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The best of the 80s, time-warped into contemporary electronic music. Cosmic & magico disco, indie dance, italo-infused bassline tech, funky psychedelic house with high notes of 80s wave & hi-nrg

Mixes & DJ sets

This is our latest slomo mix for Chris Scott's "The Pitch Down" series which has been played on graffitikings.co.uk/radio. Enjoy the energetic vibes!

Trs-Mix Für Chris Scott

Cosmic Disco Mix for "The Pitch Down"

The end is near - at least the end of 2021. It was a strange year again. We would like to make it a bit better and were digging very deeply and crisscross through our vinyl record collection. The result is this trip across space and time with some of our favourite gems from the 80s until now - mixed and recorded live as we love it the most. We start at 100 bpm and rising the frequency with every record until we end at 126 bpm. So take two hours of your time and enjoy the "High Riser Disco Club" while first sitting chilled out in your comfortable armchair and then wild dancing towards the end. We wish you the very best and have a great start into 2022. Big love and peace from The Robot Scientists.

High Riser Disco Club - Vinyl-Only Mix

This vinyl-only mix of special and spacial gems is the starting point for our new curated mixtape series "SOMETHING SPÆCIAL", created to promote the beauty of Cosmic Disco & Future House in a joint effort with some other great cosmic DJs out there. Follow us to stay tuned.

Here is the tracklist, please re-share this mix and buy vinyl of files to support the artists:

Mike Simonetti - The Magician   Italians Do It Better
The Exile Missile - Ray Rider   Permanent Vacation
Marbeya Sound - Gansta Reedflex (Mushrooms Project Remix)   Mad On The Moon
Rory Phillips - Cosmic Fluff   Mixed Fortunes
Rampue - Mama Was A Prog Rocker   Audiolith
Philosophy of Sound - Younger Lover   Discotexas
Last Waltz - Criminal World (Phoreski Remix)   Object Of Distraction
Cos/Mes - Hey Yah!   ESP Institute
Kool DJ Dust - Ancient Astronauts   Feed Records
Last Waltz - Glamour Thing   Tusk Wax
RSS Disco - Des Taxis Pour Les Galaxies   RSS Discovery
Daniel Avery - Drone Logic (Factory Floor (Gabe Guernsey) Remix) Phantasy Sound
The Beat Broker - Ice Castle   Eskimo
Motorcycle Boy - Try   Slow Motion
Shiny Objects feat. Michael Marshall - Higher Ground (Maxxi Soundsystem Remix)   Smoke and Mirrors
Kolombo feat. Michael Parker - Daylight   Eskimo
Kris Menace & Anthony Atcherley - A Love Song For Those Who Love Songs Lauer Remix  Compuphonic
Panther - Christelle (Homage Records)
Legowelt - Visions fade   Bunker

THE ROBOT SCIENTISTS - SPÆCIAL MIX 1 (vinyl-only)

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Freak Con Action (Secret Edit)

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TRS - Don't Walk Edit

We are sure you will enjoy this hit selection from our record collection: full vinyl-only live set from Saturday 17SEP22 Dark Disco (Fetish) Night at Silodom Saarbrücken https://www.facebook.com/events/405803298249910

Live Vinyl Only @Dark Disko Silodom SB 17SEP22

The awesome French duo Club Bizarre from the amazing "Days of Being Wild" label present their special & spacial selection. So good it must be from outer space! Cosmic LOVE! ;) And dont miss Vol.1-6 on our soundcloud.

1/ Chromatics - Tick of the Clock (Hotel International Edit)
2/ Club Bizarre - Trip to Holy Land
3/ Italo Brutalo - Track 1
4/ Club Bizarre - Bazzanbasel (Moon Runner Rmx)
5/ Hotel International - 9 Semaines et Demi
6/ Mansisters - I love the way you hold my hips (Red Axes rmx)
7/ Jamie Paton - To the Light
8/ Andre Bratten - Be a Man you Ant
9/ Club Bizarre - Weird is Sonic (Bruce Trail Rmx)
10/ Gin Sling - Dwarf Star (Offset Rmx)
11/ Italo Brutalo - Track 3 (Club Bizarre Rmx)
12/ Mugwump & DC Salas - Caltrops
13/ Lokier - Voyage of Trouble
14/ Forty Fings Dynamo - 615 

CLUB BIZARRE - SPÆCIAL MIX 7

Get ready for this amazingly spacial & special mix from the Spanish masters of the disco universe!!! :) 

