OK dawgz, we're launching a new contest: we need a BAD ASS new Robotic Empire shirt design, likely for a new hoody to keep yall warm this wintertime.
We're accepting design submissions and hope to pick a winner on/around Thanksgiving (Nov 22nd), so just two weeks from now!!
Image Criteria:
* BAD ASSitude
* front artwork only or front/back OK
* 3 colors or less preferred, set up for screen printing
* robots & man = bad ... nature & hippy shit = good!
* "robotic empire" may or may not be in there, but it shouldn't be too big/invasive if it is included
* whatever goes, we are open to seeing what you've got! an old design revisited, something entirely new... as long as it's cool we'll consider it!
Winner Gets:
* 5 finished shirts or hoodies or whatever we print for yourself and friends
* $75-$100 worth of free stuff from the Robo webstore of your choice!
Submissions:
roboticfiles (-at-) gmail (-dot-) com
Deadline:
ASAP, winner will be chosen on/around Thanksgiving (Nov 22nd)
Bonus:
SHARE this joint on your social media page(s), and we'll pick a lucky winner to get a free copy of the finished shirt/hoody and some other bonus phat swag schwag as a care package! Winner for that will be chosen roughly the same time.
Our last contest was a pretty big hit, but TOTALLY because folks shared it... so please spread the word so we can make a rad new shirt, possibly with you or a friend's design! BOOYA!
It is with great amazement that we announce a recently-launched Kickstarter campaign in hopes of releasing a genuine BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY weed-tribute album on both CD and LP. This is obviously a unique release to come into our path, and we feel fully obligated to try making this a reality!
There have been none before or after that accurately compare to the exclusive quality and talent that is BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY, and to unleash this heady collection is a privilege we won't soon forget. Renown globally with over 30 million(!) albums sold worldwide, BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY are true groundbreakers with their unique combination of heartfelt melody and street realism. A variety of vocal speeds and skills are mixed with infectious beats, resulting in unparalleled rap in both substance and style.
(CD artwork, subject to change)
Comprised of a magnificent crop of tracks from across BONE THUGS and members impressive catalogs of recordings, "For Smokers Only" is an incredible 12-track homage to their favorite medicinal herb. This "For Smokers Only" collection has never been available before on CD or LP, previously released earlier this year solely as a digital-download, and some of the material featured here will be made available in the physical format for the very first time! The songs found here are a dozen high quality nuggets representing BONE THUGS' fondness for imbibing in an age-old ritual that many of us also know and love. The full track list is as follows:
We're doing this Kickstarter campaign with the goal of raising enough funds to start manufacturing CDs plus both the standard edition vinyl-LP and deluxe DIE HARD edition LP of "For Smokers Only", plus hopefully cover some licensing and legal fees, and basically just work with one of the most amazing hip hop bands on the planet!
This is a special opportunity to own BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY material on vinyl, as most of their albums that've been pressed on wax are now long out of print. In combination with the vinyl, a high-quality DIGITAL DOWNLOAD of "For Smokers Only" will be included with every LP ordered.
HERE IS WHAT WE PLAN ON MAKING:
* The CD will be packaged in a jewel case with full-color artwork.
* The standard vinyl LP will come on your choice of black or green vinyl packaged in a color jacket, and includes a high quality digital-download of the full album.
* The deluxe DIE HARD edition will come on limited "PURPLE HAZE" (purple-N-green) color vinyl housed in an oversized ziplock baggie, an exclusive "bud tribute" slipmat, a hand-numbered 11" x 17" screenprinted blacklight poster, stickers, 1.5" button, full album digital-download AND bonus additional download of the "Everyday Thugs" album!
* A special limited vinyl TEST PRESS edition, plus the truly massive "VIP MEGABONE" option...
Important Note: THIS RELEASE WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE IN NORTH AMERICA OUTSIDE OF THE LIMITED AMOUNT OF COPIES IMPORTED VIA THIS KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN!!
Because this release is being manufactured and distributed in Europe, pledge prices have been calculated to include the "import shipping" costs for USA orderers. People in other countries can order as well, please just see the "International Shipping" price section of the FAQ found within the Kickstarter campaign, as shipping for this release is a little different (and cheaper) than how we normally do things.
We've come up with a variety of different pledge options including super simple postage-paid CDs and LPs, wholesale options, the deluxe DIE HARD edition, a limited TEST PRESS option, plus an elaborate and crazy "VIP MEGABONE" $420 pledge option! Please see the Kickstarter campaign page for all of the details on everything we're offering here.
This is running for one month and we're basically aiming to treat it as an "elaborate pre-order". Although this is the most we've asked for to date, after two previous successful Kickstarter campaigns under our belt we're hoping this one will be a success as well.
That being said, the other campaigns definitely wouldn't have gone as well without kind people helping us spread the word. Seriously, a post on Facebook/Tumblr/Twitter/your blog/whatever actually helps a surprising amount, and we're totally down to hook up some bonus swag schwag at the end of this crazy thing if you wanna help us spread the word a bit. Just let us know at the end of the campaign if you posted something and we're happy to juice it up.
An audio medley with a handful of clips from the album can be heard here:
YEA-UH! That pretty much sums it up! This is easily one of the most exciting and wildest things Robotic Empire has attempted in our nearly 14-year history. We've talked about truly breaking out of our "comfort zone" genres for years, and what better way to do it than with a freakin BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY release?! Nobody (even us) was expecting this, so PLEASE help us make this thing a hit by spreading the word if ya can.
BONE BONE BONE BONE BONE BONE....
So obviously that is the biggest news for us in a while, but far from all we've been up to lately. Besides working on prepping the BONE THUGS project for kind of a while, we've been busy stocking lots of AWESOME new tunes for the Robotic Empire - Online Store.
Top on the list this time is the stunning FALSE / BARGHEST split LP, which our partner label Mirror Universe was kind of the catalyst for. A co-release with longtime brethren Gilead Media, this is one of the most blistering and relentless albums we've been involved with to date. Seriously incredible sophomore material from each band following two fantastic debut albums on Gilead last year, we are extremely stoked to have this in house and ready to rock. Dr. Broadcloak himself's timely OCD has proven itself glorious once again with an incredible package with fantastic artwork, a large poster insert and appropriately heavyweight vinyl. Fans of the heavy: DO NOT sleep on this one!
FALSE is currently on the road as well: GO SEE THEM if they're coming near you!
9/13 - Chicago, IL - LUMC - 2242 S. Damen Ave
9/14 - Urbana, IL - The Snake Pit
9/15 - Columbia, MO - Hairhole
9/16 - Kansas City, KS - Detto Haus
9/17 - Omaha, NE - The West Wing
9/18 - Denver, CO - Aqualung's
9/19 - Santa Fe, NM - Warehouse 21 - 1614 Paseo De Peralta
9/20 - Las Cruces, NM - The Trainyard - 102 Conway
9/21 - Phoenix, AZ - Revolver Records - 918 N 2nd St.
9/22 - San Diego, CA - The Yard
9/23 - Long Beach, CA - Blue Cafe Underground - 217 Pine Ave
9/24 - Los Angeles, CA - Vacation Vinyl (Early show 7pm) - 3815 West Sunset Boulevard
9/24 - Los Angeles, CA - 5 Star Bar (Later show) - 267 S Main St
9/25 - Bakersfield, CA - Mint Bar - 1207 19th Street
9/26 - San Francisco, CA - Elbo Room - 647 Valencia Street
9/28 - Santa Rosa, CA - TBA
9/29 - Sacramento, CA - Oak Park Boiz House
9/30 - Chico, CA - Origami Lounge
10/1 - Salem, OR - Burial Grounds
10/2 - Portland, OR - Beech House
10/2 - Portland, OR - Backspace - 115 NW 5th Ave
10/3 - Olympia, WA - Le Voyeur - 404 4th Avenue East
10/4 - Seattle, WA - Fusion Cafe - 909 Fourth Ave
10/5 - Missoula, MT - Zoo City - 139 East Main Street
10/6 - Bismarck, ND - Creature Cave
10/7 - Minot, ND - Pangea House
10/8 - Fargo, ND - New Direction - 14 Roberts St
Beyond that we've stocked STACKS of new records that've been piling up here for a while now... about 40 new items and nearly 30 restocks as well! Basically too much to really highlight it all but we'd like to at least note new jawns from ALTAR OF PLAGUES, ANCIENT SKY, BACCHUS, THE BODY, BRAINOIL, CLOUD RAT, DARK CASTLE, EYEHATEGOD, GHOSTLIMB, GHOUL, GAYS & QUEERS, GRAF ORLOCK, IRON REAGAN, MUNICIPAL WASTE(!), THE OBSESSED, PLANKS, VADAR, VOLTURE and YEAR OF NO LIGHT. Damn!
