Robot Rock du Jour: Factory Floor - Two Different Ways (2011)
Industrial + Acid = Factory Floor. This gem dropped on DFA two short months after I posted Factory Floor's amazing Real Love.
"Too far gone... Ain't No Way Back!"
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Robot Rock du Jour: Factory Floor - Real Love (2010)
I interrupt your regularly scheduled whatever to bring you this uncut diamond from the London underground. Factory Floor has future classic written all over them. Shows in NY and Philly in late September and early November.
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Keyser Söze Alert: Decadance - On and On (Fears Keep On) (1983)
Dark, italo alchemy at its finest! Although somewhat of a false alarm since Decadance members Franco Rago and Gigi Farina were also responsible for 'Lectric Workers' tasty italo-biscuit Robot is Systematic, this is the one and only Decadance experiment. The twisted lyrics are a perfect match for the track's underground, synthy goodness.
SCHEMATIC: Album cover and record label scans...
Robot Rock du Jour: Zwischenfall - Flucht (1983)
Chew on this dark wave nugget for a while.
SCHEMATIC: Limited edition repress, original female vocal version and more videos...
Flucht was one of my very first blog posts. There is something about this song that works its way into your bones. Josh Cheon of Dark Entries Records in SF just did a limited, hyper-quality repress of the Heute EP including the superior German version of Flucht. For $13, you'd be nuts not to grab one while they're still in supply. Josh also wrote up his great interview with Stephen Kraemer of Zwischenfall.
Flucht (Female Vocal Version) (1984)
The female vocal version of Flucht was actually the b-side of the Sandy Eyes single released on Belgian label Les Disques du Crépuscule and Italo champ Fuzz Dance.
Sandy Eyes (1984)
This song has a much warmer, almost pre-balearic feel to it and was NOT on the Heute EP.
Atemlos (1983)
Robot Rock du Jour: The Neon Judgement - The Fashion Party (1983)
If Robert De Niro were a robot and went on a rampage, this is the song that would be playing in the background. Hyperactive, aggro-nerd breakdance music at its finest. The Fashion Party is some hard-rocking Electronic Body Music from Belgium off the Cockerill-Sombre 12". Love that post-punk guitar around 2:50!
SCHEMATICS: Videos for TV Treated and Tomorrow in the Papers...
TV Treated (1982)
Where NIN came from...