link
  18. Improvisations : Part 2 (Si Begg ‘S.I. Futures’ Remix) – Robert Miles – S:alt Records (2002)
  19. Fish – Ikonika – Hyperdub (2009) > buy link
  20. Funk Tube – Debasser – Novamute (2002)
  21. Get A Grip – LV & Mumdance – Hyperdub (2012) > buy link
  22. Rantanplant – Siriusmo – Monkeytown Records (2012) > buy link
  23. Meu – Jets – Leisure System Records (2012) > buy link
  24. Ropno – Markus Müller – Squonk (2007) > (searching for buy link)
  25. Come1 – Machinedrum – Planet Mu (2011) > buy link

luv144

Mew Nusic

mew nusic means new horizons, fresh vantage points from which to listen to the future. like seeing the sun rise on a different planet. wait. did I say mew nusic? I meant to say new music. anyway, here’s where we’re at in the progression of robot rock.
photo : sunrise on Mars
Tracklist:
  1. Set It – Dream Continuum – Planet Mu (2012) > buy link
  2. untitled track 3, side a of Plus Ten – Jodey Kendrick – Rephlex (2010) > (searching for buy link)
  3. Clapper (Traxman Remix) – Ill Blu – Hyperdub (2012) > buy link
  4. Sens – Zomby – 4AD (2011) > buy link
  5. Regis Chillbin (Machindrum Remix) – Eprom – Rwina Records (2012) > buy link
  6. Missed A Spot – Lazer Sword – Monkeytown Records (2012) > buy link
  7. Energy Wizard – Squarepusher – Warp (2012) > buy link
  8. Entropy – Addison Groove – 50Weapons (2012) > buy link
  9. Indistinct – Skream – Tempa (2011) > buy link
  10. Rudeboy – Addison Groove – 50Weapons (2012) > buy link
  11. Ultra Thizz – Rustie – Warp (2011) > buy link
  12. Bos Indicus – Akufen – Musique Risquée (2012) > buy link
  13. Twitch (It Grows And Grows) – Raffertie – Ninja Tune (2011) > buy link
  14. Stereo Freeze – Untold – R&S Records (2010) > buy link
  15. Doctor Beak – Siriusmo – Monkeytown Records (2012) > buy link
  16. Red Dancers – Martyn – Monkeytown Records (2012) > buy link
  17. Lay It Down – Jacques Greene – UNO (2011) > buy link
  18. First Quarter (SCB Edit) – Deadbeat – BLKRTZ (2011) > buy link
  19. CPX11 – Beaumont – Studio K7 (2011) > buy link
  20. Raindance – Lone – R&S Records (2012) > buy link

luv139

SYNTAX ERA 2 : Electric Boogaloo

electric 80s jams that rocked and shocked dancefloors unknowingly creating the club culture that followed. electro, proto-house music, dubbed club hits and early techno from pioneers and unknowns makes SYNTAX ERA 2 : Electric Boogaloo a 90 minute mixtape that will put you into a groove.
let the music play.
image : sweet daddy luv
Tracklist:
  1. Last Night A D.J. Saved My Life – Indeep – Sound Of New York (1982) > buy link
  2. Stop This Crazy Thing (We Like The Music) – Coldcut – Ahead Of Our Time / Big Life / Tommy Boy (1989)
  3. 5 Minutes (Antennae Mix) – Bonzo Goes To Washington – Sleeping Bag Records (1984)
  4. F-4000 – The Fearless Four – Elektra (1983)
  5. Let The Music Play – Shannon – Emergency Records (1983) > buy link
  6. Hip Hop Be-Bop (Don’t Stop) – Man Parrish – Polydor (1982) > buy link
  7. Situation (Dub Version) – Yazoo- Sire (1982)
  8. Luna Beats I – Key-Matic – Radar Records (1984)
  9. Luna Beats II – Key-Matic – Radar Records (1984)
  10. Theme from S-EXPRESS (12″ U.S.A. Mix) – S-EXPRESS – Capitol (1988) > buy link
  11. Hip Hop Salsa (Dub Mix) – Bad Boy Orchestra – Smokin’ / Tuff City Records (1988)
  12. Dollar Bill Dub Dub – Divine Sounds – Specific Records (1984)
  13. How To Be A Millionaire (Accapella) – ABC – Phonogram (1984)
  14. Uh-Uh Ooh-Ooh Look Out (Here It Comes) (Steve Hurley’s House Mix) – Roberta Flack – Atlantic (1988)
  15. Weekend (Mixed by Larry Levan) – Class Action featuring Chris Wiltshire – Jive (1983) > buy link
  16. Raspberry Beret (Extended Remix) – Prince & the Revolution – Paisley Park (1985) > buy link
  17. We Can Make It (1984 Instrumental) – Purple Flash – Environ (1984/2004)
  18. Numbers – Kraftwerk – EMI (1981) > buy link
  19. Time Warp – Eddy Grant – Ice Records / Portrait / CBS (1982) > buy link
  20. Oh Shelia (Dubstramental) – Ready For The World – MCA Records (1985)
  21. Let Me Take You Home (Instrumental) – Mac Mac With The Jammalott Kingdom – Musicworks (1985) > buy link
  22. Clear – Cybotron – Fantasy (1983) > buy link
  23. Good Life (Magic Juan Mix) – Inner City – Virgin (1988) > buy link
  24. Do What You Wanna Do (Dub Version) – The Cage feat. Nona Hendryx – Metropolis Records / Strut (1982/2012) > buy link