On the restock tip we're pimpin wares from ANNIHILATION TIME, AUSSITOT MORT, CANNABIS CORPSE, DOLCIM, EARTHLESS, GIANTS, KYUSS (yeaaahhh), LA QUIETE, NEUROSIS, PHOBIA, PIZZA, RAEIN, ROSETTA, TITAN and FINALLY the restock of TORCHE's latest album "Harmonicraft" which we absolutely blew out the first time around.
Here're're the full lists for datass:
NEW ITEMS:
* Adrift - Black Heart Bleeds Black 2x12" (Alone) $21.99
* Altar Of Plagues - White Tomb 12" - GREEN COLORED VINYL (Hammerheart) $14.99
* Ancient Sky - TRIPS 12" - ICED CHERRY COLORED VINYL (Sons of Vesta) $14.99
* Bacchus - Self Titled 12" - WHITE COLORED VINYL (Cavity) $9.99
* BLCKWVS - 0140 12" - YELLOW COLORED VINYL (This Charming Man) $11.99
* Body, The / Braveyoung - Nothing Passes 12" (At A Loss) $14.99
* Brainoil - Death of this Dry Season Cassette (Tank Crimes) $4.99
* Cloud Rat - Self-Titled 12" (IFB) $9.99
* Cloud Rat / Republic of Dreams - Split 12" (IFB) $9.99
* Cloud Rat / Xtra Vomit - Split 12" - BROWN COLORED VINYL (IFB) $9.99
* Dark Castle - Spirited Migration - BLACK VINYL 12" (At A Loss) $14.99
* Disquieted By - Lords Of Tagada 12" (Sons of Vesta) $10.99
* Dramamine - Green Horse 12" (This Charming Man) $11.99
* Eyehategod - Preaching The Endtyme Message 12" - BLUE COLORED VINYL (Alone) $19.99
* False / Barghest - Split 12" (Mirror Universe) $14.99
* Fires & Floods - The Voice at Your Heels 12" (Bitter Melody) $9.99
* Ghostlimb - Confluence 12" - WHITE COLORED VINYL (Vitriol) $11.99
* Ghoul - Transmission Zero 12" (Tank Crimes) $9.99
* Gods & Queens - Untitled #3 7" - BLACK VINYL (Sons of Vesta) $5.99
* Graf Orlock - Los Angeles 7" (Vitriol) $5.99
* Iron Reagan - Demo 2012 Cassette (Tank Crimes) $4.99
* Kadavar - Self-Titled 12" (This Charming Man) $11.99
* Kicking Spit - Reality Dropout Cassette (Tank Crimes) $4.99
* Municipal Waste / Toxic Holocaust - Toxic Waste 12" - PP SPILL COLORED VINYL (Tank Crimes) $10.99
* Municipal Waste / Toxic Holocaust - Toxic Waste 12" - XTRA WILD PARTY BLUE COLORED VINYL (Tank Crimes) $10.99
* Noem - Panzer 12" (This Charming Man) $11.99
* Now Denial - Facemelter 12" - RED COLORED VINYL (Gatehouse Anchor) $9.99
* Obsessed, The - Live In Koln 12" (Roadburn) $23.99
* Obsessor - Sick Salvation Cassette (Tank Crimes) $4.99
* Orthodox - Baal 12" - CLEAR COLORED VINYL (Alone) $14.99
* Planks / Lentic Waters - Split 12" (IFB) $9.99
* Riviera - Self-Titled 7" (Sons of Vesta) $4.99
* Sardonis - II 12" (Hammerheart) $14.99
* Suma - Ashes 2x12" (Throne) $24.99
* Totimoshi - Avenger 12" - RED COLORED VINYL (At A Loss) $14.99
* Trainwreck - If There Is Light It Will Find You 12" (Vitriol) $11.99
* Union Of Sleep / Black Sleep Of Klai - Split 12" (This Charming Man) $11.99
* Vadar - Reborn In Chaos 12" - RED COLORED VINYL (Hammerheart) $14.99
* Volture - Rulebreaker 7" - YELLOW COLORED VINYL (Tank Crimes) $4.99
* White Hills - Live At Roaburn 12" (Roadburn) $18.99
* Year Of No Light - Nord 2x12" - WHITE COLORED VINYL (Music Fear Satan) $19.99
RESTOCKS
* Annihilation Time - III: Tales of the Ancient Age 12" (Tee Pee) $9.99
* ANS - Pressure Cracks 12" (Tank Crimes) $9.99
* Atomic Bitchwax - Tab 4 12" - CLEAR ORANGE COLORED VINYL (Tee Pee) $9.99
* Aussitot Mort - Discographie 2x12" (IFB) $19.99
* Cannabis Corpse - The Weeding CD (Tank Crimes) $7.99
* Cloud Rat / Autarkeia - Split 7" (IFB) $4.99
* Dark Castle - Spirited Migration 12" - 180 gram GREEN COLORED VINYL (At A Loss) $14.99
* Dolcim - We Carry The Fire 12" (React With Protest) $10.99
* Drainland / Cellgraft - Split 7" (IFB) $5.99
* Earthless - Live at Roadburn 2x12" (Tee Pee) $14.99
* Giants - Old Stories 12" - SPLATTER COLORED VINYL (Cavity) $9.99
* Gods & Queens - Untitled #3 7" - DIRTY WHITE COLORED VINYL (Sons of Vesta) $5.99
* Gods & Queens - Untitled #3 7" - ROTTEN WINE COLORED VINYL (Sons of Vesta) $5.99
* Graf Orlock - Doombox 10"+CD - RED COLORED VINYL (Vitriol) $16.99
* Kyuss - Blues For The Sun 12" (Dali) $24.99
* Kyuss - Circus Leaves Town 12" (Elektra) $24.99
* Kyuss - Welcome To Sky Valley 12" (Elektra) $24.99
* La Quiete - 2006-200 CD (Sons of Vesta) $10.99
* Nebula - Heavy Psych 12" (Tee Pee) $9.99
* Neurosis - Live At Roadburn 2x12" (Roadburn) $29.99
* Phobia - Remnants Of Filth 12" (Deep Six) $10.99
* Pizza - Self-Titled 7"+CD-R (Sons Of Vesta) $5.99
* Raein - Ah, As If.. CD (Sons of Vesta) $9.99
* Raein - Ogni Nuovo Inizio CD (Sons Of Vesta) $9.99
* Rosetta / Restorations - Split 12" (Cavity) $9.99
* Sunflare - Young Love 12" (Cubic Pyramid) $18.99
* Titan - A Raining Sun of Light and Love, For You and You and You 12" (Tee Pee) $9.99
* Torche - Harmonicraft 12" - CLEAR COLORED VINYL (Volcom) $17.99
That pretty much sums up one of the biggest updates we've ever had. Thanks to anyone who managed to read this manuscript, you are a trooper and a true dawg! Please check out the Kickstarter if you get a chance.... PEACE!
Two of the finest underground US metal outfits have teamed up for an unstoppable split album: BARGHEST and FALSE will release a stunning 12" LP this summer via Gilead Media and Mirror Universe, a "partner label" of Robotic Empire.
