We’ve Moved to Soundcloud!

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chicago, mixes, podcast, techno

Just a heads up if you’ve been directed here. All of our Only For Robots mixes are now being posted strictly on our Soundcloud account. Find it here.

Cheers.

My Picks for 2012 (Adam)

Here’s a list of releases I enjoyed this year. No particular order. Big thanks to all the producers, musicians, artists out there who continue to release quality material. You can click on the album title to hear a track from said album.

Theologian – Finding Comfort in Overwhelming Negativity [Handmade Birds]

Andy Stott – Luxury Problems [Modern Love]

Mutilation Rites – Empyrean [Prosthetic]

Locrian – The Clearing/The Final Epoch [Relapse]

Lone – Galaxy Garden [R&S]

Raime – Quarter Turns Over a Living Line [Blackest Ever Black]

Hal Floyd – Child, I Deem [Don’t Trust Humans]

 

Hal Floyd – Vision [Don’t Trust Humans]

Sun Airway – Soft Fall [Dead Oceans]

Vatican Shadow – Ghosts of Chechnya [Hospital Productions]

Converge – All We Love We Leave Behind [Epitaph]

 

Julia Holster – Ekstasis [Rvng Intl]

 

Voices From The Lake – s/t [Prologue]

 

Ash Borer – Cold of Ages [Profound Lore]

 

Bosse-De-Nage – III [Profound Lore]

 

Peter Van Hoesen – Perceiver [Time To Express]

 

JK Flesh – Posthuman [3by3]

 

Silent Servant – Negative Fascination [Hospital Productions]

 

Actress – RIP [Honest Jon’s]

 

Shed – The Killer [50 Weapons]

Recent Beatings (Mix Recommendations)

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19.454.18.5.25.5.18, 88uw, Background Techno Experience, CLFT, Ed Gein, Field Records, Gianluca Melon, Go Hiyama, Jeroen Search, Outis, Patty, Qbot, Sebastian Kokow, smile cold anatomy, Thomas Hessler

Greetings, robots. I wanted to put together a small list of some mixes I’ve been throughly enjoying recently.

88uw – A View Into 2012

Thomas Hessler Promo Set Jan 2012

19.454.18.5.25.5.18 – Field Recording 033 [Field Records]

Jeroen Search – CLFT Podcast 18

Sebastian Kokow – You Know and I Know

Gianluca Meloni Outis Podcast 02

Qbot Quadratic Mix

GO HIYAMA – Background Techno Experience Episode 239 (click link)

Patty – Sirens 

http://official.fm/tracks/332930?size=small

Scott Siesennop @ Badassness, STL 11/12/10

WWEGD?

-r@t-

25 of My Favorite Releases of 2011

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2011, andy stott, Ash Borer, Baptists, Big Spiders Back, Carl Calm, Ford and Lopatin, Haxan Cloak, Ken Mode, Kryptic Minds, Liturgy, Motion Sickness of Time Travel, Patrice and Friends, Patten, Regis, Roly Porter, surgeon, Tim Hecker, Tombs, Trap Them, Tropic of Cancer, wold, xhin, year end lists

     It’s been an absolutely great year for music, IMO. I kept my list to 25, and in no particular order. I’m sure if I gave this more thought, some may fall out, and others may fall in. But, whatever. These are all absolutely outstanding releases in my eyes. I tried to keep my list full of all LPs, but I believe a 12″, and some EPs made the cut. Anyways, you can click on the artist, and that will take you to a youtube video featuring a track from the album I showcased. Can’t wait to see what 2012 has to bring. Already some great things set to release the next couple months.