DISKO SELECTORS - SPÆCIAL MIX 8

The Robot Scientists are Markus Schneider and Stefan Maurer, two DJs and vinyl collectors from Saarland, Germany. They co-run Emerald & Doreen Records since 2011 with releases on the edges of nu-disco, dark disco and indie dance. For Bordello a Parigi they've recorded a 2 hour set full of recent vinyl favorites and edits. Enjoy!

https://soundcloud.com/therobotscientists

Bordello A Parigi

Bordello Radio #112 - The Robot Scientists

Here is the playlist for all you music lovers and tune diggers:
1 The Invisible Session - People All Around The World, Can Make It - Space Echo 2022
2 Galathea - Afrique - Space Echo 2021
3 Nu Genea - Bar Mediterraneo - NG 2022
4 Scott Fraser - Paraphrase Mine (Headman rework) - Emotional Relish 2013
5 Eagles & Butterflies - Juno Ninja (No Piano Version) - Running Back 2022
6 Shubostar - Tiempo y Lugar feat. Galera - Permanent Vacation 2022
7 Newmen - Futur I (Fabrizio Mammarella Remix) - Ferryhouse Prod. 2021
8 Maria Rita Stumpf - A Cidade [Bwana's Rio 2016 Edit] - Avalon Emerson 2016
9 Sueño Latino With Manuel Göttsching - Sueño Latino (Paradise Version) - BCM 1989
10 Perry Farrell - Woman In The Window (Red Axes Remix) feat. Jim Morrison - Lastman 2021
11 Schmoltz - Ze Sky Iz Blu - Bahnsteig23 2016
12 Demi Riquísimo - Atomic - 10Questions 2021
13 Longhair - The Forbidden Dance (Rhumba Version) - Love on the Rocks 2020
14 Magou - Pas Jolie - Magou 2021
15 Carlos Benedetti - Outer Space - Disco Disco 2022
16 Coccoluto - Go Goblin - Soul Clap 2021
17 Mystic Jungle - Don't Stop Your Love - Periodica 2022 
18 Muchos Plus - Nassau's Discos (Long Version) - U-Solo 1979
19 G-Pal & Blaze - Aegan Dae (The Robot Scientists Edit) - Plastic City 2000 / TRS 2023
20 Brijean - Wifi Beach - Ghostly 2021
21 RP - 5N1 - Scharnhorst 2021
22 YIN YIN - The Age Of Aquarius - Glitterbeat 2022
23 Manu Chao Equation Edit - Equation 2017
24 Rockers Hi-Fi - Push push (M.A.N.D.Y.'s Pusher Remix) - Great Stuff 2006
25 Leftfield - Afro-Left - Hard Hands 1995
26 3rd Face - Canto Della Libertá - Classic 2004
27 The Field - Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime - Kompakt 2009
28 Paco Fernandez - Grillos - Manifesto 1997

Cosmic Mix for Discovery Sardinia Radio

Recently we discovered this beauty of a song from the Australian group "Crooked Colours" which is based in Perth and we fell immediately in love with it. The original is great, but a bit hard to dance to, so we rearranged some elements cause we thought some people might be interested in a more clubby version. It is tenderly made with the greatest respect for the original and we hope you will like it as much as we do. A great tune for fans of John Talabot and The XX ;). We have the official OK to distribute it for free, so spread the word and pay a visit to the original band:
https://soundcloud.com/crookedcolours
https://www.crookedcoloursmusic.com
https://www.facebook.com/CrookedColours?ref=br_tf
https://www.discogs.com/artist/3961000-Crooked-Colours

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FREE DL: Crooked Colours - Perfect Run (The Robot Scientists Epic Club Edit)

What a special & spacial ride by our favorite man Kalidasa aka Tim Rivers! Enjoy the trip! :)

KALIDASA - SPÆCIAL MIX 13

Banger edit of two essential summer Chill Trance bangers from back in the days

G-Pal & Blaze - ÆGEAN DÆ (The Robot Scientists Edit) FREE DL

Don't miss this fantastic SPÆCIAL mixtape Nr.19 by formerly London- now Tokyo based https://soundcloud.com/kezokichi who is in the process of starting his own label label called blindetonation, the first LP is planned for January 2015 with Jamie Paton, Rodion, La Dame Noir, Sebastien Tex, Lokier etc.. He will also go touring Europe in feb 2015. His  "Back 2 Back" events (till 2013) were called a "darn killer party" by TimeOut. Listen and you know why. It is hard to play better music. ;)