FALSE and BARGHEST come from drastically different worlds, and their individual approaches to black metal reflect this. BARGHEST hail from the swamps of Baton Rouge, LA and take the misanthropic "anti-human/anti-life" angle, delivering disgustingly abrasive, lo-fi metal. A lineup without bass, yet full of unflinching aggression and thickness. FALSE call the frozen landscape of Minneapolis, MN home, and with a foundation of synth-tinged European black metal complimented by a hypnotic atmosphere, create intensely eerie music.
For all of their differences, they also share some key similarities. Each group released a debut album in 2011 with Gilead Media/Howling Mine, and both were met with overwhelmingly positive response from zines, blogs, and fans. FALSE and BARGHEST also each contain an oppressive quality in their respective sounds. This is not music for casual listening, but more akin to a psychological journey through realms devoid of light or hope.
BARGHEST offer two tracks for the split. "Shifting Sands" is one of the first songs the band ever wrote, and is finally now available in a physical format. Although an older piece, it still possesses the aesthetic BARGHEST solidified for themselves on their Untitled debut album. "Inhuman Hatred" follows, a brand new song with obvious death metal influences. It carries a greater sense of focus and purpose than the material from their full-length, without abandoning their unique style.
FALSE have grown in unbelievable ways since their debut 12". Their single track on this split--"Heavy as a Church Tower"--clocks in at nearly 18 minutes, and stands as hard evidence that FALSE are quickly becoming an undeniable force within American black metal. The ferocious intensity from their debut is amplified here, and paired with a more mature sense of mood and atmosphere. Their side of the split is very much FALSE, evolved.
Artwork for this split album has been crafted by Bryan Proteau of Natvres Mortes Illustration, with LP jackets printed on heavyweight stock. A printed inner sleeve is included, and 800 copies pressed on 180gram black vinyl.
This release is now available to stream in full, with FALSE showcasing their material through the mighty Decibel Magazine, and BARGHEST on bandcamp.
There you go, the entire split before your very ears. Pre-orders will come later in July via both Gilead Media and Mirror Universe/Robotic Empire.
Accordingly, FALSE will embark on a lengthy US tour to support the release. An initial itinerary has surfaced, with further details to follow.
FALSE - full US tour:
8/31 - Minneapolis, MN
9/1 - Milwaukee, WI - House show (early show)
9/1 - Milwaukee, WI - Quaters (late show)
9/2 - Ft. Wayne, IN - Harrison House
9/3 - Detroit, MI - House
9/4 - Huntington, WV
9/5 - Richmond, VA - Strange Matter
9/6 - Baltimore, MD
9/7 - New Brunswick, NJ
9/8 - Brooklyn, NY - Acheron
9/9 - Philadelphia, PA - Golden Tee
9/10 - Pittsburgh, PA - Roboto Project
9/11 - Columbus, OH - Carabar
9/12 - Indianapolis, IN - Vibes Music
9/13 - Chicago, IL
9/14 - St. Louis, MO
9/15 - Columbia, MO - Hairhole
9/16 - Kansas City, KS
9/17 - Omaha, NE
9/18 - Denver, CO - Blastomat
9/19 - Albuquerque, NM - House show
9/20 - Las Cruces, NM - The Trainyard
9/21 - Phoenix, AZ
9/22 - San Diego, CA
9/23 - Los Angeles, CA - Blue Café
9/24 - Los Angeles, CA - Vacation Vinyl (early show)
9/24 - Los Angeles, CA - LAPP Pad (late show)
9/25 - San Jose, CA
9/26 - Oakland, CA
9/27 - San Francisco, CA
9/28 - Santa Rose, CA
9/29 - Sacramento, CA
9/30 - Chico, CA
10/1 - Salem, OR
10/2 - Portland, OR - Beach House (early show)
10/2 - Portland, OR - The Space (late show)
10/3 - Olympia, WA
10/4 - Seattle, WA
10/5 - Missoula, MT - Zoo City
10/6 - Billings, MT
10/7 - Minot, ND
10/8 - Fargo, ND
Now we gone n dun it: another Robotic Empire Kickstarter has been launched! Why? Because we're seriously out of room at RoboHQ and need to clear some much-needed space for upcoming releases aplenty.
We've dug through the archives and found some oddball items to offer up, plus we're doing pick-and-choose CD lots for well below cost.
For real, $10 gets you 10 CDs, $20 gets you 25 CDs, $50 gets you 30 titles (including the 8xCD FLOOR set, new 2xCD AIDAN BAKER release and some other jammers). We've got test presses from ISIS, GHASTLY CITY SLEEP and TILTS, discounted damaged goods, an overstock-vinyl-lot, and will probably add some other jibba jab as it surfaces.
Total goal amount: $420
This is more of a space-making endeavor than a money making one, so please check it out as the deals are pretty retardo.
To please kickstarter's guideline-enforcers, we are calling these "Custom Robotic Empire Care Packs" and will draw whatever madness you want on the box, sales receipt and/or anywhere else. This was surprisingly popular during our previous/first Kickstarter for the TILTS LP release (which is nearly sold out now too, we've got about 25 copies left) so we're upping the ante this time and making it standard practice for all orders made via this campaign.
So get weird with it: Wanna see the Terminator hitting a gravitybong: DONE. How about a unicorn battling a dinosaur? DEAL. Or maybe a mystic wizard cooking up some pancakes? Strange, but OKAY. Basically whatever dumb stuff you can conjure up: we'll scrawl it onto or within your package wherever we can.
Yes, this is goofy... but we're trying to keep this space-making operation interesting, for both you and for us. So please hit up our Kickstarter page and help us make this happen! Gotta say too, the success of the TILTS campaign was heavily indebted to people posting it on their various social media outlets and forums... so if you're willing to share this stupidity, we'll gladly throw in someBONUS SCHWAGat the end of the campaign. Just let us know when we send out the "kickstarter survey" thing at the end and we'll juice ya up!
This diverse update first sees us with two influential bands' catalog items back in print, with vinyl from ISIS and PG.99 getting the re-press treatment. Although the sonic differences are significant, each group created a lasting legacy that still holds long after their disbanding.
ISIS' landmark albums Oceanic and Panopticon are both back in action on the 2xLP format, each with "reverse board" printing throughout (Oceanic getting the massive "tip-on" style jackets, and Panopticon printed via reverse-board for the very first time). The band requested simple black-vinyl for the entire pressing and after a smattering of variations over the years, this keeps things nice and simple.
PAGENINETYNINE reunited last year for a couple of well received and emotionally cathartic live performances. To celebrate, we issued their long out-of-print collections CD, Singles, on the overdue vinyl format. The entire pressing sold out, so a shorter run of 250 more on black vinyl have just been pressed to fill the remaining silkscreened jackets we had kicking around. In classic makeshift fashion, some copies come with the proper "printed innersleeve" that houses the vinyl, and some copies come with a xerox insert of the same artwork instead. Keeping it DIY to keep it in print!
Related, we also recently re-printed two classic PG.99 t-shirt designs. Most sizes are still available, although before even announcing their availability they started heading right back out our doors.
Again sonically different but equally recommended, in celebration of TORCHE's magnanimous new album Harmonicraft coming out later this month, we've decided to discount the closely-related FLOOR discography 8xCD set, Below & Beyond. Everything this seminal sludge-turned-pop outfit ever recorded is contained within this massive collection, and with the deluxe vinyl edition now sold out, this 8xCD release is the only (physical) way to own the monstrous amount of material these geniuii churned out.
The price is tightnice too, as if you enter the "FLOORTWENTY" coupon code at checkout, the price drop to, ahem, $20. Pretty galldarn good for 8 stacked CDs, a bigass 12"x12" 32(!)-page booklet and a custom gatefold jacket holding it all together. BONUS SCHWAG: coupon-code enterers also get a free FLOOR 8xButton set as well, depicting all the album covers from the discography. If you've slacked on this crucial mega-release thus far, hit that up with the quickness as the discount+hookup only goes through the end of this month.
FLOOR also has three live gigs on deck in the coming months as well. If you're on the US East Coast, or in England... don't miss em!
