lo-fi ROBOT Boy's Musical Sketchbook.

A collection of rough tracks, works-in-progress, and music ideas for future tracks. An aural scrapbook.

Sketches from the ROBOT Lab

Revival Synth Recommends 2019 (3)

14 tracks of unbelievably good, mostly electronic, music; plus one track by yours truly. Go and check out each one of these amazing artists... you won't regret it.

Stone A

funky grooves

WHEN THE WORLD SLOWS DOWN

released on
SYNTH STATION sampler LP (Radio Cosmos, 2008)
THE SILICON SCIENTIST - BOOKMARKS II CD (Anna Logue Records, 2009).

Music & Words: Stefan Bornhorst.
Instruments & Voices: The Silicon Scientist.


When The World Slows Down (2008)

Radio Edits of the singles from the album 'Before The Storm'.

Sandstorm (Radio Edit)

Vinyl her: http://bit.ly/2epXfWW
Digital: http://btprt.dj/2eYFxvt | 
Out 21/10/16 on Acker Records ( https://soundcloud.com/3000-grad )
"Gelbensande E.P. - Zigan Aldi ( https://soundcloud.com/ziganaldi )

Buy on Beatport

Zigan Aldi - Blue Hill feat. Sandeck  - Pophop Remix (out on 21.10.16)

"New Year's Day" Bandcamp exclusive single will be available on January 1, 2019 with the b-side "Bad Science"

"End.Game." will be available the same day on clear 12" vinyl, Limited Edition CD, and Digital.

New Year's Day

A little "lo-fi acid house nobody-reads-this DAW-less" jam.

Novation Bass Station
Korg Volca Bass
Pearl DRX-1
Roland D-50
Arturia Beatstep Pro

Liquid Zoo

NOTES No.1

NOTES No.1 - sketches from the ROBOT Lab

Another late-night synth jam, recorded dry and archived here.

This is a little chord sequence I was banging out on the piano for the last few days. It began to sound like it could be a good synth-pop tune so I put together a very rough cut so I wouldn't lose the idea. I'll go back and rework it a bit and it may end up on my next album.

As always, Listen. Share. ENJOY!

Cheers!
LRB

NOTES No.2

NOTES No.2 - sketches from the ROBOT Lab

Synth Sunday!
Messing around with my "new" Novation Bass station plus my trusty ol' Roland D-50 and JV-35. Very rough track that may be massaged into part of the upcoming Liquid Zoo album.

Listen, share, ENJOY!

sketches from the ROBOT Lab

NOTES No.3 - sketches from the ROBOT Lab

Tangerine Dream-inspired sequence produced using a Novation Bass Station, Roland D-50 and Moog MG-1. We're "all vintage, all the time" here at the ROBOT Lab. Well, except when were not. Anyway...

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NOTES - sketches from the ROBOT Lab

NOTES No.4 - sketches from the ROBOT Lab

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NOTES No.5 came about one rainy Sunday afternoon while I was testing out a newly acquired Novation Bass Station. I sequenced a simple baseline on the JUNO-106 and then started experimenting with lead sounds. I added 808 drum samples from a Roland JV-35, started playing chords with cheesy choir samples and before long I had the makings of a little synth-pop ditty.

NOTES - Sketches from the ROBOT Labs

NOTES No.5 - sketches from the ROBOT Lab

Support Indie Art

I feel bad for trying to take any credit for this one, but Mystique Wind insists. Passed along an ambience track with some real awesome sounds, I was inspired to give it a little structure, and add a beat. I passed it back and, inspired, M.W. added over another minute of music to the end of it!
Artwork by Mystique Wind
Link: @mystique_wind

Mystique Wind & MadmoJoe - Sylenth

Stay (Into the Night Extended Mix)

An interim is also known as the intervening time, the in-between period of one event and another. 
Sometimes the interim can be stressful, boring, or a combination of both. We want you to enjoy this time. 
Leave your worries for a while, come with us, and just enjoy. 
Let us walk you into the start of a carefree synthy summer. Just say you will. 

Composed, produced and dreamt by Bonggita
https://bonggita.bandcamp.com/track/in-interim
https://www.instagram.com/bonggitamusic/
https://www.facebook.com/bonggitasound

lyrics

Say you will come along 
I've got some time to spare 
And I don't want to be alone 

No matter how you feel, 
I'm sure that we'll get on 
I know it's gloomy out 
But I can see the sun. 

Say you will 

Walk with me 
We can act out our dreams 
It will be just like we're in a movie 
Walk with me 
We can go far away from society 

Walk with me

Bonggita - In Interim

"Electric sound-waves that pulse through our sleep"

Quieter Than Spiders release their long-awaited debut album Signs of Life. The Chinese-Anglo band was formed in Shanghai in 2012 and has been quietly rising to prominence among the electronic music community with what the group self-styles as ‘Shanghai Synthpop’. Online music magazine The Electricity Club included Quieter Than Spiders in a list of their favourite new artists and described them as “What OMD would sound like if they formed in the 21st Century”.

Signs of Life was self-produced by the group and combines their contrasting styles of uptempo synthpop and slow reflective melancholy. The album features 10 tracks including familiar songs such as Hibakusha, Shanghai Metro, The Land of Lost Content and No Illusion. There are also 10 remixes by artists such as Kevin Komoda from Rational Youth, Vile Electrodes and The Silicon Scientist. Signs of Life also includes 8 mini interludes which the group describes as ‘brief dream sequences’. Group member Leon Zhang said: “the album includes a slower and more experimental side to our music that people haven’t yet heard from us, especially songs such as The Signs of Life and The Statues which are more personal and introverted.”