Here is the tracklist! 
1.Unknown- Untitled [CDr]
2.Headman - Work [Relish]
3.Disko Selectors - Art Negre (Disko Selectors edit) [CDr]
4.Sebastien Tex - Sway In Stones [CDr]
5.La Decadanse - Train In Vein [Astro Lab]
6.Haunted Strass & Lokier - Flashes & Storm [La dame Noir]
7.Duncan Gray - Kickintrusion [Blindetonation]
8.Rous - A Bailar (Carisma Remix) [Comeme]
9.Date With Elvis - Don't Tell (Yan Wagner RMX) [La dame Noir]
10.Future Bones - Dirty Profit (Mr Cogs Remix) [Tici Taci]
11.Justin Robertsons - Leipzig Motorbike [Days Of Being Wild]
12.Set Time - Bleeping Sauce [Meant]
13.The Fat White Family - Touch the Leather (Loïc Minel Edit) [CDr]

KEZOKICHI - SPÆCIAL MIX 19

R.I.P. Frank Farian, legendary producer from our home, the Saarland in Germany. Here is our new Electro-Disco-Edit of one of his great b-sides. @therobotscientists
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SPÆCIAL FREE DL: Boney M - New York City (TRS Electro-Disco-Trance Edit)

Oh yes, the party goes on! Here finally is Vol.20 of our series of spæcial podcasts from wonderful guest DJs - this time a spaced out cosmic ride created by https://soundcloud.com/discovelours from Montpellier / France. Merci bien et bon voyage! ;)

Due to many requests for some track-IDs of this fantastic mixtape here is the tracklist:

1. 6th Borough Project - U Know U.
2. Brioski - Hey Gringo.
3. Paulie - Want You.
4. Avanti - The Man.
5. Gemini Club - Ghost (Golden Bug Remix).
6. Neighbour - Night Moves.
7. Billy Bogus - Night Movie (Kid Who mix).
8. Discodromo - La Luna Nera.
9. Black Cow - Mescal Strobe.
10. North Lake - Malborol Noir.
11. Frank Agrario - Labirynth Disco.
12. Dakar - God Machine.
13. Tronik Youth - Zulu Whisky Hotel.
14. Ilya Santana - Evol Ai Dar ka Disco.
15. Scott Fraser - Paraphrase Mine (Headman Rework).
16. Dan Solo - Higher

DISCO VELOURS - SPÆCIAL MIX 20

The Robot Scientists are Markus Schneider and Stefan Maurer, two music connoisseurs, DJs and vinyl collectors from Saarbrücken, Germany. They are two of three behind Emerald & Doreen Records which they founded in 2011, with releases on the edges of Italo Disco, Dark Disco and Indie Dance. 

They also run the premiere and DJ podcast series Something Spæcial since 2013 which is one of the leading indie dance channels on Soundcloud. As DJs, they spin a highly energetic dark & brightly bouncing „all killer, no filler“ mixture of melodic, futuristic and psychedelic Indie Dance, Playa Tech and Space Disco. 

Follow: @therobotscientists & @somethingspaecial

Artwork: @silent-shouts

You can find the tracklist on our Instagram page: /blankwave.wav

Blank Wave Guest Mix 061: The Robot Scientists

Last weekend, we were pioneers in putting back the "Fun" into "Funky", the "Ace" into "Space" and the "Disc" into "Disco"! We played a "hits only" & "vinyl only" set at the magically relaxed Landgut Girtenmühle and recorded it for your timeless listening pleasure. Enjoy the trippy, spacey, funky ride!