* 4/14 - Savannah, GA @ Statts Benefit Block Party - w/ US CHRISTMAS, WITHERED, lots more - more info: http://www.friendsofstatts.com * 5/26 - London, UK @ All Tomorrow's Parties - w/ MOGWAI, CODEINE, HARVEY MILK, lots more - more info: http://www.atpfestival.com * 7/6-7/8 - Miami, FL @ 305 Fest - w/ TORCHE, HOUSE OF LIGHTNING, BASTARD NOISE, lots more - more info: http://305-fest.blogspot.com
We also have a fantastic and enveloping new t-shirt design from our favorite prolific doom-couple, NADJA! The Berlin-via-Canada duo have teamed up with Berlin-via-Sweden tattoo artist HLG for this brilliant new shirt. Simple but stark, black ink printed on grey supersoft "Next Level" brand t-shirts. Need a new favorite shirt? Seek ye no further! This really is nice...
Besides that rad new shirt and what we consider essential Robo catalog items re-pressed or discounted, we've also had a healthy amount of bombastic new items and re-stocks enter our world for this update.
On the new item tip, we're talking turkey bout killer vinyl from AMENRA, CLOUD MOUTH, DAITRO, DARK CASTLE, KEN MODE, KIDCRASH, MT. ASLEEP, SED NON SAETIA, TUBERS and more.
For restocks, lets rap about an ALGERNON CADWALLADER re-up for all you jangly mofos, BLACK COBRA vinyl and THE BODY 2xLPs are At A Loss essentials that are going quick, CAPSULE's latest ripper on the ltd waxy, COLISEUM, GIVE UP JAH GHOST, PUNCH, TOUCHE AMORE and TRAP THEM bludgeoners from Deathwish, DES ARK and PYGMYLUSH prettys LPs from Lovitt, MELT BANANA and smokeloads more from the prolific Init, the cool/oldschool-esque DON'T BE SWINDLE zine, plus a handful of other freaky gems weaved throughout just the restocks for this round. Here're the full lists:
NEW ITEMS: * Algernon Cadwallader - Parrot Flies 12" (Hot Green) $9.99 * Amenra / Hive Destruction - Split 10" (Init) $13.99 * Battlefields - Agassiz CD (Init) $7.99 * Cloud Mouth - Keep Well 10" (Ice Age) $9.99 * Cloud Mouth - That Ghost is Always With Me 12" (Ice Age) $9.99 * Daitro - Laisser Vivre Les Squelettes 12" (Echo Canyon) $14.99 * Dark Castle - Spirited Migration - 180 GRAM - GREEN COLORED VINYL 12" (At a Loss) $14.99 * Grin and Bear It - Self-Titled 7" (Allergic To Fun) $4.99 * Hive Destruction - Secretvm/Veritas CD (Init) $7.99 * Ken Mode - Venerable 12" (Init) $14.99 * Kidcrash - Naps 12" (Init) $12.99 * Monarch - Omens CD (At A Loss) $10.99 * Mountain Asleep - Smile Medicine 7" (Kid Sister Everything) $4.99 * Nadja - Bone Blight - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99 * Nadja - Bone Blight - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99 * Nadja - Bone Blight - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99 * Nadja - Bone Blight - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99 * Old Growth - Out Of The Sand - COLORED VINYL 12" (Echo Canyon) $14.99 * Same Sex Dictator - From Beneath You it Devours Cassette (Long Way) $4.99 * Sed Non Satiata - Self-Titled - COLORED VINYL 12" (Echo Canyon) $14.99 * Sleeping In Gethsemane / Loom - Split 7" (Init) $4.99 * Tubers - Anachronous - TEAL COLORED VINYL 12" (Echo Canyon) $14.99
RESTOCKS: * Abandoned Hearts Club, The - The Initial Confessions Of 7" - CLEAR COLORED VINYL (Init) $4.99 * Algernon Cadwallader - Some Kind Of Cadwallader 12" (Security Blanket) $9.99 * Assailant, The - Nurse - PICTURE DISC 7" (Init) $5.99 * Battlefields - Entourage Of The Archaic 12" - GREEN COLORED VINYL (Init) $10.99 * Black Cobra - Feather And Stone 12" - RED COLORED VINYL (At A Loss) $14.99 * Body, The - All The Waters Of The Earth Turn To Blood 2x12" - GREY & DARK GREY COLORED VINYL (At A Loss) $19.99 * Body, The - All The Waters Of The Earth Turn To Blood 2x12" - WHITE COLORED VINYL (At A Loss) $19.99 * Buried Inside - Chronoclast 12" - 180g VINYL (Init) $19.99 * Capsule - No Ghost 12" - GREY COLORED VINYL (Rorschach) $12.99 * Coliseum - True Quiet / Last Wave 7" (Deathwish) $4.99 * Des Ark - Don't Rock The Boat, Sink The F'er 12" - ORANGE COLORED VINYL (Lovitt) $14.99 * Don't Be Swindle - Issue #1 Zine (Don't Be Swindle) $3.50 * Give Up The Ghost - We're Down Til We're Underground 12" - TRANSPARENT ORANGE COLORED VINYL (Deathwish) $11.99 * Isis - Oceanic 2x12" (Robotic Empire) $19.99 * Isis - Panopticon 2x12" (Robotic Empire) $19.99 * Melt Banana - Initial 3" Mini CD (Init) $5.99 * Melt Banana - Initial 7" (Init) $5.99 * Pageninetynine - Girl w/ Heart T-Shirt - Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE (Robotic Empire) $15.99 * Pageninetynine - Girl w/ Heart T-Shirt - Size: EXTRA LARGE (Robotic Empire) $14.99 * Pageninetynine - Girl w/ Heart T-Shirt - Size: LARGE (Robotic Empire) $14.99 * Pageninetynine - Girl w/ Heart T-Shirt - Size: MEDIUM (Robotic Empire) $14.99 * Pageninetynine - Girl w/ Heart T-Shirt - Size: SMALL (Robotic Empire) $14.99 * Pageninetynine - Girl w/ Heart T-Shirt - Size: YOUTH LARGE (Robotic Empire) $14.99 * Pageninetynine - Owl T-Shirt - Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE (Robotic Empire) $15.99 * Pageninetynine - Owl T-Shirt - Size: EXTRA LARGE (Robotic Empire) $14.99 * Pageninetynine - Owl T-Shirt - Size: LARGE (Robotic Empire) $14.99 * Pageninetynine - Owl T-Shirt - Size: MEDIUM (Robotic Empire) $14.99 * Pageninetynine - Owl T-Shirt - Size: SMALL (Robotic Empire) $14.99 * Pageninetynine - Owl T-Shirt - Size: YOUTH LARGE (Robotic Empire) $14.99 * Pageninetynine - Singles 12" (Robotic Empire) $11.99 * Pulling Teeth - Paranoid Delusions | Paradise Illusions 12" (Deathwish) $11.99 * Punch - Nothing Lasts 7" - BLUE COLORED VINYL (Deathwish) $4.99 * Pygmy Lush - Mount Hope 12" (Lovitt) $14.99 * Same Sex Dictator - From Beneath You it Devours 12" (Long Way) $9.99 * Spirit Of Versailles, The - Discography 2xCD (Init) $9.99 * Sunflare - Self-Titled Cassette (Cubic Pyramid) $6.99 * Sunflare - Young Love 12" (Cubic Pyramid) $18.99 * Touche Amore - Parting The Sea Between Brightness and Me 12" (Deathwish) $10.99 * Trap Them - Seizures In Barren Praise 12" (Deathwish) $11.99
AND last but most likely not least, some crazy mainstream news activity has been surrounding TILTS guitarist/vocalist (and TORCHE guitarist) Andrew Elstner's recent run in with a rogue bat. A viral press bonanza has stemmed from a freak accident where a bat PISSED IN ANDREW'S EYE and things snowballed from there. There was a rabies scare, freaked out friends/family and subsequent emergency treatment... all detailed on MSNBC, MTV, BUZZFEED, PITCHFORK and more. This is too absurd not to share (you can't make this kinda stuff up!)... so have at it if you've been under a rock:
Also significant: TILTS' infectious vinyl debut dropped about a month back and has sold swiftly (we've got roughly 50 copies left in house). You can get this unlucky man's gloriously catchy music direct from us:
Appropriately (since they have a bangin new album on deck and all), TORCHE is touring their faces off henceforth, so go see these professional barnburners in ze flesh:
