I was considering naming this post "I'm Italian ... Meat My Balls" (which I found on this page of charming license plate frame slogans), but I thought that might be offensive to some people - to those people, I say, "Andate tutti a 'fanculo!" Instead, I'd like to present the following artists who have carried on the legacy of Sig. Moroder and other finely-crafted I-bots.

Francesco
Rodion
Irobots
Crookers
Nick Sarno
Marcello Giordani

Italo-Norwegians
Digitalo
Remulus and Romus

Italo-American label
Italians Do It Better

You know what? I think I'm starting to burn out on everything Neu Rave (no, it's NOT rave) / New French Touch (God I hate that term) / Noisy Machine Rock / Ed Banger style - the RobotSound™ posse have given to derisively referring to all of it as "Daft Punk Breaks." Maybe because it's just a bit too prevalent and trendy or that in six month's time I'll have heard just about everybody trying to sound like or get remixed by the latest incarnation of Justice/SebastiAn/Boys Noize/Kitsune act. Don't get me wrong - some of it is brilliant. But seriously, I'm beginning to have a hard time differentiating everything; listen to it for too long and you start to malfunction like some head-spinning, out-of-control cyborg! Are any of you experiencing this output? Can I get an "exact match" anyone?

Now that I've ranted, I think I may have found the antidote to my current, sample-induced frenzy. It's more of a return to a personally, much-loved era in music, albeit with some modernizing upgrades. This is for those of you who liked getting lost in the dreamy soundscapes of Slowdive and Seefeel, or enjoyed drifting away to the hazy abrasiveness of My Bloody Valentine or The Jesus and Mary Chain. It's perfect for your post-Night Out soundtrack. I believe you'll agree that sometimes it's nice to just leave them all behind and get washed away in the distortion.

Loud is the New Quiet.

Lights Out Asia
Ceremony
Malory
Ulrich Schnauss
A Place To Bury Strangers
Death By Audio
Spooncurve

>Robotsound™ proudly presents:
dr™ @ Hotbox. 8.04.07

nu beat music for the sexy

fast eddie - acid thunder / 1988 DJ International
miss nicky trax - acid in the house / 1988 Kaos Dance
tricky disco - tricky disco [lützenkirchen remix] / 2007 iO
trance trax - get on / 1991 Beat Box International
major problem - acid queen / 1988 Kaos Dance
human body - acid bizzard / 2005 Goodlife
prince - erotic city / 1984 Warner Brothers
photocall - silver clouds / 2004 Computer Life
plus device - body heat / 2006 Hefty
kiko - running in the city / 2001 Goodlife
egyptian lover - make it hot / 2006 Egyptian Empire
anthony rother - moderntronic3 / 2007 Datapunk
huggotron - gasoline / 2006 Confused
franz & shape - tightropes [kissy sell out's bethnal green dub] / 2007 Relish Recordings
jun-x - balltraxx / 2005 Brique Rouge
millimetric - where / 2006 Goodlife
steril - grey / 2001 International DJ Gigolos

As robots become increasingly useful, we've started to see them being deployed in the military arena. Today in Iraq, the first ever squadron of robot warriors are making combat safer for human soldiers in situations that portend an ambush or booby-trap. While one of these machines may look more like a small stripped-down tank than a Terminator or ED-209, it can be just as lethal. I'm reminded of the sentry gun scene from the Director's cut of Aliens. Together with the surveillance and tactical capabilities of pilotless drones, today's non-human armed machines have ushered in an era of remote control warfare. Controlling these killbots would be a first-person shooter aficionado's dream, for they are no mere killing-simulators; This kind of electronic warfare is the real deal.

Cursor Miner - War Machine
Anthony Rother - Destroy Him My Robots
Add N to (X) - Revenge of the Black Regent [with Allison Goldfrapp leading the charge]

Tune In. Turn On. This Is Acid.
V/Vm - Anal Acid
Miss Nicky Trax - Acid In The House
808 State - In Yer Face
Hithouse - Jack to the Sound of the Underground
Lords of Acid - I Sit On Acid
Hardfloor - Acperience 1
DHS - Mind Control
Psychic TV - Joy
Fast Eddie - Acid Thunder
Luke Vibert - I Love Acid
Universal Indicator (Live 2007)
Aphex Twin - Windowlicker (Acid Edit)
Ceephax Acid Crew - Trolley Service
Gaye Bikers on Acid - After Suck There's Blow (Acid House Remix)
Josh Wink - Higher State of Consciousness 2007
Simian Mobile Disco - Tits & Acid (Live 2007)