Hello humanoids, out on Friday 16th May 2008
ROBO CAST 21
Love Will Tear Us Apart
The best original electronica from around the globe is now ready for your listening pleasure.
Here's a list of the fantastic artists for this show: -
ARTISTS / TRACKS / LINKS
HALO EFFECT - Things Fall Apart
At the beginning of 90's, while the Grunge wave ruled everywhere, Alessandro Polinori and Federico Rosi gave birth to several musical projects wholy electronics named Puppets and Electro Alba, whose main musical reference was the great Depeche Mode. Years and years of concerts and demo-tapes led them to accumulate more and more experiences in the musical roman landscape and not only, until the bands split for inner reasons. Later on Alessandro Polinori resumed his musical activity in the electronic band Kaiser Soze (among other things winner in the Festival Feedback and protagonist in several DM Parties), while Federico Rosi had gone on with several other projects. When these band split, in the autumn 2001 the project HALO EFFECT born in Ostia Lido Rome, with the line up compound by Alessandro Polinori (synth&progr), Federico Rosi (synth&progr) and John Peverieri (vocals&lyrics), big fan of Depeche Mode and always present at dark and electronic roman clubs. The band's aim is to create an original electronic product even remaining clear the artstic references (first Depeche Mode and generally the german electronic music, synthpop, darkwave and EBM ). The lyrics are in english in the conviction that that language, together with german, is the best language that fits well with the electronic music, allowing at the same time to have an international product. The atmospheres go from synthpop to darkwave always marked by dark shades, even when the rates go faster. During their live performances HALO EFFECT play many Depeche Mode tracks, as a proper tribute to the band they literally adore. On this subject, the wonderful debut gig on april 17th 2003 is worth to be mentioned, when HALO EFFECT took part in the 1st Great Depeche Mode 013 Electric Zone Party before an audience of 600 persons in the historic roman club Black Out. The collabaration with the first italian site about Depeche Mode (www.depechemodeitalia.com) has allowed to Halo Effect to meet Marco Cattani who was involved, with his guitar, in the Black Out live show and now he is integral part of the band as guitarist and also synth&progr. The first demo "Past Continuous" was out in the August 2003 and it was good welcomed by the audience. From then on Halo Effect shared the stage with important bands of the international landscape as Melotron, The Cruxshadows, Greenhouse, De/Vision and Bloody Dead & Sexy, in DM Parties context, but above all in many events in which they showed original tracks. The live activity is gone on with many concerts in roman clubs and with fortunate concerts in Naples and in Igea Marina (Rimini). At the end of June Halo Effect have finished to record their second demo titled "Days Of Silence" that is possible to download from the site www.the-cure.it or directly in the audio section of the offcial band site www.haloeffect.too.it. At the moment Halo Effect are promoting their new work in their live shows together with, of course, some new Depeche Mode covers. Though the hard live activity that will lead them to open the concert of the italian historic band KRISMA, Halo Effect are now working on some new tracks that will take part in their first album.
THE STATICFIELD - Planet Erde (Planet Earth) http://the_staticfield.myownmusic.de http://www.myspace.com/thestaticfield
About The Staticfield The Staticfield There is a new name occurring amongst the avantgarde of electronic music : The Staticfield. But what is The Staticfield ? The Staticfield is a musical project for redefining the character of ambient music. Non mainstream, just electronic music from the real source : the heart. The Staticfield stands for unique and special sounds with a deep flowing atmosphere, that’ll catch you in a hypnotical spiderweb of soundwaves and acoustic sensations. Emerging from nowhere, The Staticfield has already created an own musical sphere beyond all known modern standards, and leaves all categories behind. It’s a sound, newborn and dramatically authentic. Rootsy, by the real meaning of this word : with a deep sense for love and feeling. ERIK BJORN in collaboration with SHMUKZ GALAXY - Echo Roadtrip http://www.myspace.com/bjornsoul http://www.soundclick.com/erikbjorn + SHMUKZ GALAXY http://www.myspace.com/shmukz From Belgrade, Serbia Yugoslavia
Erik Bjorn is a funk and soul singer/guitarist/songwriter from the midwest. Playing a hybrid of funk,soul ,r n b,hip hop, rock,blues and roots,psychedelic,and indie ... he has kind of created another style through defining his own interpretation of all those various forms of music(or at least attempted to do so).... make your own opinion.hope you like what you hear! Peace, E. News - Erik is working on full length studio album.To be released late summer 2008. FINE TIME - Indian Muslim
"Fine Time consists of the two chameleonic musicians Tom Time (Drums, Percussions, Synths, Sequencing a.o.) and Phil Fine (Guitar, Bass, Samplez, Synths and Vocs). From time to time some guest-musicians like the gifted young songstress Charlène and "Mister Bubbleizer" TooFaze from the band Last Equinox joining the band. To pigeonhole this band is an almost impossible mission. Their repertoire stretches across New Wave/Age, Electronic-Body-Music, Ambient Sounds to the point of Reggae-rhythms. A sound that has not been heard since the 80's. They mix modern sequencer-sounds with samples and conventional instruments like drums/percussions, guitar or bass-guitar. The musical results of this fusion are absolutly unique. The whole thing is rounded out by ambitious, political and sociocritical lyrics, which seemed to be extinct since the 70's. An innovative project, which clarifies the change of the music-biz."