The Robot Scientists @ LandGut Girtenmühle - vinyl only - 15 JUN 2024

Don't miss this truly fantastic journey with Madrid's space commander Alvaro Cabana, 1/2 Los Lopez & the man behind Rotten City Records. https://soundcloud.com/alvarocabana, https://soundcloud.com/rotten-city , https://soundcloud.com/los-lopez. Here is the tracklist:
1-Invisible Conga People-In A Hole-DFA
2-Bison-Familiar Stranger (Day)-Claremont 56
3-Massimiliano Pagliara-Now And Forever-Live At Robert Johnson
4-Kasper Bjorke vs. Jaakko Eino Kalevi-TNR (Superpitcher Chapter A Mix)-hfn Music
5-Jakal's Doom Disco-The Smell Of Fear-Tigersushi
6-Spectral Empire-Innerfearence (Chateau Flight Remix)-Thisisnotanexit Records
7-Nadine, Jimmy et Moi (Monoblok & PSLKTR Edit) -Meant Edit Series
8-Gatos Negros-Habanero-Rotten City
9-Dionigi-In the Wave Tunnel-Quantistic Division
10-A Jokers Bizarre-Breakwater-Rotten City
11-Mugwump Ft. Mungolian Jetset and Ost & Kjex-Until Your Worth It (Andrew Weatherall Remix)-Subfield
12-My Broken Fame-Black Lake (Vox Low Remix)-Rotten City
13-Timothy J. Fairplay- Their Trade Is Treachery-Magic Feet
14-Client Liaison-The End Of Earth (Dreems Remix)-Multi Culti

ALVARO CABANA - SPÆCIAL MIX 28

ABC - The Look Of Love (The Robot Scientists Space Dub Edit)

Lovely specially spaced out mix by blogger, DJ and producer Andrew Rainey, the man behind the awesome Death By Repetition blog that regularily posts just the best of best new tracks and artists - follow:
https://soundcloud.com/deathbyrepetition
http://deathbyrepetition.co.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/deathbyrepetition
https://twitter.com/dbyrepetition

DEATH BY REPETITION - SPÆCIAL MIX 31

Reupload for our historic mix archive. The Robot Scientists (vinyl only) playlist:
1. Richard Davis - Safety Net
2. Midnight Dicers And Samy Morpheus - Beyond Space And Time (Dub-Version)
3. Christopher Schwarzwälder - Barranco
4. Frank Butters - Make It Right (Andrew Weatherhall Vocal Remix)
5. Drop Out Orchestra - Holding On (Yam Who? Rework)
6. Luminodisco - Too Night
7. Curses - Neu Dimension
8. Dawn Again - Burning Jungles
9. Vercetti Technicolor - Tenebrosity
10. Kovyazin D - Abyss
11. Sleazy McQueen & Romano Arcaini - Disco De Moda
12. Cannibal Ink - The Souk
13. Pardon Moi - Power To The People

Rinse FM Mix 2017

Rinse FM: Curses invite The Robot Scientists (Nov 2017)

Enjoy this lovely dark spæcial wave disco mix by space commander https://soundcloud.com/black-merlin

BLACK MERLIN - SPÆCIAL MIX 36

Our 57 favorite tracks of 2017 in a 2:45 hrs Megamix! Enjoy exquisite, spaced out, psychedelic, new wave-ish, melodic, energetic sounds from more than 70 amazing artists and more than 40 essential labels, people which shaped the sound of the underground in 2017. 2017 was a pretty weird year, therefore electronic dance music was better than ever, guiding us from the deepest depths of our subconscious to the highest highs of a unity consciousness in the universe. Therefore our conclusion is: power to the people! Tracklist:

