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Snort: Shotgun Start – City Boy (2009)

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Hot damn!! Check out Wormser at 0:54 and 1:16!!!

Between the acid synth lines and vocoders, this cut coulda been a contender. Unfortunately, the right hook is just a bit weak. The video, however, is GENIUS!

Found this one on MATRIXSYNTH-C.

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August 12th, 2009 at 4:51 pm

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Robot Rock du Jour: Suicide – Ghost Rider (1977)

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Synthpunk Elvis? People just didn’t make this kind of music in 1977. Yet here it is. While France and Québéc were making space disco, NY was outputting high concept industrial synthpunk blues. Legends Alan Vega and Martin Rev, tearing it up…

SCHEMATIC: Another live version and a brief documentary excerpt…

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August 8th, 2009 at 11:58 pm

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Robot Rock du Jour: The Units – I-Night (1979)

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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″.

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July 28th, 2009 at 2:30 pm

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

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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)…

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July 28th, 2009 at 12:15 am

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Robot Rock du Jour: Medio Mutante – Corre Corre (2008)

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There aren’t too many young, contemporary bands that could fool me into thinking their work was good enough to be recorded 30 years ago. Medio Mutante (translation Average Mutant) is one of them. This naughty triad of vintage audio and video synthesizer maestros is putting out really thick analogue music. BTW, they’re using a Fairlight CVI video synth for the visuals. Nerd Approved!

SCHEMATIC: Cover art, release info, more vids and where to buy… Read the rest of this entry »

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July 16th, 2009 at 12:54 am

Party Time: Saturday Robot Party @ The Idle Hour (Baltimore, MD)

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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…

Inner Nerd Machine Language

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Vintage Vocoders Youtube Playlist is Live!!

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Warm up the robot! Any one of these vintage machines presented in our youtube playlist will transform you (or a loved one) into a Cylon. To start it off, let Giorgio Moroder magically transport you to the wonderful world of vocoders in this Casablanca Records promo video…

SCHEMATIC: Want more? Check out the entire playlist

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June 8th, 2009 at 3:18 pm

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Robot Rock du Jour: Futurisk – Player Piano EP (1982)

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This obscure Miami-based band recorded some of the finest minimal synth-punk tracks ever made on two ridiculously rare 7″ pressings. Check this “live” cut of Meteoright, the audio for which is available on 180g vinyl at Minimal Wave for $22.
Meteoright Live
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SCHEMATIC: 24bit/96kHz vinyl rips, record scans, cover art and vintage flyer artwork… Read the rest of this entry »
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April 26th, 2009 at 9:30 am

Robot Rock du Jour: Crash Course in Science – Flying Turns (1981)

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This song gets me all wound up with some non-goth electro industrial madness! Crash Course in Science was formed in 1979 while the three members were attending art school in Philadelphia. This particular cut is off their album Signals from Pier Thirteen originally published on Press Records in 1981. Clean, first pressings sell for around $100 – $200, with second pressings from 1986 on LD Records fetching only slightly less.

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April 24th, 2009 at 1:39 pm

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Robot Rock du Jour: Ronnie Jones – Video Games (1980)

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Anybody else spot a Daft Punk Technologic sample in this, particularly once the lyrics kick in around 0:40? The 2+ minute breakdown at 3:48 is some robotic funk video game pinball madness!

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April 16th, 2009 at 12:29 pm

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