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erhältlich als Promo-CD für Veranstalter und Radios ab mitte April 2008
GARY HUNTER (reworked by FUTURE DAZE) - The Glimmer Man

Gary has recently completed the immence task for recording his own tribute CD to the wonderful Kraftwerk. Robo Cast Radio have lucky enough to hear the album in full and it's fantastic. Due to copyright "potential" problems we do not play any cover versions on the show. In some respects this is a shame as the album is fab.Below is a quick summary review of the album from Gary Wright of NEON (another Kraftwerk expert). I was lucky enough to be one of the few to recieve a copy of Gary Hunter's "Music By Design" CD a tribute to Kraftwerk. Being a huge fan of the dusseldorf maestros since 1975 I am always excited to hear other's interpretation of their music, so when I heard Gary was to do a cd I was hoping to get to listen. So now I can get to review it in all it's glory. In conclusion then. Gary's tribute to Kraftwerk is a fine piece of electronic music done by someone who is clearly a real fan of the Menshe Machines. His love of the original comes through in every one of these tracks and he should be very proud of what he has achieved here, I know I would be if it was me. 10/10 - Well done Gary......(Robo Cast Radio seconds that!!) The new FUTURE DAZE album MIXED SYNTHETIC MESSAGES is out now - http://www.futuredaze.co.uk/products.html JON TEKNIK - Radio Station http://www.jonteknikmusic.com/ http://www.myspace.com/jonteknik
Several highly recommended CD's are available from the website - Intuitive Scientists e.p. CD, Tones From Home (1994-1999) CD album, Testing The Echo e.p CD
Jonteknik has been creating electronic music since 1988 when he discovered Kraftwerk and Jean-Michel Jarre. Back then the music was created on an Amiga computer with a tracker program. Soon progressing through Cubase on the Atari ST and finally finding the joy of Apple Mac, Jonteknik started with Logic and now uses Pro-tools LE with a variety of soft synths and plug-ins. The first release came in 1994 on Desy Balmer's 'Nice & Nasty' label. This was the 'Tanzmusik e.p' created up in Manchester's 'Out of the Blue' studio, now sadly gone. Jonteknik joined forces with Kraftwerk enthusiast Mark 'Staggman' Stagg and Andy Sturmey who is responsible for many of Jontekniks CD cover images. Gaining respect from the press, such as Melody maker, Future music, Music Technology, MT and The Mix, Jonteknik was crafting his own sound around the heavy influences of those great pioneers from Düsseldorf. It was soon discovered by the world's coolest Belgian and writer/producer Pascal Gabriel who helped Jonteknik sharpen production skills. Pascal introduced Jonteknik to Claudia Brücken. They both corresponded by post. A simple demo was recorded around 1993 called 'Ohm from ohm'. Jonteknik also had the pleasure of meeting up with Holly Johnson in the mid 1990's. A few ideas were put together and there was a lot of music chat. Holly showed Jonteknik that songs worked with the right structure. An acoustic performance of 'Relax' and 'Love train' demonstrated this exactly! More recently Jonteknik worked with Paul Humphreys and Claudia Brücken on their 'Onetwo' project. Jonteknik co-wrote and co-produced several tracks and even dabbled with lyrics. One of the highlights for Jon was getting to program percussion and synths on a track that has Martin Gore from Depeche Mode on guitar! It was a hard time for Jon as issues beyond his control were making life complicated. To this day Jon holds the times of working with Paul Humphreys as a great memory, especially creating 'The theory of everything'.
Now Jon looks towards the future and as well as working with vocalists/writers on a brand new album, there are releases of older material being released to introduce you to the sound of Jonteknik.