• Ford and Lopatin – Channel Pressure [Mexican Summer]
• Tim Hecker – Ravedeath, 1972 [Kranky]
• Ken Mode – Venerable [Profound Lore]
• Andy Stott – Passed Me By [Modern Love]
• Wold – Freermasonry [Profound Lore]
• Liturgy – Aesthethica [Thrill Jockey]
• Alva Noto – Univrs [Rastar Notion]
• Pete Swanson – Man With Potential [Type]
• Xhin – Sword [Stroboscopic Artefacts]
• The Haxan Cloak – s/t [AURORA BOREALIS]
• Tombs – Path of Totality [Relapse]
• Krallice – Diotima [Profound Lore]
• Motion Sickness of Time Travel – Luminaries & Synastry [Digitalis]
• Tropic of Cancer – The End of All Things [Downwards]
• Patten – GLAQJO XAACSSO [No Pain in Pop]
• Surgeon – Breaking the Frame [Dynamic Tension Records]
• Roly Porter – Aftertime [Subtext]
• Baptists – Black Dawn EP [Holy Roar Records]
• Carl Calm – A Party Tide [self released cassette]
• Regis – In A Syrian Tongue 12″ [Blackest Ever Black]
• Patrice and Friends – Cashmere Sheets [Sulk Records]
• Big Spiders Back – Memory Man [Circle Into Square]
• Ash Borer – s/t [Gilead Media, Eternal Warfare, Suburban Mayhem, Psychic Violence]
• Kryptic Minds – Can’t Sleep [Blackbox]
• Trap Them – Darker Handcraft [Prosthetic Records]

Lastly, I’ve got some great new talent lined up for the Only For Robots guest mix series for 2011. All new faces, and I’m sure we’ll see some familiar ones throughout the year. My new years resolution with this blog is to dedicate more time to updating it with what I’m listening to, what others are listening to, Chicago updates, and whatever else I feel is mindless jargon that I should spew out at you.

Have a happy new year, and see ya in 2010.

-the r@t-

My Top 20 of 2010

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2010, agalloch, all the waters of the earth shall turn to blood, at a loss recordings, at war with false noise, beck, black metal, caribou, chicago, columbia, congratulations, crucial blast, dagger paths, demdike stare, Don't Trust Humans, drake, drunkdriver, dubstep, eardrums and black holes, Extinction, forest swords, gilead media, gnaw their tongues, hip hop, hippos in tanks, hotflush, inxs, kick, L'arrivée de la Terne Mort Triomphante, liberation through hearing, locrian, mgmt, modern love, monument to time end, nekrasov, noise, olde english spelling bee, oneohtrix point never, parts unknown, planet mu, pop, Profound Lore, rap, record club, scuba, southern lord, starkey, summit, territories, thank me later, that we can play, the body, the crystal world, thou, triangulation, twilight, universal, utech, wold, Working Together for [o]ur Privacy, young money

This list is by no means in any particular order. There have been some absolutely incredible releases to come out this year. Some of which I may have forgotten about, considering there’s so much to keep track of. I tried to keep MOST EPs, and single tracks off of my list, and stick to full lengths. I don’t want this to get too lengthy. I’ve included youtube clips instead of reviews, to give you a better idea of the acts. So, without further ado, I give you my top 20 (in NO order!)…

NEKRASOV – Extinction [Crucial Blast]

The whole album can be streamed via mp3 samples on the Crucial Blast website. Just scroll down for Nekrasov.

GNAW THEIR TONGUES – L’arrivée de la Terne Mort Triomphante [Crucial Blast]

CARIBOU– Swim [Merge]

WOLD – Working Together for [o]ur Privacy [Profound Lore]

THOU– Summit [Gilead Media/Southern Lord]

AGALLOCH – Marrow of the Spirit [Profound Lore]

THE BODY– All the Waters of the Earth Shall Turn to Blood [At A Loss Recordings]

LOCRIAN – Territories [At War With False Noise] and The Crystal World [Utech]

From Territories –

From The Crystal World –

DRUNKDRIVER – S/T [Parts Unknown]I couldn’t find any youtube vids of single tracks from this, so instead, I give you some live footage –

DEMDIKE STARE – Liberation Through Hearing [Modern Love]

MGMT – Congratulations [Columbia]

ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER – Returnal [No Fun, Editions Mego]

STARKEY – Ear Drums and Black Holes – [Planet Mu]

SCUBA – Triangulation [Hotflush]

DRAKE – Thank Me Later [Young Money/Universal]

FOREST SWORDS – Dagger Paths [Olde English Spelling Bee]

BECK RECORD CLUB – INXS’ Kick

GAMES – That We Can Play [Hippos in Tanks]

TWILIGHT – Monument To Time End [Southern Lord]

A special thanks to blogs, friends, message boards, record labels, and most importantly, the artists themselves. Looking forward to an awesome year of great 2011 releases!