luv133

I Have My Own Demons

lurking beneath the circuits are gremlins; twisting knobs, pushing buttons and controlling the levels. it may look like i’m the conductor, but I have my own demons.
photo : sweet demon luv
Tracklist:
  1. Lifeeeee Is For Ever – Traxman – Planet Mu (2012) > buy link
  2. excerpt from Let’s Go Crazy – Prince – Warner Bros. (1984) > buy link
  3. Saccharin On Top (Anstam Remix) – eLan – Monkeytown Records (2011) > buy link
  4. Gonga – Ital Tek – Planet Mu (2011) > buy link
  5. Actress Meets Shangaan B – Actress – Honest Jon’s Records (2011) > buy link
  6. It’s Time For Love – Shackleton – Perlon (2009)
  7. Crystal Caverns 1991 – Lone – R & S Records (2012) > buy link
  8. Death Mountain – Rustie – Warp (2011) > buy link
  9. Dreama – Kingdom – Night Slugs (2011) > buy link
  10. Foreign Object – Monolake – Monolake / Imbalance Computer Music (2012) > buy link
  11. Boracay Drift – Pinch & Shackleton – Honest Jon’s Records (2011) > buy link
  12. Shikaakwa – Hieroglyphic Being – Sounds Of The Universe (2012) > buy link
  13. Toddler (Kangding Ray Remix) – Battles – Warp (2011) > buy link
  14. The Messenger – Model 500 – R & S Records (2012) > buy link
  15. The Chase – King Britt presents Fhloston Paradigm – Hyperdub (2012) > buy link
  16. In Our Country – Isolée – Pampa Records (2011) > buy link
  17. Twice Bitten – SBTRKT – SBTRKT (2011)
  18. Rainy Dub – Actress – Honest Jon’s Records (2011) > buy link
  19. M.A.R.S. (DJ-KICKS) – Scuba – !K7 Records (2011) > buy link
  20. Rollercoasters Of The Heart – Bass Clef – Punch Drunk Records (2011) > buy link
  21. Kristall – Housemeister – Monkeytown Records (2010) > buy link

luv010

Intrepid

this is an electro mix that got trapped inside an Atari 2600 like a genie in a bottle. hidden away for decades it mutated. soon after the turn of the millennium it was released and continued to set it off.
image : from the Atari 2600 Asteroids video game cartridge
Tracklist:
  1. Set It Off – Strafe – Jus Born Records (1984) > buy link
  2. Therapy – Cause 4 Concern- Idioma (2001)
  3. Horse With No Name – Black Lodge – Mo Wax (2001)
  4. White Horse – Laid Back – Sire (1983) > buy link
  5. Yeah You (Robert’s Dub 2) – The Step – Warp (1991)
  6. World In My Eyes (Dub In My Eyes) – Depeche Mode – Mute (1990) > buy link
  7. DiddyMouseDid – Plaid – Warp (2002) > buy link
  8. Beacon – Pilote – Certificate 18 (2001)
  9. Air Doom – Manitoba – Leaf (2003) > buy link
  10. excerpt from Asteroids – John Braden – Kid Stuff (1982)
  11. Don’t You Stop (Toy Chop Mix) – Solvent vs. Adult – Ersatz Audio (2002)
  12. v-ger – il.ek.tro – Klang Elektronik (1998) > buy link
  13. The Goblin – Depth Charge – DC Recordings (2000) > buy link
  14. Koax (Ellen Allien RMX) – Apparat – Bpitch Control (2003) > buy link
  15. Electric Kingdom (instrumental – dub version) – Twilight 22 – Vanguard (1983)
  16. My Time Is Running Out – The Juan Maclean – DFA (2002) > buy link
  17. Tour De France (remix) – Kraftwerk – Warner Bros. (1983)
  18. excerpt from Asteroids – John Braden – Kid Stuff (1982)

luv098

Silver Sons Gleaming

four androids on stage gleaming in the sun, their shiny silver guitars and tiny black boxes blastin’ sonic information for automatic rockers.
    Tracklist:
  1. Destroy Rock & Roll – Mylo – Breastfed Records (2004) > (searching for buy link)
  2. Summer Song – Yacht – DFA (2008) > buy link
  3. Make It So (Moonstarr Remix) – Daedelus ft. Michael Johnson – Ninja Tune (2008) > buy link
  4. World In My Eyes (dub in my eyes) – Depeche Mode – Mute (1990) > buy link
  5. America Is Automatic – My Robot Friend – defDrive (2006) > buy link
  6. A Walk In The Dark – Whitey – 1234 Records (2005) > buy link
  7. E Talking – Soulwax – P.I.A.S. (2005) > buy link
  8. Infinity Plus One (The Emperor Machine Extended Version) – Higamos Hogamos – DC Recordings (2009) > buy link
  9. Distrust (Extended Version) ft. Faris Badwan of The Horrors – Black Devil Disco Club – Lo Recordings (2011) > buy link
  10. In The Morning (Hot Chip Remix) – Junior Boys – Domino (2007) > buy link
  11. Don’t You Stop – Rockin’ Robin – Debut / Edge Records (1985) > (searching for buy link)
  12. Fancy Robots (Broke RMX) – Justine Electra – City Slang (2006) > buy link
  13. Stewardess (Matthew Herbert’s Another Beat Mix) – Micah Gaugh – Accidental (2006) > buy link
  14. Happy Without You (Riton Instrumental) – Annie – 678 Recordings (2005) > buy link
  15. 45:33 (side D) – LCD Soundsystem – DFA (2007) > buy link
  16. Let’s Get Clinical (Tom Middleton Twisted Radio Edit) – Maximo Park – Warp (2009) > buy link
  17. Blind (Hercules Club Mix) – Hercules and Love Affair – DFA (2008) > buy link