Robot Recordings by Mel Exon
Kraftwerk — Tour de France Étape 2
Nicola Conte — The In Samba
Shit Robot — Answering Machine
Björk — Dull Flame of Modeselektor's RMX for Girls
Royksopp — The Girl and The Robot
Plastic Operator — Folder
Mark Farina — Dream Machine (Downtempo Mix)
Daft Punk — Solar Sailor
Nicola Conte — The In Samba
Shit Robot — Answering Machine
Björk — Dull Flame of Modeselektor's RMX for Girls
Royksopp — The Girl and The Robot
Plastic Operator — Folder
Mark Farina — Dream Machine (Downtempo Mix)
Daft Punk — Solar Sailor
I like robots. They're an indicator of so much we hope and dream for, a titanium-sealed, jet-propelled insurance policy for the future. Yet they date in seconds: the difference between alien, awe-inspiring design and pure kitsch is just a matter of (less and less) time.
I imagine music made for robots, by robots, would straddle and swoop either side of that line. Tongue-in-cheek and poignant; filled with artificial energy or a mesmerizing music-of-the-spheres calm; sometimes discordant and disturbing, sometimes faintly silly.
Tonight I'm going to see a screening of Transcendent Man and hear Ray Kurzweil speak about the Technological Singularity at the Science Museum in London, courtesy of Google. This is what I'll be listening to on my way there.
About Playlist Club-er: Mel Exon (@melex)
Mel is Managing Partner and founder of BBH Labs. She likes the very old and the very new. She's happiest listening and dancing to electronica, Ennio Morricone and Elgar.
