Quick track jammed out for The Fearless Few production challenge 44.

180 mins to make a beat.... with samples from  @lofi_resort

"Norwegian members Jonas and Martin Kraggerud have achieved amazing things with their sparse but effective productions in the broad realm of ‘chilled beats’. Rather than trying to emulate their success to achieve equally impressive play stats, the brief is: make your own chill beat, whether it's relaxed and mellow, that good dusty boom bap, some chopped jazz samples, sleepy and sad lofi or a more experimental or ambient beat.
To get you started, Jonas and Martin have very kindly shared a folder of royalty free samples they have compiled and made available through Lofi Resort.
https://www.dropbox.com/.../AACFa6TY6yQGOkrC-R640R6oa...

Whatever vibe you end up with is up to you, but ‘chill’ is the key word here.
Production time: 180 minutes
Deadline: 31st August 2021"

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Icicle Works

The classic "Cuss Cuss" riddim as re-imagined by post apocalyptic reggae loving robots...

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Ultracuss (mp3)

The "Tempo" riddim as re-imagined by those damned post apocalyptic reggae loving robots...

Idiot Sound (We Call That Lo Fi) (mp3)

the classic "Kunta Kinte" reimagined by broken post apocalyptic reggae loving robots...

Geordi La Forge (mp3)

From the "Rude Mechanicals EP".
Futuristic riddims sent back through a wormhole by a band of post-apocalyptic reggae loving robots. 
Created with that concept and the motto Strictly Lo-Fi for your Hi-Fi in mind, Robot Riddims’ official debut Rude Mechanicals combines the sound of chiptune, a love of 1980s dancehall and a trusty circuit-bent 1988 Kawai drum machine into a four track sure shot.
The EP kicks off with the future/past dancehall sound and disembodied android deejaying of “RoboRockers”, before continuing with a nod to more recent JA beats with the crunchy drums and cheerfully skittering 8 bit arps of “Skynet Party”.
Next up the noisy, anarchic “True Grit” pushes the bit crushed lo-fi sound to the extreme to create a truly brutal groove, before the release is rounded off with the dubbed out and stripped down “RoboDubbers” version of the EP’s first track.
And remember: Resistance is Futile.

(artwork: Stephen Willard)

Rude Mechanicals EP

Robot Riddims - RoboRockers

Rude Mechcanicals EP

Skynet Party

Robot Riddims - Skynet Party

RoboRockers (Robodubbers Version)

Robot Riddims - RoboRockers (RoboDubbers Version)

The latest release from Robot Riddims brings you an extra special double helping of lofi bass music. A-side "¡Ay Z0mb0t" is a reggae tinged roller, riding a bassline generated by the General instruments AY-3 chip - last heard providing the beats on the ZX Spectrum. 

B-side "Headcharge" is a more uptempo affair, featuring some seriously screwy vocal malfunctions from a nintendo gameboy backed up by brain scorching arps and crunchy 8 bit noise. 

Available from Nov 2nd from all the usual places...

<a href='https://theartistunion.com/tracks/ae9ced'>Download for free on The Artist Union</a>

¡Ay Z0mb0t!

in retrospect, this quick jam, consisting of some 808 drum hits and a bunch of samples taken from a Casio PT series keyboard I bought in a thrift store was kinda the starting point of the whole "recycling old tech" Robot Riddims thing. 

Anyway, I just found it lying about, so here it is for completeness!

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Cass Ay Yo

The title track from the Robosoca EP is built around a soca influenced beat, big bad bass and some screaming arps from a pair of YM2149 chips, as featured in a host of 1980s arcade games and home computers. Future dancehall from the ghosts of computers past!

Out Feb 15th 2019

Robosoca EP

Robosoca

15/2/19

A ravetastic remix of the EP's title track from the lovely people https://soundcloud.com/dadhaus.... 

more from them at https://dadhaus.bandcamp.com/

Robosoca (Dadhaus Remix)

Arranged solely from field recordings made during the journey from London to Zagare Fringe Festival, Lithunia and originally performed at the festival 10th May 2019.

www.zagarefringe.com/

Thank You For Flying

Arranged solely from field recordings made during the journey from London to Zagare Fringe Festival, Lithunia and originally performed at the festival 10th May  2019.

http://www.zagarefringe.com/

Oh Seven Twenty Two

"Ai Weilai" was originally created as part of a production challenge focused on what the music of our future might sound like in 2030. The title means "Love the Future" in Mandarin and was used as a soundalike substitution by supporters of artist Ai Weiwei when his name was censored on social network Weibo.

This will the be first single in a forthcoming series of "Data Packet" releases.

thanks for listening, Robot Riddims

Ai Weilai

Nsonyiwa

Strictly Lo-Fi for your Hi-Fi. 
A thousand broken robots making melancholy 8bit noise.
Member of @TheFearlessFew

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