1 Myrton & Ofoto - Something for the mind (Multi Culti)
2 JP Soul - When The World Gets You Down (Curses 'Dub of No Return') (Emerald & Doreen)
3 Khidja - Microb (Tolouse Low Trax Version 118) (Malka Tuti)
4 Pardon Moi - Power to the people (Höga Nord)
5 Perel - Die Dimension (DFA)
6 Asimin / Asanof - Congoism (Johnny Sender Remix) (Night Noise)
7 John Talabot - The strange silence (Permanent Vacation)
8 Zombies in Miami - Take Control (Simple Symmetry remix) (Correspondant)
9 Nicola Cruz - Tzantza (Simple Symmetry remix) (Multi Culti)
10 Purple Disco Machine - Body Funk (Club Sweat)
11 Sascha Funke - MZ (Turbo)
12 Jagwar Ma - Give Me A Reason (Michael Mayer Does The Amoeba Remix) (Marathon Artists)
13 Marvin & Guy - The Train of Fantastic (Life and Death)
14 Manoo & Raoul K Feat. Ahmed Sosso - Toukan (Dixon Rework Dub) (Innervisions)
15 Aera - Bibimbap (Hivern)
16 Bunkr - Juno's Revenge (Igor Tipura Remix) (Love on the Rocks)
17 Colli Alban - Walking the Night (Correspondant)
18 Omer - Bye (Love on the Rocks)
19 K-Effect - Semantic (Ombra Intl)
20 Nicola Cruz - Folha De Jurema (Crussen's Creamy Cocodub) (The Magic Movement)
21 Superpitcher - Snow Blind (Hippie Dance)
22 Cowboy Rhythmbox - Cats' Invasion (Phantasy Sound)
23 Farah - The Only Ones (Italians do it better)
24 Richard Davis - Safety Net (A Clean Cut)
25 Curses - Canini (Throne of Blood)
26 Permanent Wave - Lunar Lost (Black Light Smoke remix) (Nein)
27 Sinchi Music - Imminent Refraction (MontCosmik Remix)  (Emerald & Doreen)
28 Grim Avenue - Drive On (Animam Remix) (Emerald & Doreen)
29 Italo Brutalo - Never Hard - Dirt Track Remix feat. Azaria & Javier Busto (Emerald & Doreen)
30 Go Satta - Rise Up (Gabriel Disco Edit) (Emerald & Doreen)
31 Christopher Schwarzwälder - Barranco (Katermukke)
32 Satori - Imani's Dress (Crosstown Rebels)
33 Bionda E Lupo - Die Kinder Aus Dem Park (Charlois)
34 Telesketch - Alternator (Logical)
35 Daniel Kyo - Beyond the Consciousness (Bordello a Parigi)
36 Tuff City Kids - Hardlake (Permanent Vacation)
37 JP Soul - Paper Sheds and Dirt Roads (The Shamaniac Movement Remix) (Emerald & Doreen)
38 Simple Symmetry - Voodoo your Ex (Disco Halal)
39 Italo Brutalo - Never hard (Sara Zinger Remix)  (Emerald & Doreen)
40 Machinegewehr - Shivergold (Bordello a Parigi)
41 DJ Hell - Car Car Car (Phil Kieran's Autobahn Remix) (International DJ Gigolos)
42 Phil Kieran - Find Love (Andrew Weatherall Remix) (Hot Creations)
43 Younger Rebinds - Retro 7 (Running Back)
44 Talaboman - Loser's hymn (R&S)
45 Kerala Dust - Untitled (Late Sun) (Laut & Luise)
46 Equation 1 - RA (Equation)
47 Sascha Funke - Comala (feat. David Junto Club & Emily Evans) (Endless Flight)
48 Swing Atoms - Lucid Dreams (Emerald & Doreen)
49 Frankey & Sandrino - Pollux (Innervisions)
50 Jarle Bråthen - Flott Vær (Full Pupp)
51 Pontchartrain feat. Coko Butaffli – Be Free (Swat)
52 Kiwi - Rabbit Hole (Moda Black)
53 Celestino - House Music Infested My Mind (Emerald & Doreen)
54 Joakim, Superpitcher - On the Beach (Crowdspacer)
55 Il Est Vilaine - Rocket Fire (Lumiere Noire)
56 Benedikt Frey - Releipsuahcs (Bahnsteig 23)
57 Stahlnetz - Wir sind glücklich (glaube daran) (The Robot Scientists Re-Edit)

Uplift - Best Of 2017 Psychedelic House Dark Disco Megamix - 57 tracks

Spæcial Edit #16 - Eyes Age

Classic 1982 New Wave track, slightly re-touched.

Life in the Madhouse (Secret Edit)

Great & rare track from 1984 with a saxophone that some people loved, others not. This edit is for the latter.

Hesitate (Secret Edit)

