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Robot Rock du Jour: Bernard Fevre aka Black Devil – Dali(1975)

beaker — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:50:59 +0000

Then the French said, “Let there be dark disco.” And it was really, really good.

Right?! 1975. Whoa.

As a music genealogist, moments where new musical (sub)genres are born are pretty much the stuff of dreams.

Within this span of 84 seconds, from an offbeat library (ie music snippets) album “The Strange World of Bernard Fevre,” foundations are laid for the deepest, darkest, most esoteric disco album ever made, Black Devil’s”Disco Club” in 1978.

SCHEMATIC: The entire legendary “Disco Club” LP and a live performance!

H Friend

Timing, Forget The Timing

One To Choose

We Never Fly Away Again

Follow Me (Instrumental)

No Regrets

No Regrets (Live 2009)

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Bucky – Expo ’67 Pavilion

beaker — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:38:33 +0000

Bucky Ist Über-Nerder. What I wouldn’t give to ride these escalators!

Who makes stuff like this anymore? No one. Everything is so damned commercial and self-conscious now. Oh wait, Greg and I did resurrect The Imaginarium at Stanford. I guess that counts.

Thanks to Jer for spotting this.

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Robot Rock du Jour: Leon Theramin

beaker — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:25:15 +0000

Leon Theramin, electronic music pioneer and russian spy. Awesome.

Great article in the BBC yesterday.

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Robot Rock du Jour: Factory Floor – Real Love (2010)

beaker — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 17:25:42 +0000

I interrupt your regularly scheduled whatever to bring you this uncut diamond from the London underground.

Factory Floor has future classic written all over them. Shows in NY and Philly in late September and early November.

SCHEMATIC: Real Love (Album Version), Lying and Wooden Box…

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Robot Rock du Jour: LCD Soundsystem – Someone Great (2007)

beaker — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 17:21:32 +0000

So, I pretty much avoid big time acts and there are very few “modern” bands that make what I deem to be exceptionally rad music. LCD Soundsystem, however, is the king + queen of them all.

I created this stop-motion video as part of my graduate program thesis work. 100 hours of wood cutting and photographing. If you dig it, peep my process photos.

SCHEMATIC: Videos for Home, Daft Punk is Playing at My House…

Home

Daft Punk is Playing at My House

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Robot Rock du Jour: Daft Punk – Derezzed (2010) (TRON: Legacy)

beaker — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 08:58:54 +0000

TRON: Legacy + Daft Punk. Full coverage of the original film and remake soon.

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Robot Rock du Jour: Units – High Pressure Days (1979)

beaker — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:51:01 +0000

There is no substitute for the unadulterated, analog muskiness of an über rare, private pressing 7″ from a pioneering synthpunk band.

These recordings were digitized from near mint copy of this seminal work. Each track is mind-blowing and considerably more raw than the versions found on the 1980 LP, Digital Stimulation. Make sure to check out iNight, too

SCHEMATIC: Original recordings of Cowboy and Cannibals…

Units – Cowboy (7″ Version) (1979)

Units – Cannibals (7″ Version) (1979)

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Robot Rock du Jour: Alexander Robotnick – Problèmes D’Amour (1983)

beaker — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 06:56:22 +0000

Close your eyes.

Picture Rusty Griswold at a topless disco in National Lampoon’s European Vacation (1985). Do you hear that song playing in the background? How awesome is it??!! Well, this was the track.

Alexander Robotnick, aka Maurizio Dami, rewrote Italo by attaching a ground wire to Electro and letting the current rip. He also set the bar for performance names. This fellow is a legend who still exercises his servos and gives one hell of a live performance.

SCHEMATIC: Rare dub and live versions, an interview and a very special song…

Problèmes D’Amour (Dub Version)

Problèmes D’Amour (Live Version)

Obsession for the Disco Freaks

Interview

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Snort: Sesame Street – Yip Yip Martian Radio

beaker — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 06:22:24 +0000

My genesis moment…

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Robot Rock Du Jour: ‘Lectric Workers – Robot is Systematic (1982)

beaker — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:35:26 +0000

I assure you, my friend, that this robot is indeed systematic.

Nearly 30 human years ago, this track was putting hairy-chested robots into full-frame meltdown on space disco floors all over Planet Italy. ’Lectric Workers members Franco Rago and Gigi Farina were also responsible for Decadance’s considerably darker, yet ultimately synthulescent On and On (Fears Keep On).

SCHEMATIC: Instrumental version, album cover art and record label scans…

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