Phoenix or Redemption

History by Robotnick

Simply fantastic. I posted this mix before, but I'll do it again here as a reminder of how great it is. Before Alexander Robotnick went on last night at Sono, I didn't really know the songs that were being played, nor did I really dig them. Then he came on. Night. and. day. He killed it with Fun Fun, but when I opened up my eyes, the only person dancing was me. I felt like I was at home playing a set, but with ridiculously loud speakers and more people. So much fun.

By the way, this is a song I heard last night and is on my list of stuff to find that I kind of found, but apparently this is the original version and there is a newer edit except I don't know who it's by or where to get it. To all 2 people who read this blog, if you know what I'm talking about, let me know!

Gino Soccio - I Will Remember (Original)

I discovered this song from "Erol Alkan Live On Radio 1, September 2006" in iTunes for podcasts. (how do you do an iTunes html link?) It should be the 2nd to last track, with the last track being Erol's remix of 'I Don't Feel Like Dancing'. Right now the bearing for the tone arm on my MKII is being lame. Otherwise I'd do the LP rip. Maybe I should hook up the spare...?

I love this guy.

Goofy!



and because I actually want that stuff and I've got too much time on a tuesday, go ahead and put this stuff in Excel:

[Fuzz] Records, Zed - Plastic Love, Booby trap, Mya - & the mirror, Alexander Robotnick - C'est la Vie, Danser! naif orchestra, Gina & The Flexix - I wanna believe, Il Generale, Ludus, Anski? - Stupefacente, Living On Video - Trans-X (Digital World), Boys next Door - Lady of the Night (Louisa), Cliff Turner - Moonlight Affair, Time, Stop Jap ...The Stalin, Lärm - Campaign for musical destruction, I Pofondo? Rosso, Kraftwerk - I'm the operator of my pocket calculator, B.G.K. - Jonestown Aloha!, Nervebreakers, Nipdrivers, Phantasm - You're Already Dead (Blood Stained), Greenskeepers, Silent Circle - Stop The Rain [Koda], Tea ês - Captain Terra X (24 More Hours), Kirlian Camera - Blue Room, Maro Fruttero - Fairyland, Kylie Minogue - The One, Modem - Your Fux, Phil Sun - Danse? on the ___, Rockets - Galaxy, [Flash] Records?, Easy Going, New Romantique - Amy Like An Angel, Joy - Hello, Why are you hurtin' me so much, Paul Rutherford, Atlas - UFO Robot, Francesco Salvi - C'e Da spostane? una macchina, Unit4, Magic fly - Space, Menergy, Giorgio Moroder, John Carpenter, Harry Thumann - Underwater, Laser Dance, fizz, Lugio Battisti, EvitaEvitaEvita, Ken Laszlo, The B52's ?, Magic Fly, Passion, C 365, Spatla Disco 2008, Superb Super Pop Session #2, Star Peace - Droids, Black Devil

and another winner by him sans le danse,



If you're in Chicago, the only two places I know of to get stuff like this is Grammaphone and Hot Jams. Hot Jams is ridiculously under the radar with north side folk. Go down Archer already! Oh by the way, Robotnick is coming to Sonotheque on 10Oct. Yes. Last times when I saw him at RedNo and the warehouse party near the river and belmont/elston killed. I don't think people are into Italo as much as I am, but people were really going for it with him.

I'm feeling... disappointed

Have you ever watched one of your favorite 80's cartoons or movies only to realize that it's not the way you remembered it; perhaps you finally realize that the show that you thought was so cool is actually really lame? I can't think of an example right now other than Tail Spin or Rescue Rangers, however musically I just discovered one this morning.

My guy Alexander Robotnik has an awesome album called "Oh No... Robotnik" which is how I came to discover him. He's had a big influence on the electro-Italo music scene and is a really good DJ if you ever get a chance to see him; Israeli Dan (and Adrian?) and I saw him at Rednofive a couple of years back and I even saw him at a warehouse party near my house where my pal Adam ended up talking the good talk with the cops while I slithered past unscathed. Massive speakers, his head bobbing up and down furiously while people where getting sweaty (you didn't really have to dance to get wet, it was hot enough if you weren't by a fan). That was an interesting time. His top song back in the 80's was

Alexander Robotnik - Problemes D'Amour

It is in French, but the guy is Italian. He also put out a year or so ago what he calls History which is basically a chronological mix of a lot of good house hits over the years. I played it at my old occupation once when I was working late and this supervisor guy (not mine) who used to be in the scene walked in on me playing this music and started dancing in the office at 7pm. "Oh man... THIS song!" I hardly know any of the tracks, but it's pretty good:

Alexander Robotnik - History

Which brings us to the present. I'm Maurizio Dami's friend on myspace (his real name) and he put out a new video doing some old-style electro stuff. I was fairly excited to see it... until I actually saw it. Just watching the guy do the vocals and the dancing, one can't help but laugh and dismiss his efforts. It just makes me want to hang my head. Watch it if you dare.