Sunset Edit 2

Sunset Edit 1

Enter the gothic-cosmic-psychedelic side of House - here is our new mix for Edinburgh's podcast series "Bound in Sound", run by music lover and connoisseur Chris Scott, https://www.mixcloud.com/chris-scott4/ . Tracklist:
1 Niv Ast feat. Daniella Milo - Disco Monroe
2 Marcus Marr - Familiar Five (Justin van der Volgen Remix)
3 K-Effect & Leonor - Submerged city (Synth Barrett Remix)
4 Init - Cover
5 Duncan Gray - Churn again (Markus Gibb Remix)
6 Mr BC - Disco 13 (Steady State Remix)
7 Uabos - Emotion
8 Leonor - King of elephants in the sequence (Curses Remix)
9 K-Effect - The inn of the souls (Attendances Remix)
10 Tiempo de Maldad - Soufi (Freudenthal Remix)
11 Desert Sound Colony - Lose my rhythm
12 Fred Ventura - The years (go by) (Headman / Robi Insinna Rework)
13 R.T. Cass - Fields (Mr BC Remix)
14 Undo - Espacio sideral (Curses XTC 4ever n ever Remix)
15 Kairos - Lost in Orion (Corresponsal Remix)
16 Go Satta - You gotta learn to fight right (Kay Barton Remix)
17 Steve Ekman & Markus Gibb - Grandiosa
18 Cabizbajo - The race (Alejandro Molinari Remix)
19 Nikit - Subatomic
20 Futuristant - The future dance (Rigopolar Remix)
21 Perel - Die Dimension (Marcus Worgull Remix)
22 Innellea - Vigilans
23 Glowal - Cries
24 Högt i tak - Why naked (Inconsciente Colectivo Remix)
25 Catz'n'Dogz - New love
26 Krystal Klear - Neutron dance (Mano Le Tough Vocal Mix)
27 Bufi - Horsepower

Bound In Sound Guest Mix 6: The Robot Scientists

Ronald in the mix at Chic Nightclub, 1st of December 1984
Tracklist:
1.	The Flirts – Helpless
2.	Ken Laszlo – Hey Hey Guy
3.	Depeche Mode  - Master & Servant 
4.	Binary – The Meaning
5.	Vicio Latino – Que me pasa? Que me pasa?
6.	Laserdance – Laserdance (Vocoder Dub Remix)
7.	Hypnosis – Argonauts
8.	Sparks – With All My Might (Disconet Edit)
9.	The Earons – Land of Hunger
10.	Murray Head – One Night in Bangkok
11.	Hall & Oates – Out of Touch (12 inch version)
12.	Billy Ocean – European Queen
13.	Peter Brown – (Love is Just) The Game
14.	Fox The Fox – Precious Little Diamond
15.	Sandy Marton – People from Ibiza

Recorded from tape by Synthauri H. in Dolby C 16th of October 2019
Bild von Synthauri H.
Text von Markus Schneider, The Robot Scientists, 30th of March 2020

These live recordings are from the 1st of December 1984 (part 1) and the of 19th February 1984 (part 2). The CHIC nightclub was located in the late 1970s until the late 1980s in Völklingen/Saar. Back in those days, Völklingen was one of the richest cities in the West Germany because it was home of one of the largest steelworks the country had. The Völklinger Hütte was closed in 1986 and today is a UNESCO world cultural heritage site. The resident DJ’s name was Ronald Springer. Ronald used to work mostly as engineer first at a pirate radio station on an mysterious island in the English Channel off the British coast, then at the BBC and later on in the Studio 54 in New York where he also started DJing before he came to live and work as DJ in the Saarland. He had great connections to record stores in Rotterdam - where he was born - and in Belgium, and the local record store „Musiktruhe“, due to the hundreds of Chic-goers who wanted to play his music at home as well, also had Italian „Il Disc“ and other import records available. His musical background made his club music selection truly legendary, an eclectic and quality-focused DJ style, hit-oriented in the early hours of the night, more club and underground in the later hours, somewhere between Italo Disco, HiNRG, Synthpop, New Wave and EBM. The club featured one of the biggest show lasers at that time in Germany, the laser shows were exceptional, accompagnied by atmospheric electro tracks like Newcleus – Automan (Dub). Many people say that apart from the Dorian Gray in Frankfurt, the CHIC was the best club in the whole South-West of Germany, a region with more than 20 million inhabitants. Weekends with 2000 guests were not rare in the heyday of the steelworks. People had money and loved to party, Poppers, Wavers, New Romantics, sometimes even Punks showed up and had amazing nights together. Italo Disco acts like Den Harrow or Ago had live performances there, there were fashion shows, model and dance contests. The club also featured an own restaurant and cinema. 
Ronald established our (The Robot Scientists) love for underground club music. Much later on, around 2008, we became personal friends with Ronald and we played some nights together in cocktail bars, icecream parlors and clubs in their hometown Saarbrücken, he also joined us when we supported Giorgio Moroder in Luxemburg and was really happy to meet him in person. Unfortunately, Ronald Springer died very suddenly and far too early at the age of 63 the 3rd of March 2018. 
This live recording thus is a tribute to an outstanding and highly influential DJ who shaped the youth and musical taste of thousands of CHIC goers. Through him, they had a great time listening to outstanding electronic music.

