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1998-12-13 02:57Frédéric FournierHeard last night on university student radio.... A song that sounded very Kraftwerk-ish, b

From:: Frédéric Fournier <fourni01@gel.ulaval.ca>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.org>, <orbital@xmission.com>
Date:: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 21:57:13 -0500
Subject:: (idm) Can you identify this song?

Heard last night on university student radio.... A song that sounded very Kraftwerk-ish, but definitely done in the 90's. There was some sort of computer voice (not synthesized, more like a human voice with effects) often repeating "We are the robots" or something like that...... I know this is very minimal for a description but I'd love to know what this was! Thanks. Derf

1998-12-13 05:39Eric Frans} From: Frédéric Fournier } Sent: Saturday, December 12, 1998 7:57 PM } } Heard last night

From:: Eric Frans <efrans@earthlink.net>
To:: Frédéric Fournier <fourni01@gel.ulaval.ca>, It's Dot Music <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 22:39:05 -0700
Subject:: RE: (idm) Can you identify this song?
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} From: Frédéric Fournier } Sent: Saturday, December 12, 1998 7:57 PM } } Heard last night on university student radio.... A song that sounded very } Kraftwerk-ish, but definitely done in the 90's. There was some sort of } computer voice (not synthesized, more like a human voice with } effects) often } repeating "We are the robots" or something like that...... I know this is } very minimal for a description but I'd love to know what this was! Thanks. This could be from the CD: Basskraft - _A Bass Tribute to Kraftwerk_ on Pandisc. It came out this year and includes "Trans-Europe Express", "Autobahn", "It's More Fun To Compute", "Musique Non-Stop", "Pocket Calculator", "Computer World", "Numbers", "Home Computer", "Tour De France", "The Robots" and "Computer Love". All the tracks are very faithful to the Kraftwerk originals, but contain booming Miami bass! Recommended. I'm going to try and include a complete review of this CD in the first issue of Grooves magazine, btw. __________________________________________ E r i c F r a n s :: efrans@earthlink.net [cellular] http://home.earthlink.net/~efrans [so-cal idm] http://home.earthlink.net/~efrans/scidm [si-{cut}.db] http://home.earthlink.net/~efrans/benford

1998-12-13 06:00~\(\({\[Endemic~Distortion\]}\)\)~Are you sure it wasn't the version of "The Robots" on "The Mix" ? jeff Frédéric Fournier w

From:: ~\(\({\[Endemic~Distortion\]}\)\)~ <jpklein@flash.net>
To:: Frdric Fournier <fourni01@gel.ulaval.ca>, Ipso Dicto Mambo <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 22:00:34 -0800
Subject:: Re: (idm) Can you identify this song?

Are you sure it wasn't the version of "The Robots" on "The Mix" ? jeff Frédéric Fournier wrote:

quoted 7 lines Heard last night on university student radio.... A song that sounded very

> Heard last night on university student radio.... A song that sounded very > Kraftwerk-ish, but definitely done in the 90's. There was some sort of > computer voice (not synthesized, more like a human voice with effects) often > repeating "We are the robots" or something like that...... I know this is > very minimal for a description but I'd love to know what this was! Thanks. > > Derf

-- jeff ~Living in a world where Jesse("The Body") Ventura gets elected as a State Governor~ dancing/about/architecture "...with wandering steps and slow..." ICQ904008

1998-12-13 12:47J. Christian Guerrero> A song that sounded very > Kraftwerk-ish, but definitely done in the 90's. There was som

From:: J. Christian Guerrero <lacanian@mindspring.com>
To:: Frdric Fournier <fourni01@gel.ulaval.ca>
Cc:: <idm@hyperreal.org>, <orbital@xmission.com>
Date:: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 04:47:47 -0800
Subject:: Re: (idm) Can you identify this song?

quoted 4 lines A song that sounded very

> A song that sounded very > Kraftwerk-ish, but definitely done in the 90's. There was some sort of > computer voice (not synthesized, more like a human voice with effects) often > repeating "We are the robots" or something like that......

It *could* very well have been the new (self-titled) Einsturzende Neubaten record. I heard something very similar to what you're describing last night on college radio myself, called in and found out it's EN. On my way to pick up that record, sr -- sd

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