* 4/05 - Tampa, FL @ Crowbar * 4/06 - Gainesville, FL @ The Atlantic * 4/07 - Miami, FL @ Churchill's * 5/10 - Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506 * 5/11 - Atlanta, GA @ 529 * 5/12 - Orlando, FL @ Will's Pub * 6/01 - Charlotte, NC @ Amos' Southend # * 6/02 - Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade # * 6/03 - Nashville, TN @ Exit @ In # * 6/05 - Oklahoma City, OK @ The Conservatory # * 6/07 - Tempe, AZ @ Club 910 # * 6/08 - Long Beach, CA @ Ink N Iron Festival * 6/09 - San Francisco, CA @ Slim's # * 6/11 - Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven # * 6/12 - Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre # * 6/13 - Vancouver, British Columbia @ Rickshaw Theatre # * 6/15 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge # * 6/16 - Denver, CO @ The Summit Music Hall # * 6/18 - St. Louis, MO @ Firebird # * 6/19 - Cincinnati, OH @ Taft Theatre # * 6/20 - Flint, MI @ The Machine Shop # * 6/21 - Toronto, Ontario @ The Opera House # * 6/22 - Montreal, Quebec @ Les Foufounes Electriques # * 6/23 - Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Downstairs # * 6/24 - Atlantic City, NJ @ Orion Music and Arts Festival * 7/06 - Miami, FL @ 305 Fest
# = w/ CORROSION OF CONFORMITY, BLACK COBRA and GAZA
Hot on the heels of the release of his encompassing The Spectrum of Distraction 2xCD+digital release on Robotic Empire, Berlin-via-Montreal's AIDAN BAKER will further fill the pages in his passport! Here are the latest tour dates from easily the most prolific artist we've ever worked with:
NADJA + VAMPILLIA + AIDAN BAKER Japan Tour: 28-01-12: Shibuya O-Nest, Tokyo, JP 29-01-12: Unagidani Sunsui, Osaka, JP 01-02-12: Club Quatro, Hiroshima, JP 02-02-12: Voodoo Lounge, Fukuoka, JP 03-02-12: Wakayama, Rub Luck Cafe, JP 05-02-12: Soup, Tokyo, JP
AIDAN BAKER + A-SUN AMISSA EU Tour: 15-02-12: West Germany, Berlin, DE 16-02-12: Astrostube, Hamburg, DE 17-02-12: Christuskirke, Bochum, DE 18-02-12: (H)ear, Heerlen, NL 19-02-12: DB’s, Utrecht, NL 20-02-12: Waggon, Offenbach, DE 21-02-12: Komma, Esslingen, DE 23-02-12: L’inventaire, Le Mans, FR 24-02-12: L’espace B, Paris, FR 25-02-12: Le Plané Ari Home, Wanquetin, FR
Baker is touring in support of January's The Spectrum of Distraction 2xCD+digital release, on which he collaborated with 17 other percussionists to create a whopping 96 (!) tracks, intentionally established to be played on "shuffle". Contributing drummers include current and former members of SWANS, THE JESUS LIZARD, SLOWDIVE, KILLING JOKE, JESU, GODFLESH, LOCRIAN and many more.
The Spectrum of Distraction 2xCD is physically available now from Robotic Empire, and digitally via pre-orders from iTunes, Amazon and others for the official January 17th street date.
We're officially in the home stretch now with just 4 days left to go on the TILTSKickstarter campaign!
I've got to be honest, my OCD is gonna have a slight conniption if we don't reach that smooth 3k mark (we're roughly a hundred bucks away)! Its partly an even-number thing, and its partly a "costs covered" kind of thing, as we'll be able to pay for the vinyl pressing up front in full if we hit that 3k mark. T-shirts, hoodies and all the other cool non-music extras will be stuff we'll still be forking out for, but the whole point of this wild project was to see if we could get this LP pressed in full through Kickstarter funding.
If you're willing to help spread the word, even just a quick Facebook or Twitter post, maybe on another forum you post on or your blog... please know, it'd actually be genuinely appreciated. This Kickstarter campaign really would not have worked out without kind folks (and the press) spreading the word, saying kind things on their blog and elsewhere... it means so much to us at the label and the band as well. We're all VERY excited to get the finished LPs, which are in the initial stages of production already :)
THANK YOU to everyone and anyone who's helped contribute to this project in any way, be it pledging for the album, talking trash on a message board, just listening to and enjoying the tunes... or any other way you may have interacted with this crazy thing.
Berlin-via-Montreal transplant AIDAN BAKER (one 1/2 of prolific duo NADJA) has set his latest double album, "The Spectrum of Distraction", for a January 17th release date. Robotic Empire will be releasing the album worldwide as a 2xCD and expanded digital download.
Designed to be intentionally played at random, "The Spectrum of Distraction" is 96 tracks spanning a vast array of genres, creating a completely unique yet rewarding listen each time. Baker solicited drum tracks from 18 different drummers (including current and former members of SWANS, THE JESUS LIZARD, SLOWDIVE, KILLING JOKE, GODFLESH, JESU and more) which he then crafted instrumental work atop of.
In regards to constructing the album, Baker said, "Originally I was going to stick pretty strictly to Zappa's 'xenochrony' idea of randomly putting pieces of instruments together, so that the drums, bass, and guitar would be recorded separately and then pieced together to see what came out. In the end, because of some different times and textures, instead of taking individual drum loops, I just used the entire track and recorded to everything I got."
Six hours of material was the result, of which Baker then pieced down to two hours across the pair of discs. Thematically complimented by a "Choose Your Own Adventure" style layout, an extended session of the full recordings is also included as an digital download card.
With organizing the playback of the release, Baker had the following to say: "I structured it so that it would be a different listen every time... A couple of people that I sent it to ... let it shuffle between the two separate discs and not just the one disc. That's yet another possibility... They can listen to it as sequenced if they want, too. I set it up to have some kind of flow that way, but it's up to the listener, really. "
A handful of preview tracks are surfacing now, with the first to accompany a a lengthy Pitchfork Media feature on Aidan Baker, "The Spectrum of Distraction" and other collaborations:
Further tracks posted from "The Spectrum of Distraction" will be announced soon, and pre-orders for the 2xCD +digital download of the physical release are now available through Robotic Empire and their distributor Revolver:
The times they are a'changing: Robotic Empire is trying out Kickstarter!
It's not without good reason: we 1.) want to release the badass debut album by TILTS, but 2.) can't afford it at the present time. Instead of racking up more debt at an already financially-skinny time, we're testing the waters with ye olde Kickstarter.
TILTS is comprised of our old comrade Andrew Elstner (formerly of RIDDLE OF STEEL and now also currently of TORCHE) on guitar and vocals, plus three of his close friends also from St. Louis, Missouri: Shawn Hart on bass, Ken McCray on drums and Andy White on guitar.
These dudes self-recorded 12 tracks over three sessions at their home studio, then ponied up to have Richmond engineer Ian Whalen (RAH BRAHS, TOMBS, LAMB OF GOD, etc) re-mix the whole shebang.
She's a killer album that way more people need to hear, so we're attempting to both raise awareness of the band as well as drum up the two grand needed to have it all properly mastered and pressed on vinyl + digital download.
Hopefully that's where you come in, as we've set up six different "pledge" options for this thing ranging from $5 to $666. Pretty much every one involves getting the album, and we've trying to keep it interesting as this is basically set up as an elaborate "pre-order". Long story short, we've tried to use the better parts of Kickstarter's setup to make this exciting for anyone who decides to check it out.
We've got it set up to run for two months since the holidays could throw things off a bit, but ideally we can raise 2grand for this thing and get this badass album released pronto. If this works out, we've got some other cool ideas for future projects to run through Kickstarter.