DJ Set at CHIC nightclub, Völklingen/Saar, Germany, 1.12.1984

DJ Ronald Springer @ Chic Völklingen 1.12.1984

Ronald in the mix at Chic Nightclub, Völklingen / Saar, 19th of February 1984
1.	Shannon – Let the Music Play
2.	Junior Byron – Dance to the Music
3.	Electric Mind – Zwei (Extended Dub)
4.	Michael Jackson – Thriller
5.	Risque – Burn it up
6.	Tapps – My Forbidden Lover
7.	My Mine – Hypnotic Tango
8.	Atelier Folie – No Rhyme, No Reason
9.	Gene Ramone – Romantic Face
10.	Le Jete – La Cage aux Folles
11.	Crown of Thorns – Pictures
12.	Tapps – Burning with Fire
13.	World Premiere – Share the Night
14.	Pumpkin – King of the Beat
15.	Mega Mix (G.L.O.B.E. & Whiz Kid, Herbie Hancock...)
16.	Tbd

Recorded from tape by Synthauri H. in Dolby C 16th of October 2019
Collage von Synthauri H.
Text von Markus Schneider, The Robot Scientists, 30th of March 2020

Diese Live-Aufnahmen stammen vom 1. Dezember 1984 (Teil 1) und vom 19. Februar 1984 (Teil 2). Der CHIC-Nachtclub befand sich Ende der 1970er bis Ende der 1980er Jahre in Völklingen / Saar. Völklingen war damals eine der reichsten Städte Westdeutschlands, weil hier eines der größten Stahlwerke des Landes beheimatet war. Die Völklinger Hütte wurde 1986 geschlossen und ist heute ein UNESCO-Weltkulturerbe. Der Resident DJ hieß Ronald Springer. Ronald arbeitete hauptsächlich als Ingenieur, zuerst bei einem Piratenradi-osender auf einer mysteriösen Insel im Ärmelkanal vor der britischen Küste, dann bei der BBC und später im Studio 54 in New York, wo er auch mit dem DJing begann, bevor er zum leben und arbeite als DJ ins Saarland kam. Er hatte gute Verbindungen zu Plattenläden in Rotterdam - wo er geboren wurde - und in Belgien, und der lokale Plattenladen „Musiktruhe“ hatte aufgrund Hunderter Chic-Besucher, die seine Musik auch zu Hause spielen wollten, auch italienische Import-Schallplatten von „Il Disc“ und anderen Labels verfügbar. Sein musikalischer Hintergrund machte seine Clubmusikauswahl wirklich legendär, ein vielseitiger und qualitätsorientierter DJ-Stil, der am frühen Clubabend eher hitorientiert war, in den späteren Stunden mehr Raum für Club- und Undergroundtracks gab, irgendwo zwischen Italo Disco, HiNRG, Synthpop, New Wave und EBM. Der Club verfügte außerdem über einen der größten Show-Laser zu dieser Zeit in Deutschland. Die Lasershows waren ein außergewöhnliches Erlebnis, begleitet von atmosphärischen Electro-Tracks wie Newcleus - Automan (Dub). Ronald begründete unsere (The Robot Scientists) Liebe zur Underground-Clubmusik. Viel später, um 2008, wurden wir persönliche Freunde von Ronald und spielten einige Nächte zusammen in Cocktailbars, Eisdielen und Clubs in unser Heimatstadt Saarbrücken. Er war auch dabei, als wir Giorgio Moroder in Luxemburg als DJs unterstützten und er freute sich sehr, ihn persönlich kennenzulernen. Leider starb Ronald Springer sehr plötzlich und viel zu früh im Alter von 63 Jahren am 3. März 2018.
Diese Live-Aufnahme ist somit eine Hommage an einen herausragenden und regional sehr einflussreichen DJ, der die Jugend und den Musikgeschmack von Tausenden von CHIC-Besuchern geprägt hat. Durch ihn hatten sie eine großartige Zeit und konnten herausragende elektronische Tanzmusik hören.