The album was recorded in both Shanghai and the UK and was mastered in Germany by Stefan Bornhorst (aka The Silicon Scientist). The group did not use a formal recording space which gave them the opportunity to experiment. “We used minimal equipment which gave us the opportunity to record songs in a variety of places. We even recorded parts in an old deserted Shanghai building earmarked for demolition, and in an overgrown tunnel that we found deep in the English countryside”.

About Quieter Than Spiders

Quieter Than Spiders are Leon Zhang, Yifan Zhang and Yao Zhang. The members, who are all related, prefer to stay in the background and let their music represent them on its own. Yifan said: “We just want to make music and stay as quiet as possible about ourselves - we feel more comfortable that way because, as our name suggests, we really are quiet people.” The band’s name actually comes from an old school nickname for one of the members.

Speaking about their influences, Yao said: “We like many types of music but we especially like early electronic music. The experimental nature of it and the subtle imperfections often give the music a haunting atmosphere - it somehow sounds both modern and timelessly old at the same time.” She added: “Electronic music arrived in China in a polished digital form via modern commercial pop but we wanted to step back and approach electronic music from an earlier time point.”



2LP features: limited edition of approx. 350copies, gloss laminated gatefold sleeve with lyrics and credits on inner pages, design by Steve Lippert, mastered by Stefan Bornhorst, pressed by Record Industry, remixes by Delayscape, Jonteknik, Kevin Komoda, Micro Cheval, Quieter Than Spiders, The Silicon Scientist and Vile Electrodes



2CD features: limited edition of 300 copies, 6pp Digipak with lyrics and credits on inner pages, design by Steve Lippert, mastered by Stefan Bornhorst,  remixes by Delayscape, Jonteknik, Kevin Komoda, Micro Cheval, Quieter Than Spiders, The Silicon Scientist and Vile Electrodes

15 THE SIGNS OF LIFE

The Shadow Effect

Check out the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LowJxrI-IdU 

Sweet Dreams (are made of synths)began with the idea to re-imagine the famous Eurythmics song. Like all the "Notes" tracks this is a work in progress.

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NOTES - Sketches from the Robot Labs

SWEET DREAMS (are made of synths)

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Guess it’s goodbye
It was fun while it lasted
No that’s a lie
It was quite a disaster
You didn’t try
You just wasted the last year
Of both of our lives
I’m just glad that we’re done here

But you weren’t supposed to be an enemy
No, you were supposed to be a friend to me
But you weren’t supposed to be an enemy
No, you were supposed to be a friend to me

I’m sorry I lied
It was just to protect me
I wish that I tried to not let it affect me
See, I’m a good guy
But you lost my respect when
I couldn’t deny
What you seemed to neglect then

But you weren’t supposed to be an enemy
No, you were supposed to be a friend to me
But you weren’t supposed to be an enemy
No, you were supposed to be a friend to me

But you weren’t supposed to be an enemy
No, you were supposed to be a friend to me
But you weren’t supposed to be an enemy
No, you were supposed to be a friend to me

Enemy (Single)

Enemy

Check out the amazing version of this track with INGRID
https://soundcloud.com/ingr_d/lunatic-annihilation-bp

1934 Licorice Coffins

Hi there,
here also my second single release from my recent album illusions.
Here I turned on the retro and modern screws ;) It is also a dream maker :) I wish you much pleasure, tell me what you think about!

All original by C.J.ROGERS

more also here: https://www.cjrogersmusic.com

Strange Lights

Ben Böhmer playing an exclusive sunrise live show from a hot air balloon above Cappadocia, in Turkey for Cercle.

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Ben Böhmer - Cappadocia (feat Romain Garcia) 
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☞ Ben Böhmer
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Video credits:

Artists: Ben Böhmer
Venue: Cappadocia, Turkey
Produced by Cercle
Executive producers: Philippe Tuchmann & Derek Barbolla
Film directed by: Pol Souchier & Derek Barbolla
Directors of photography: Mathieu Glissant & Mickaël Fidjili
Drone pilot: Pedrag Vojinovic
FPV drone pilot: Filip Petronijevic
Mix & Mastering : Ben Böhmer 
Post-production: Mathieu Glissant (Saison Unique Production)

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Special thanks to:
Tom Pounsford from Involved Management - Anjunadeep. 

Murat Yavuz from Turquoiz Balloon. 

Also thanks to Jonathan Kubben Quinonez (MomImfine). 

And also thanks to Sinem Özyalçın, Tuğçe Özgen, Seçil Kaplan and Aslı Çay from the tourism board of Turkey. 

Last but not least, thanks to Embassy of Sound, Anjunadeep, Hungry Music and Dancecode. 

______

This artistic performance has been recorded live. 

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Ben Böhmer live above Cappadocia in Turkey for Cercle

Citta Flow is the older version of this band: https://soundcloud.com/yaima-music

This remix is offered as a free download <3 
https://hypeddit.com/luke-mandala/eastofthemountains

Luke Mandala (House/Techno):

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Mandala Affect moniker (Downtempo / Midtempo):

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I wish you all the love and gratitude <3

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Citta flow - East of the mountains (Mandala Affect Remix) (FREE DOWNLOAD)

Experimental Electronica and Synthesizer Cheese.  lo-fi ROBOT Boy makes music using hardware synthesizers, sequencers & drum machines collected from flea markets, yard sales, and the dusty back rooms of music shops. Everything has knobs, sliders & smells like ozone. VSTs and blue LEDs be damned!

Artist with Pink Dolphin Music Ltd.

SWEET DREAMS (are made of synths)

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