ISAVIS - Nightwalker
http://www.isavis.com http://www.myspace.com/isavisplanet
ISAVIS is an electronic music composer from Latina, Italy. Playing synthesizers, samplers and drum machines, and sometimes vocals. The fantastic debut album, COSMICO DIVINO, was released in april 2008. You may want to click HERE to buy it. ISAVIS can sign them inside (in case, they come unwrapped). If you want one signed, let ISAVIS know when you place your order. A message on myspace mailbox is fine. After the 1st 100 copies, this won't be possible anymore 'cause my record company does the shipping. GET YOUR COPY NOW :) T.A.M.M. - Weather Girl http://www.myspace.com/theincrediblemm
I don't have much time left, each day another piece of me slides, then drops off completely. Soon I will be but liquid............ The Amazing Melting Man ALBA BEAT - Regenerate The Love http://www.myspace.com/albabeat http://www.arkade.com/Alba_Beat
Hello people and welcome to my page, here is some form of a Biography to let you know some history about my musical self, im Gary Taylor, an Icelandic/English hybrid, based in Birmingham/Reykjavik, i started making music from an early age, inspired by the original music of the time, Punk, New Wave, Reggae, Electro Pop, Disco, Funk, playing drums on cardboard boxes and tins writing lyrics and singing with friends in my parents Garage (we thought we were a real Band), from there on i played on whatever Home keyboard, Piano, Organ i could lay my hands on, always dreaming of Synthesizers and Studios and being rich and famous (Not the case now i may add), over time i made music with my friends at home on simple old School Yamaha and Casio keyboards with added drums (you know the ones with a button for drum fills), we added taped recordings of cool phrases from Video Films of the day (yes it was the 80's and its called Sampling and Editing now), this was the start of my creative approach to music, i started DJ'ing around this period, Scratching, Mixing up Tapes and general madness on the Turntables which i still involve in my music from time to time, then came the 90's and i worked and played hard and bought myself my first Home Studio, i worked under the name of Solid Dawn and built up a good back catalogue of ideas and Demos all the time working harder on my DJ live set performances, this is where i really learnt what music was all about, people, gatherings, inspiration, new technology and attitudes and different approaches to making music, for me another perfect building block, then when the millennium came i started teaching myself more musical skill, production, engineering, everything about the musical process i could find out about, i also went back to college to learn more about music production, now i feel the time is right for people to hear my music and sounds, with the added confidence and mobility the Internet brings ive started my Alba Beat project up here on myspace, so there we have me in a nutshell people all up to date, im sorry this Biog didn't last that long or not, but i do hope you will enjoy what im doing here, keep in touch, Peace, Gary, Alba Beat. DATA UNI† - Take Off http://www.myspace.com/dataunit
About Data Uni† (François de Benedetti from France) - On December 12th 2007 this project has started.
The main frame was : As I lost everything I became nothing more than a protocol. I used to feel so lonely i thought I became just a kind of flux of data a useless forgotten and odd protocol
sending 0 and 1 into the void. Then i took the name i'm wearing now : Data Uni†
WINDSCALE - Planetary Grid Malfunction http://www.happyrobotmusic.co.uk/ http://www.myspace.com/00windscale00
All tracks Recorded using mainly Circuit Bent instruments. The instruments are Circuit Bent by Ian Sherwen, for more information check out the Happy Robot Music website - Happy Robot Music. Get in touch with if you want to book Windscale to play live, or if you are interested in purchasing any circuit bent instruments. Sounds like Circuit Bent Drone Rock.
All units handmade in Birmingham, UK, by myself - Ian Sherwen, get in touch to order a unit or if you have a query. I have made instruments and pedals for kode9, Omnia Opera, Barry and Stuart, Wee Djs, and many more. Have a look at my Ebay auctions for stuff I currently have for sale. Look here for Windscale music made by myself using Circuit Bent instruments.Check out my Circuit Bent sample kits at Prokits. KERNEL DROP - Macroarchitecture http://www.myspace.com/kerneldrop
You can find the Kernel Drop album on BEATPORT on Glory Box Records - Total Wipes Productions SUNBURN IN CYPRUS - In The Sunshine http://www.sunburnincyprus.de/ http://www.myspace.com/sunburnincyprus
Sunburn In Cyprus, based in Goettingen (Germany), was founded in 1998 as an avenue to produce electronic music outside of members regular musical work. Beside remixes for different artists, Sunburn In Cyprus focuses on many different genres such as triphop, house, lounge/chill-out, dance mixed with catchy pop vocals and jazz influences. Their fanbase includes now listeners all over the world, especially in Australia, Germany, UK, Canada and the USA. Originally just a studio/remix project with several/changing members, Sunburn In Cyprus (Of course no animals have been harmed in finding the band name!) also present these songs, tracks from the CDs "Voodoo on demand", "Traffic Jam" and the current album "Raw & Mixed" as well as brandnew unreleased tracks live on stage since early 2005. Please check also the homepage at http://www.sunburnincyprus.de for music and up-to-date information. BELOW - ROBO CAST RADIO KEY LINKS For FULL details including all the artist links visit the Robo Cast website – http://www.robocastradio.co.uk/latestshow.html HERE IS THE LINK TO THE CURRENT SHOW DOWNLOAD - http://robocastradio.podomatic.com/enclosure/2008-05-01T10_45_52-07_00.MP3 SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST RSS Feed http://robocastradio.podomatic.com/rss2.xml YOU CAN ALSO GET THE SHOW FROM THE MADCASTER NETWORK http://www.mc1.madcasternetworks.com/caster/679/audio.php TO ENSURE YOU DO NOT MISS OUT PLEASE JOIN THE ROBO CAST RADIO BLOG http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.Confirmsubscribe&friendID=209952362