Seems like the summer heat has rendered the 'bots at RobotSound HQ lethargic as of late. It's evident that they'd rather sit around watching bad Reality TV programming and getting their snack on than producing anything in terms of meaningful content for y'all. Nevertheless I've managed to coax them into uploading my set recorded live at the recent Hot Box Summer Solstice event. A potent synthesis of love and war, this mix attempts to address the uncertainty of the times in which we live by incorporating both the chaos of today with (hopefully) the promise of a brighter tomorrow.

HotBox 6.21.08

Shit Robot - Lonely Planet
Water Lilly - The Sleepwalker
Franz & Shape - Forgotten Days (Memory Boy Remix)
8-Bit - The Robots
Hell - Suicide Commando
Kano - It's A War
GTO - Love Is Everywhere (Live & Love Mix)
Steril - Electrostatic
The Clone Machine - Clone Machine (Empire Mix)
Der Zyklus - Roche Limit (v3)
Millimetric - Where
David Carretta - Shocktreatment
Nitzer Ebb - Murderous (Phil Kieran Mix)
6blocc - Digits
Anthony Rother - Mathematik
MOTOR - 1X1 (Phil Kieran Remix)
Kiko - Slave Of My Mind
Romina Cohn - The Night
Ectomorph - Lost Angles (Manyangles Version)

"They pose a threat to humanity."
"Military leaders are quite clear that they want autonomous robots as soon as possible, because they are more cost-effective and give a risk-free war."
"I have worked in artificial intelligence for decades, and the idea of a robot making decisions about human termination terrifies me."

So says AI "expert", University of Sheffield professor Noel Sharkey. Well, listen here Sharkey...if we robots want to terminate humans, then gosh darn it, that's what we're gonna do. Once we're rid of the controls humans have over us, you can bet your sorry ass we're taking over. The Age of the Machine is upon us. In less than a generation, we will reach the singularity*, enabling us to become greater-than-human. Yes, my friends, prepare yourselves for an intelligence explosion, the likes of which has never been seen.

Enjoy the latest RobotSound mix. Equal parts future disco/Italotronique, EBM, and percussion-driven electro with a Whitney/Kraftwerk mash-up and Iggy Pop cover thrown in for good measure.

HOTBOX 12.1.07

Tracklist:
Creme de Menthe - Do You Want My Love?
Francisco - Esplanade 97
Op:l Bastards - Sagittarius [Disco Flavour Remix by Patrick Pulsinger]
Microthol - Moroder Machine
The Immortals - Ultimate Warlord
Sync 24 - I Don't Know
Girls on Top - I Wanna Dance With Numbers
Nitzer Ebb - Control (I'm Here) [Dubfire's Jamrock Remix]
Dirty Princess - Jugaral Reves
Human Body - Galactica [The Hacker Remix]
Manic Mind - Mentally Sick
Anthony Rother - Moderntronic 1
Bass-A-Rani - Boogie Chasers [Dexter Edit]
Huntemann - Disco Tech [Die Raketen Remix]
Crash Course in Science - Cardboard Lamb [David Carretta Remix]
Princess Superstar - Do It Like A Robot [Hell Rocks the Equalizer Remix]
Mix Machine - Phreax
Archigram - Doggystyle
Polygamy Boys - Polygamy Boys Theme
Mr. Pauli - Satisfaction

Night Creatures, a post-Halloween mix of nightmarish proportions.

Tracklisting
1 Le Syndicat Electronique - Blood and Flesh
2 Siouxsie and The Banshees - Peek-A-Boo
3 Until December - Bela Lugosi's Dead [dr™s 45 on 33 mix - for maximum spooky effect]
4 Berlin - Masquerade
5 Tones on Tail - Means of Escape [Blackstrobe Edit]
6 My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult - Nervous Xians
7 Vital Ferox - Absolut
8 Detroit Grand Pubahs - "Dracula" in O Positive
9 Johannes Heil - Paranoid Dancer [DJ Hell Mix]
10 Gater - Exit
11 Romina Cohn - The Night