Archive for the ‘1979’ tag
Robot Rock du Jour: The Units – I-Night (1979)
Damn, this track is sick. I originally had this song in the SCHEMATICS section of the High Pressure Days posting, but this aggro synthpunk brain-melter it is far, far too choice to ride the pine. I-Night is the b-side on the Warm Moving Bodies 7″.
Robot Rock du Jour: The Units – High Pressure Days (1979)
High Pressure Days is a filthy, gnarly animal.
Let Uncle Rico’s time machine teleport you back to 1978 San Francisco. Eschewing guitars in favor of synths (good move, fellas), The Units become one of the very first synthpunk bands. They then start tearing it up, self-releasing the original version of this track in 1979 on what is now an absurdly rare 7″ record (sells for about $50+). This video features the album version, released in 1980 on the Digital Stimulation LP.
Sounds as fresh today as it did 31 years ago, which is probably why they tried to re-release it on Relish Recordings along with some totally bogus remixes by Headman and Rory Phillips. I just yoinked an original 7″ copy from eBay and will make/post vinyl rips and videos as soon as it arrives.
SCHEMATIC: More AWESOME videos, band portrait and flyer (via synthpunk)…
Robot Rock du Jour: Kraftwerk – Autobahn (1974)
An 11-minute face-melting video edit of Kraftwerk’s 23-minute opus. The real cybernetic acid trip is the five-minute breakdown that beings around 3:06. Animation by Roger Mainwood and John Halas in 1979. The video was posted in two parts, so load the rest of the post to view the second half…
SCHEMATIC: Video part two, Mainwood interview and high res vinyl rip…
Party Time: Saturday Robot Party @ The Idle Hour (Baltimore, MD)
VIGR is in the house. 4+ hour rare vinyl set. Need I say more? Hope to see you there! I’ll try to keep track of the setlist…
Robot Rock du Jour: ‘Lectric Funk – Shangaied (1979)
Man, have I ever been there?! There is a ubiquitous sample in this track at 1:53 followed by a pretty sick instrumental jam. I can see why Johnny Jewel (Italians Do It Better) moved here to Montreal: This is how chicks dress here. Thank you American Apparel.2
Shangaied (Unidisc 12″ Single Version)