This TILTS album is catchy as hell but generally unheard, so we're excited to spread the word about one of our in-house favorite bands. We've seriously jammed this thing in repeat for the better part of a year and are glad to finally get this crazytrain in motion!
For a lot more information and to preview additional tracks in full (the video above is just a medley) please check out the Kickstarter page.
Also, thanks for reading/humoring this... bring it!!
It's pretty awesome and inspiring when we get sent reviews for a release we didn't even mail out promos for. BIG ups to Ian Wise and Demian Johnston for taking the time to review the THOU, Baton Rouge, You Have Much To Answer For EP all on their own volition. Seriously, much appreciated!
Thou somehow manage to consistently put out fully realized records with obviously thoughtful artwork and meticulous packaging. And they do so at a pace that makes me embarrassed of how slowly my own musical endeavors come together. This release, their most recent 12” EP (it’s four songs, but each side is about 15 minutes, so “EP” is sort of misleading) sums up most things I love about the band. Their earlier releases were heavy, but focused on slow parts with really pretty sounding guitar harmonies. I loved it, but recently they’ve picked up the pace a little and have gotten much, much more dissonant in their sound. This record is no less abrasive than the “Smoke Pigs” track they contributed their split with Black September, but they have some spacey, jammy parts that go well with their sludge aesthetic and help the record flow better as a long player. The tracks here also seem less disjointed than songs on Tyrant or Peasant, both of which had some awkward changes. Of course, the packaging is great as the band partnered with the always diligent Robotic Empire, the only people who may actually be nerdier than Thou about vinyl packaging. -Ian Wise / Razorcake (buy here)
holy shit. this is fantastic. super heavy, super thick and totally amazing sounding. you can really tell they gave a shit in releasing this. i have no idea if this is coming out in any other formats but this is a real ep. so often bands will release a cassette to keep some sort of "cred" going but it ends up being some throw away demos or noise from a band that has no business making noise. this feels real. two heavy and interesting originals on the a side and an instrumental laden with samples and really heavy guitars followed by a Nirvana cover with a killer guitar solo using a phase shifter in a excellent way. the way this sounds is also another reason why having James Plotkin master your releases will never make you regret the affordable price. you just have to hear it. it sounds amazing. the packaging is a double sided screenprinted three panel j card and it looks fantastic. the artwork is great, the music is great. i used to not really dig thou but after the last couple things i have heard i am completely sold. great work. - Demian Johnston / Dead Formats
Hot on the heels of the EMPLOYER, EMPLOYEE discography LP release (more info here if you missed it), we've got another very limited and deluxe LP exclusively available in the Robotic Empire - Online Store. This time is the (otherwise) tour-only edition of BLACK TUSK's debut album Passage Through Purgatory, released by our longtime Savannah brethren at Hyperrealist.
This beast of an album was dropped on unprepared souls a few years back, and with the first press long sold out Hyperrealist was wise enough to make another small batch for a recent tour. However, only 350 copies were made in total, and much of those went to the band themselves. We are the only mailorder spot to get this, and with a finely silk screened multi-color John Dyer Baizley jacket, we don't expect them to last too long.
Even so, we still want to apologize for the high price tag on this one, but apparently it cost a small fortune to press and print. We got 150 copies of the 350 made, and the price is $29.99. This also comes on a beautiful teal colored vinyl, and hand-signed n' numbered by our old dawg John Baizley himself.
This is truly a beautiful release though and worth every penny, with brutal jams to boot. BLACK TUSK have recently released their followup album on Relapse Records and have been road warriors for years. Their southern sludge stomp isn't easily matched, and its not surprising they're often uttered in the same breath as their fellow Georgian peers BARONESS, KYLESA and MASTODON. For those unfamiliar, you can preview their burly tunes here.
Its also worth reiterating the latest Robotic Empire label release, one an insanely long time in the making. EMPLOYER, EMPLOYEE were a crushing (and very ahead-of-their-time) band outta Austin, Texas and we just released their full discography LP. A whole lot of info on that can be found here and the release itself (and/or a silkscreen print) is now available exclusively through us, here.
Besides those two elaborate LP releases, we've gotten in another gnarly batch of items for the Robotic Empire - Online Store. Not exactly a ton of stuff, but almost all heavy hitters. Here ya go:
NEW ITEMS: * Accept Death - Self-Titled 12" (Hydrophonic) $14.99 * Black Tusk - Passage Through Purgatory - TOUR EDITION, TEAL COLORED VINYL 12" (Hyperrealist) $29.99 * Fight Amp / Ladder Devils / Kowloon Walled City - Lose, Lose, Lose 12" (Brutal Panda) $13.99 * Loose Lips Sink Ships - Self-Titled - GREEN COLORED VINYL 7"+CD (Whaleplane) $4.99 * Makai, The - Embracing The Shroud Of A Blackened Sky 12" (Halo Of Flies) $9.99 * Masakari - The Profit Feeds 12" (Halo Of Flies) $9.99 * Ramesses - Baptism Of The Walking Dead - BLACK VINYL 12" (Hydrophonic) $18.99 * Ramesses - Baptism Of The Walking Dead - CLEAR COLORED VINYL 12" (Hydrophonic) $24.99 * Ravens Creed / Sollubi - Split 7" (Hydrophonic) $5.99 * Stone Axe - Extended Play - SKY BLUE COLORED VINYL 10" (Hydrophonic) $17.99 * XXX Maniak - Gorebortion - GOLD BLACK COLORED VINYL 12" (Hydrophonic) $13.99
RESTOCKS: * Daitro - Cendresdes Cendres, Je Me Consume - BLACK VINYL 10" (Music Fear Satan) $15.99 * Daitro - Cendresdes Cendres, Je Me Consume - CLEAR COLORED VINYL 10" (Music Fear Satan) $15.99 * Thou / Mohoram Atta - Degradation of Human Life [split] - SALMON COLORED VINYL 12" (Halo Of Flies) $10.99
The big news for the Robotic Empire - Online Store this week is the extremely long awaited release of the EMPLOYER, EMPLOYEE discography! An untold time in the making (the master alone has been done for 4 years), we are absolutely thrilled to finally present this beast to you!
Early pioneers of mixing metal, punk, grind and hardcore, Austin, Texas' EMPLOYER, EMPLOYEE were almost TOO ahead of their time... blowing away the few that "got it", leaving others slack-jawed and stunned. We were beyond words when witnessing these fiends in the late 90's, and in the Robodog heyday were lucky enough to release the sic[sic] CD followup to their classic debut EP, Mother Spain and the Wayfaring Myth. Both of which comprise this stunning discography release.
Recorded back in 1998 and 2000, seriously think for a minute about what you were doing during that timeframe. These guys were busy pushing envelopes left and right, doing things that may seem somewhat commonplace today, but were generally weird and/or unheard of back in those days. They were one of the few bands that flawlessly incorporated both low, growly vocals AND dissonant melody within hardcore music... and beyond that, they actually constructed damn good songs utilizing additional elements pulled from punk, metal and grindcore influences.
The audio has been carefully re-mastered from the original DAT tapes... and ten blistering songs that absolutely stand the test of time are the result of many years of work. The hair-standing lyrics are still just as vital today as in they days which they were written, accompanying waves of distorted yet lush guitars, completely frantic and unique drumming, plus a general energy and passion that is hard sought and much coveted. To put it lightly, EMPLOYER, EMPLOYEE were a band of rare quality.
Part of the reason why this release has taken so long to see the light of the day is the artwork. Originally designed with the CD-sized format of sic[sic] in mind, Aaron Turner's original layout has been meticulously reconstructed for the vinyl edition. Keeping the feel and theme of sic[sic] in mind, the imagery has been modified to spread across two LP-sized panels of a three-color silkscreened jacket (printed by Broken Press, another photo of which can be seen here). Also included is a double sided photocopied insert, cloth patch, 1" button and free digital download. We are charging $12.99 for this release; all copies come on clear colored vinyl and the entire pressing is limited to just 300 copies.
