Here's some machine funk, with all manner of robotic booty-shakery for you to groove to.

Don't let anyone accuse us robots as having no soul.

Shut up, already! Damn.

11/13/09

Friday the 13th
Black Cats
Coldest Night of the Year
Wierd Convergence

Discotecca Elettronico
In the Future, Love, Space, Robots, Disco, Dancing and Vocoders will be all we require.

7/6/09

Since we're in the midst of a Disco Revival, it's only proper that we showcase the best kind of Disco ever to be produced: Italo Disco. Long a favorite of us robots, this synthisized, vocoded, drum machined dance music took the previous incarnation of disco into the future. What once required an entire band to produce could now be made by one man and his machines. That man, Georgio Moroder, would become the patron saint of Italo Disco, who'd help usher in an era of synthetic songs about love, space, and robots. Presented here are the highlights of the short-lived period as well as a few noteworthy offshoot/derivative tracks that merit mention. Perhaps if this music had become popular in the US, there might not have been the shameful backlash that sounded the death knell of Disco here in the states.

5/24/09

More retro-nasty trax to get your grind/swerve/ride on to.

New Wave Hookers Part Deux.

12/19/08

As the end of the year quickly approaches, it's as good a time as any to reflect on the past. And what better way to do that than to flash back to that glorious decade of excess, the 80s. This month's RobotSound Jukebox celebrates the sleazy, coke-fueled sounds of my adolesecent fantasy world (not that I grew up doing drugs or hookers mind you). There's plenty of action to go around, so fret not automatic lovers...your pleasure is our business...whether it's the sultry sounds of Prince's or Rick James' protégés (Vanity 6 and Mary Jane Girls, disrespectfully), the raunchy abandon of Divine, the freak-a-holism of Egyptian Lover or the synthetic seduction of SSQ, we've got your favorite naughty flavors in stock. Rock 'N Roll strippers, synthesizer fetishists, and trashy punk sluts are equally welcome here. So strap on those head-phones for some Aural servicing, because you're about to get all kinds of nasty. You know you love it you little freak.

9/9/08
Shake It, Don't Break It!

Inspired by a Brainwashed podcast from Boyd Rice of a couple years back, this month's decidedly non-robotic Jukebox hearkens back to the swingin' 60s with a mixture of Yé-Yé [French Girlpop], Garage, and Girl groups plus a few modern takes on those styles. These sounds are strangely addictive - somehow you just can't get enough of the catchy hooks and sassiness and/or sweetness of the vocals/vocalists as you find yourself listening to the songs on repeat. To use the cliché, the Yé-Yé girls have that certain je ne sais quoi. Though I never had the pleasure of living through this era, I somehow still feel a sense of nostalgia when listening to this music. You can bet it was a swell time.

If you like this sound, I'd recommend picking up Boyd Rice Presents: Music For Pussycats, a collection of lost and forgotten tracks of 60s girl groups.

So, to use the parlance of the times, this ain't all show and no go. These decked out chicks should have you jazzed tout de suite. Dig?

8/11/08
Get ready to return to our prime directive - robot sounds - specifically, Electronic Body Music, or EBM for you acronym-minded types. The industrial machinations which began in the latter half of the 80s with groups like Front 242, Frontline Assembly and Nitzer Ebb have continued to aurally impact us through the present day with artists like The Hacker, David Carretta and Terence Fixmer manning the controls.

This playlist combines the classics with the recent offerings, as well as presenting some tangentially related pieces. As you listen, don't be afraid to start stomping along to the music. Keep in mind that the beat is meant to kontrol your body. We're here to let you know that: It's okay...to dance like a machine.

5/21/08
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To commemorate the recent passing of Swiss chemist Albert Hoffman, the first man to synthesize Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD), this RobotSound Jukebox is all about thee Acid. From 1987 to 2008, here are 33 (30+3)26 choice 303 trax for your trip. Yes, the Silver Box called the TB-303 Bass Line manufactured by the Roland Corporation (and its subsequent clones and software emulators), which once spurred the Acid House movement, continues to jack the masses worldwide.

In the beginning there was Jack...

3/12/08
Paroxysms

This summer will mark the 20th anniversary (!!) of the Summer of Love. This month's RobotSound Jukebox features some crucial moments from '88 - '92, together with a few earlier or more recent selections that keep with the spirit of the times. This is dedicated to everyone who was lucky enough to experience it when it was happening - enjoy revisiting some truly good times. For those of you whose date of manufacture prohibited them from experiencing the magic of those heady years, here's a taster of what you missed. The dr's prescription: Take two (hits), listen to this playlist and call me in the morning.

[Technical sidenote: Since many of these tracks came out so long ago (during the Pre-Digital Era), you will have to turn up the ones which weren't re-mastered when they were digitized.]

2/12/08
In Sounds From The Outside

Continuing the Black Friday theme, it's time to press on with our retro trip to the moodier end of the sonic spectrum. Here are 50 dark-ish cuts (sprinkled with a few lighter ones) sure to help you embrace the evil inside. This marks RobotSound's first static page which I hope to update on a semi-regular basis, so don't forget to check it every so often (a menu item has been added for your convenience). It will feature more robot-orientated tracks in the future; For now it's mostly guitar-based since that's the current disposition here at RobotSound HQ. Please note that playlist songs are pulled from other sites, so at some later date you may run into songs that have been removed. Hats off to the fine folks at Playlist.com for creating a rather nifty jukebox widget. Make a playlist of your own so that you're no longer limited to one song on your MySpace/Facebook page, nor must you endure questionable musical selections at your friend's pad ;)