Chic Discotheque 19.2.1984

DJ Ronald Springer @ Chic Völklingen 19.2.1984

For the recent global #setforlove charity event, we created a fun and emotional vinyl-only mix with 23 tracks from our collection and the last 5 decades and all with "love" in the title. Feel free to share it with your friends and beloved ones. ♥💕❤ Tracklist:
1. Mario Basanov - We Are Child Of Love 
2. Chilly - For Your Love
2. B.G. Baarregaard - Undercover Lover
4. Chic - I Want Your Love (Todd Terje Edit)
5. Jimmy Ross - First True Love Affair (Larry Levan Remix)
6. Roni Griffith - Love Is The Drug
7. Kris Menace - A Love Song For Those Who Love Songs
8. Bottin - 15 Minutes (Love Supreme Edit)
9. Yam Who? feat. Natasha Watts - Don’t You Want My Love (Massey’s Paper Fold)
10. Gui Boratto - I Feel Love
11. Native Underground - Push 4 Love (Runaway Remix)
12. J.D. Jaber - Don’t Stop Lovin’ (Long Version)
13. Lama - Love On The Rocks
14. Caribou - Your Love Will Set You Free (c2’s Set U Free RMX)
15. Wolfram - Automatic (Lover) Dub
16. Biesmans - Electric Love feat. Irdorski (Marvin & Guy Remix)
17. Capricorn - I Need Love (instrumental)
18. Massimiliano Pagliara - Your Love Away with Jules Etienne (for Lucky)
19. 1000 Ohm - Love In Motion (instrumental)
20. Cellophane - Gimme Love (Long Version)
21. Maceo Plex - Love On Time
22. Alden Tyrell - Love Explosion 05 (ft. Fred Ventura)
23. N.O.I.A. - Looking For Love (Ajello Version)

All You Need Is Love ♥💕❤ - Vinyl-Only Disco Mix

The Cure - At Night (TRS EDIT)

Arteficials - Turn Me On (The Robot Scientists Edit)

We were so happy to be able to contribute to the great The Flow Sessions series! As DJs, record collectors and label owners, our history as manic music lovers dates back to the mid 1980s when extended New Wave dance versions conquered the clubs - and our hearts. Thus, „The Flow“ we express with our mix is our own journey through time, through five decades, and the music we love. As Kraftwerk and Italo Disco are huge influences for us, you will notice references to them more than once. It is also a fact that in the late 80s and 90s, we never were real Techno or Vocal House boys - somehow we were more into New Beat, Electro, Punk, Psychedelic Rock and Indie Dance in all those years before the „Space“ Disco revival started in 2005 roughly - which is 100% our cup of tea as you will hear as well. We were always fascinated with the ideas around how we all are robots to some extent, how cool space flight is and what probably exists beyond our current states of consciousness. As we have grown up in a highly industrialised coal mining and steelworks area, dark dystopian landscapes moulded our personalities just as the first euphoric dance club visits in the 80s. We founded The Robot Scientists in 2007 and have since played in many places like Berlin, Beirut or Barcelona. we released more than 400 artists on Emerald & Doreen and made more than 70 mixtapes – but this is our most personal, most complete and most cosmic one-- an outline of the music that has ever been most important to us and which we love to play if we have at least 3, (or better 5 or 6) hours time. It features some of our all-time favorites and many new tracks too which have just been released. On our 55-track cosmic journey, we travel from spaced-out 90s Downbeat, some of Andrew Weatherall‘s Leftfield favorites, psychedelic Indie dance, etheric Synthpop, Electro-Disco- and Italo-infused trancy House, lo-fi Afro-Disco, Post-Punk-inspired Dark Disco, trippy Space Disco, smash-hitty Disco House, Cosmic-Balearic Disco to classic House anthems, listen to the astronauts landing on the moon, military whistleblowers talking about how many alien species they have catalogued in the 1960s already, but more than anything it is a journey into love and unknown worlds for you to enjoy.

Thanks for having us again, 
@therobotscientists The Robot Scientists aka Markus Schneider and Stefan Maurer, Saarbrücken/Germany, February 2021.

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Cover art: Jai Piccone

Flow Sessions 046 - The Robot Scientists

The best of the 80s, time-warped into contemporary feel-good high-energy electronic music: rolling synth basslines, catchy melodies, hypnotic vocals, deep funkyness, silly fun, stylish diversity & heartbreaking romance. Cosmic & Magico Disco, Italo Body Music, Indie Dance & Transcendance House. TRS are Markus Schneider and Stefan Maurer, also curators of the www.soundcloud.com/somethingspaecial DJ mix series & two of three behind www.soundcloud.com/emerald-and-doreen-rec. Selected gigs played in Berlin, Barcelona, Paris, Beirut, Tuscany, Zurich, Rennes a.m.m.

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