iPod Surgery Success
Here are some of the tracks I was going to play out this past weekend (if the stereo hadn't crapped out). Don't you hate it when machines break down?

Tracklisting
1 Huggotron - Gin & Tronic
2 Mix Machine - Prelude to Paradise
3 Jun-X - Balltraxx
4 Temptation - Sound Dealers
5 The Hacker - Life/Death
6 I-F vs. That N****r
7 Dexter vs. Cosmic Force - Drum Techniek
8 Kylie - Giving You Up [Alter Ego Mix]
9 Lady B - B-Ware
10 SebastiAn - Ross Ross Ross
11 Kavinsky - Testarossa Autodrive (Arpanet Nightdrive Rework)
12 Dynarec - Fluid Leak
13 Detroit Grand Pubahs - Plasticene Gene [Ectomorph Remix]
14 -=UHU=- - Kinetic Energy Part II

Hello. I like to call myself "Your Robot Friend" but you can call me "My Robot Friend." I am a robot and I make music but first and foremost, I am your friend.

The good folks at Robotsound™ also wanted me to mention that I have a robot cock that is capable of shooting fire, sparks, confetti, streamers and gallons of white plastic flakes. But I don't want to talk about my cock. Really, I don't. I swear. It was only a request from Robotsound™ that I write about my cock. If it were up to me I would avoid talking about my cock altogether and focus on music. Seriously. Although, I must admit, it is a nice cock.

Anyway, as your friend, I wanted to help improve your life by teaching you about a very important fact. Here it is:

Songs in which robots sing and play music are way better than those that involve humans by themselves. In addition, I can easily recall the names of 50 active bands and artists with the word "robot" in their title; 51 if you count Marc Ribot. His last name sounds like "robot" and is most likely supposed to be Marc Robot, but someone messed up the spelling. There are hundreds of albums with the word "robot" in them and thousands of songs that feature robots in their title or subject matter. Again, the reason for this is simply that robots are awesome. I can not stress this enough: Robots = Awesome.

I put together a little mixtape to help illustrate the point.

Although most of the electronic sounds that get spun here at RSHQ get released on labels that are based abroad [UK, France, Germany and Holland primarily], there are a few standouts here in the states which have been putting out superior tunes for over a decade. One of these is NY+SF's premiere electro imprint, Satamile Records, run by Andrew Price, which has made itself a force to be reckoned within the electronic community. Satamile boasts an international roster that includes Silicon Scally [UK], Decal [Ireland], Bytecon [Belgium], Boris Divider [Spain], Exzakt [US], Blotnik Brothers [Sweden], Lowfish [Canada], Roadking [Germany], and the relatively newly signed Umwelt [France]. With this globalized outlook and a willingness to sign artists who brazenly cross musical genre boundaries, it's no surprise that Mr. Price's strategy has worked in an industry where people's fickle tastes sometimes change on a weekly basis. While it is first and foremost an electro label, Satamile releases will surely appeal to any enlightened Breaks, Techno, Acid, or other type of electronic music enthusiast.

RobotSound™ is proud to present the next minimix composed entirely from tracks found on Satamile. If you enjoy what you hear and like your machine music to be dark and sexy, I urge you to point your mouse over to the Satamile store and pick up some of the best electro the US has to offer. Your audio hardware components will thank you.