A lot of thought and time has gone into the presentation of this release, as it is the last will and testament to a band from another era. EMPLOYER, EMPLOYEE left a lasting impression on us that started over a decade ago, and we're honored to present this discography for your enjoyment. We hope you'll take something from it as well.
Phew! Wow, quite a lot to say about a band that only so many people have heard of. PLEASE check out the discography if you can though, we highly recommend it! Beyond that, we've also got an outstanding update for the Robotic Empire - Online Store that would be noteworthy even without the EMPLOYER, EMPLOYEE LP:
Standout new stuff this time include the long-awaited DOVE vinyl release (ex-FLOOR, ex-CAVITY, pre-HOUSE OF LIGHTNING), two excellent GRAILS LP reissues on color wax that the band recently re-pressed themselves (both of which we originally released), plus a slew of killer t-shirts officially licensed by Bad Skulls including CHARLES BRONSON, IRON LUNG and SPAZZ! On the re-stock tip we've got a handful of distributor-returned BATTLE OF MICE / JESU CDs (last chance to dance on this one), DOLCIM LPs, two shirts from Eat Death and a couple other jammers as well. Here's the full list:
NEW ITEMS: * Charles Bronson - Taking Aim - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Bad Skulls) $11.99 * Charles Bronson - Taking Aim - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Bad Skulls) $11.99 * Charles Bronson - Taking Aim - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Bad Skulls) $11.99 * Charles Bronson - Taking Aim - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Bad Skulls) $11.99 * Dodgin' Bullets - Earn Your Respect - GOLD COLORED VINYL 12" (True Stance) $9.99 * Dove - Self-Titled - GREEN COLORED VINYL 12" (Financial Ruin) $18.99 * Dove - Self-Titled - PURPLE COLORED VINYL 12" (Financial Ruin) $18.99 * Drowning with Our Anchors / Maladie - Split - BROWN COLORED VINYL 10" (Glory Kid) $11.99 * Employer, Employee - Discography - CLEAR COLORED VINYL 12" (Robotic Empire) $12.99 * Employer, Employee - Discography - PRINT (Robotic Empire) $3.99 * Gehenna - Upon The Gravehill - BLUE COLORED VINYL 12" (King Of The Monsters) $12.99 * Grails - Redlight - BROWN COLORED VINYL 12" (Pamlico Sound) $16.99 * Grails - The Burden of Hope - GOLD COLORED VINYL 12" (Pamlico Sound) $16.99 * Green & Wood - Self-Titled - GREEN COLORED VINYL 12" (Cyclopean) $13.99 * Iron Lung - Fry Face - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Bad Skulls) $11.99 * Iron Lung - Fry Face - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Bad Skulls) $11.99 * Iron Lung - Fry Face - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Bad Skulls) $11.99 * Iron Lung - Fry Face - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Bad Skulls) $11.99 * Loose Lips Sink Ships / Victor Villarreal - Eating Happens 7" (Whaleplane) $5.99 * Mammoth Grinder - Extinction of Humanity 12" (Cyclopean) $10.99 * Slaughter Strike - At Life's End 12" (Cyclopean) $12.99 * Spazz - Hang Loose - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Bad Skulls) $11.99 * Spazz - Hang Loose - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Bad Skulls) $11.99 * Spazz - Hang Loose - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Bad Skulls) $11.99 * Spazz - Hang Loose - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Bad Skulls) $11.99 * Sungod - First Matter 12" (Cyclopean) $13.99 * Unholy Grave - Grind Hell - RED ORANGE COLORED VINYL 10" (Death Agonies & Screams) $10.99 * Wyqm - Portrait of Spectre - RED WITH BLACK SPLATTER COLORED VINYL 12" (Death Agonies & Screams) $9.99
RESTOCKS: * Charles Bronson - Mugshot T-Shirt - Size: LARGE (Eat Death) $11.99 * Charles Bronson - Mugshot T-Shirt - Size: MEDIUM (Eat Death) $11.99 * Charles Bronson - Mugshot T-Shirt - Size: SMALL (Eat Death) $11.99 * Dolcim - Guillotine Ride 12" (React With Protest) $10.99 * Electric Wizard - Dopethrone T-Shirt - Size: EXTRA LARGE (Eat Death) $11.99 * Electric Wizard - Dopethrone T-Shirt - Size: LARGE (Eat Death) $11.99 * Electric Wizard - Dopethrone T-Shirt - Size: MEDIUM (Eat Death) $11.99 * Jesu / Battle of Mice - Split CD (Robotic Empire) $11.99 * Trainwreck / Comadre - Split 12" (React With Protest) $11.99 * Unholy Grave - Grindignation - SQUARE-SHAPED BLUE/BLACK COLORED VINYL 7" (Death Agonies and Screams) $7.99
We'd also like to take this opportunity to point out that we've recently dropped another new release, the debut CD from NEON BASTARD, New Zealand's latest freaks of powerviolence, grind, punk and more. An insanely rad album, we've got it available now for only 6 bucks. This and a few other new items & restocks from the last update should probably be reiterated due to sheer crucialness! Plus, a gnarly NEON BASTARD review can (and should) be read here. Here's that last update's list of stuff:
NEW ITEMS: (from 09/05/10) * Ancient VVisdom / Charles Manson - Split - 1-Sided GREY COLOREED VINYL 12" (Withdrawl) $11.99 * Gnaw Their Tongues - L'arrive De La Terne Mort Triomphante CD (Crucial Blast) $9.99 * Hot Cross - Risk Revival - YELLOW COLORED VINYL 12" (Destructure) $16.99 * Knut - Wonder 12" (Conspiracy) $13.99 * Knut - Wonder CD (Conspiracy) $12.99 * Lords - F' All Y'all Motherf'rs - WHITE COLORED VINYL 12" (Destructure) $17.99 * Neon Bastard - Meikhaus CD (Robotic Empire) $5.99 * Reaching Away - Push Away The Moon 12" (McMurtrey) $10.99 * Red Sparowes - The Fear Is Excruciating, But Therein Lies The Answer 12" (Conspiracy) $14.99 * Red Sparowes - The Fear Is Excruciating, But Therein Lies The Answer CD (Conspiracy) $12.99 * Summer Pledge - You Are You 12" (Self Released) $7.99 * Taiga - Hsheal 12" (Conspiracy) $14.99 * Teens In Trouble [aka Pizza] - Self-Titled Cassette (Self Released) $4.99 * Wolves In The Throne Room - Black Cascade - PICTURE DISC VINYL 2x12" (Conspiracy) $25.99
RESTOCKS: (from 09/05/10) * A Day In Black And White / Golden Birds - Split 7" (Paranoid) $4.99 * Amanda Woodward - Meurt La Soif - BROWN COLORED VINYL 7" (Paranoid) $4.99 * Geisha - Die Verbrechen Der Liebe CD (Crucial Blast) $5.99 * Geisha - Mondo Dell'Orrore CD (Crucial Blast) $7.99 * Giants - Old Stories - SPLATTER COLORED VINYL 12" (Cavity) $9.99 * Hot Cross - Risk Revival - ORANGE COLORED VINYL 12" (Paranoid) $16.99 * Hot Cross / The Holy Shroud - Split - PICTURE DISC 7" (Paranoid) $5.99 * Kowloon Walled City - Turk Street - RED BLACK HAZE COLORED VINYL 10" (Wordclock) $7.99 * Lords / Karysun - Split - RED COLORED VINYL 10" (Destructure) $16.99 * Monarch - Dead Men Tell No Tales 2xCD (Crucial Blast) $9.99 * Nadja - Desire In Uneasiness CD (Crucial Blast) $9.99 * Souvenirs Young America - An Ocean Without Water CD (Crucial Blast) $7.99
YES! Love a big update. Hopefully there's something in there that strikes ya, and if so please hit up the Robotic Empire - Online Store for all this jibba jab and thousands of other items spanning the underground music universe. PEACE!
Its been a long time since we did one of these (4 years, in fact) and while we've intentionally dropped the ball on promotion a bit over the past few years, thankfully we are still able to deliver almost an hour of weird new music for all you freaks, absolutely FREE.
