Monday, June 8, 2009

Week 2: Robot Love

So it turns out that, as a collector of disco, techno, electro, and a lot of other genres dealing with a lot of robotic futurey sci-fi themes, I own about a bajillion records dealing with robots and love: machines in love with machines, machines in love with people (and vice versa), machinery as a metaphor for human love, etc.
Some deal almost exclusively with the subject, some only tangentially mention it; some are really good, some are pretty regrettable. Here's a whole bunch of 'em.

Chrissy's Year of Mixtapes Week 2: Robot Love
  1. Reggie Griffin & Technofunk; Mirda Rock (Sweet Mountain)
  2. Midnight Star; Freak-A-Zoid (Solar)
  3. Thomas Dolby; She Blinded Me With Science (Capitol)
  4. James Brown; Sex Machine (Polydor)
  5. The Pointer Sisters; Automatic (12" Mix) (RCA)
  6. Black Gold; C'Mon Stop (Prelude)
  7. Yello; Bostitch (Stiff)
  8. Alexander Robotnick; Problémes D'amour (Chrissy Re-Edit) (Fuzz Dance)
  9. Dee D. Jackson; Automatic Lover (12" Version) (Jupiter)
  10. Kraftwerk; Computer Love (Remix) (Kling Klang)
  11. Munich Machine; In Love With Love (Casablanca)
  12. Lime; My Love (12" Version) (Matra)
  13. The Other People Place; Eye Contact (Warp)
  14. R. Kelly / Sportin' Life; Ignition / This Dance (Chrissy Blend) (Jive / Warp)
  15. Lime; On The Grid (Canadian Mix) (Matra)
  16. Diebold & Cataluna; Sex Technology (Megatone)
  17. Jo-Carol; You Turn Me On (Chrissy Re-Edit) (Megatone)
  18. The Miracles; Love Machine (Tamla)
NEXT WEEK: Bleep.

4 comments:

  1. Who knew robots could make love like that?!?!?! Love that you end on Love Machine. Perfect.

    M

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  2. Whats missing here is Supermax superb Munich Disco smash "Love Machine", that was a huge hit in Germany, but tends to be overlooked internationally...

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  3. What is missing here is Supermax´ superb Munich disco smash Love Machine, which was a big hit in Germany and some other European countries, but somehow never really benefited from the disco revival of the last couple of years...

    Anyway, thanks for the great mixes!

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