No, we haven't gone "crunk core" (thank jah), we are just so psyched to see LIL JON rocking a new THOU shirt that we had to make an ode to him with this free sampler.
18 tracks, 52 minutes, 101 megabytes for your cranium to comprehend. Free (of course), cause we love you (of course). Lots of choice cuts, plus some unreleased and/or exclusive new jammers, if you're into that sorta thing. Check that shit, SON:
The tracklist includes: 1.) BAD SECRETS - Go and Leave 2.) NEON BASTARD - Steven Tyler 3.) FLOOR - Downed Star 4.) VANESSA VAN BASTEN - Fuck the Best, Take the Rest (teaser) 5.) TIDELAND - Braindead on the Interstate 6.) YOUNG WIDOWS - Lucky and Hardheaded (live) 7.) CAPSULE - Just Three Lines 8.) DIAL - Sweating 9.) HEWHOCORRUPTS - Sell em All (MIDI) 10.) THOU - By Every Hand Betrayed 11.) BATTLEMASTER - Death is a Warm Cube 12.) MEDUSA - Mediatrix 13.) EMPLOYER, EMPLOYEE - Nil or the Nile 14.) FLOOR - On the Money 15.) ENEMY SOIL - My Religion 16.) INTER ARMA - 2000 Years 17.) TIDELAND - Crash 18.) VANESSA VAN BASTEN - Domio '95
There is a whole lot more details about each song and all that good stuff over at the Robotic Obscurities blog, or just use the download links above if you don't care about what Robo catalog number this bullshit is from. Word.
We are psyched to announce that the previously (and quickly) sold out THOU EP, Baton Rouge, You Have Much to Answer For, is now available again on both vinyl and cassette. We re-pressed the vinyl on black (1000) and tapes on red (200). Same artwork, same inserts, same music and all... just available again, this time with a sweet corresponding t-shirt printed up as well. The shirt is (reappropriated) artwork from the gatefold LP jacket's back cover, and turned out really awesome. 2-color front, 1-color back and red & black ink on "athletic grey" sweatshop-free t-shirts; you can see a bigger image of the front artwork here. There's no package deals or anything set up, but we tried to keep the prices pretty low on all this stuff.
For those living under a rock and still unfamiliar with the grossly prolific THOU, they are easily our favorite southern sludge/doom band in years and a true force to be reckoned with both live and on record. A seething ode to their city of inception, Baton Rouge, You Have Much To Answer For contains by far some of THOU's best material released to date, and one of the most downtrodden recordings we've been a part of over the past 11+ years of doing this label. It's an "EP" because it's 4 songs total, but it's also over 30 minutes of crushing music, set to the tune of the end of times. Like all of their recordings, its available for free download on their website or if you're oldschool and want the physical "real thing", this EP and most of the rest of the available THOU releases are available now in the Robotic Empire - Online Store.
Related to this (but not actually our release) is a killer writeup NPR (!) just gave in regards to both THOU's live experience and their new album Summit. Very cool to see such a respected publication shine a little light down into the underground, this time directly onto our friends. You can read the article here and/or pre-order the new Summit CD release from our brethren at Gilead Media (we'll be stocking it too as soon as its publicly available).
At another end of the hardcore/metal spectrum is the recent HEWHOCORRUPTS Midi of Profits USB Rubber Bracelet release. Attacking capitalism through a more tongue-in-cheek approach (vs THOU's somewhat blunt methods), HEWHOCORRUPTS have flown the "corporate grindcore" flag for years, culminating in probably their most absurd release ever (exceeding a credit card-sized CD housed in a wallet, a NSFW split calendar and a 7" packaged with shredded US currency). Yes, that's right... this is a functional AND fashionable USB-chip-infused rubber bracelet with meticulously recreated MIDI-based songs held within, inspired in part by their classic Master of Profits EP which displayed a masterful love/hate relationship with METALLICA. Long story short, this 1gb USB chip bracelet is packed with music, videos, tabulator, animated GIFs and other awesome nonsense to justify the pure stupidity of creating this thing. Limited to 200 copies and available now in the Robotic Empire - Online Store.
Beyond the recent label activity, there's also been a steady stream of killer new stuff and restocks in the Robotic Empire - Online Store. This week we've got another "exclusively distributed" item, the new one from Swedish post-metal outfit SUFFOCATE FOR FUCK SAKE. We couldn't keep their previous stuff in stock, and are the only US outlet you can order this monster 2xLP from. Also new in the expletive-band-name front is the long-awaited blistering split 7" from SHITSTORM and CONGA FURY, showcasing easily the heaviest n' fiercest SHITSTORM tracks to date. Solely re-stocking cassettes this week, mostly from our screamy-hardcore-lovin' Malaysian friends at Utarid, here's the full list:
NEW ITEMS: * Black Shape Of Nexus - Mannheim Live Cassette (QSD) $4.99 * Conga Fury / Shitstorm - Split 7" (To Live A Lie) $4.99 * Daitro - Cendresdes Cendres, Je Me Consume - BLACK VINYL 10" (Music Fear Satan) $15.99 * Daitro - Cendresdes Cendres, Je Me Consume - CLEAR COLORED VINYL 10" (Music Fear Satan) $15.99 * Suffocate for Fuck Sake - Blazing Fires and Helicopters on the Front Page of the Newspaper. There's a March Going on and I'm Marching in Heavyboots 2x12" (Blue Grass) $24.99 * Thou - Baton Rouge, You Have Much To Answer For - BLACK VINYL 12" (Robotic Empire) $12.99 * Thou - Harp Lady Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $10.99 * Thou - Harp Lady Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $10.99 * Thou - Harp Lady Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $10.99 * Thou - Harp Lady Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $10.99 * Thou - Harp Lady Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $10.99 * Thou - Harp Lady Size: YOUTH LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $10.99 * Three Steps To The Ocean - Until Today Becomes Yesterday CD (Frohike) $9.99
RESTOCKS: * Daitro - 2004-2007 Discography Cassette (Utarid) $4.99 * Ghostlimb - Alea Eacta Est Cassette (Utarid) $4.99 * Kidcrash - Snacks Cassette (Utarid) $4.99 * La Quiete - La Fine Non E' La Fine' Cassette (Utarid) $4.99 * Osceola - Discography Cassette (Utarid) $4.99 * Thou - Baton Rouge, You Have Much To Answer For Cassette (Robotic Empire) $5.99
Since this round of new jams is pretty short, we figured it was worth mentioning last week's killer new stuff as well:
NEW ITEMS: (from 07/25/10) * Dad They Broke Me - ROT 12"+CD (We Empty Rooms) $15.99 * Dove - Self-Titled Cassette (Financial Ruin) $7.99 * Fangs of a TV Evangelist - Self-Titled 12"+CD (We Empty Rooms) $15.99 * Gehenna - Hope Guzzo Bootleg - COLORED VINYL 12"+7" (A389) $12.99 * Hewhocorrupts - Midi of Profits USB Bracelet (Robotic Empire) $14.99 * Holy Mountain - Diapers Full Live Cassette (Financial Ruin) $5.99 * Integrity - To Die For - RED COLORED VINYL 10"+7" (A389) $11.99 * Moho - He Visto La Cruz Al RevÈs 12" (Feast Of Tentacles) $15.99 * Seraphim - Self-Titled - COLORED VINYL 7" (A389) $4.99 * Souvenir's Young America - The Name Of The Snake 12" (Init) $13.99 * Souvenir's Young America - The Name Of The Snake CD (Init) $9.99 * Thou / The City Is The Tower - Split 12" (Init) $13.99 * Wolvhammer - Black Marketeers Of World War III CD (Init) $9.99 * Worlds - Unforeseen Paths Cassette (Financial Ruin) $8.99
RESTOCKS: (from 07/25/10) * Abandoned Hearts Club, The - The Initial Confessions Of CD (Init) $7.99 * Back When - Swords Against The Father 7" (Init) $4.99 * Battlefields - Stained With The Blood Of An Empire CD (Init) $8.99 * Buried Inside - Chronoclast 12" - 180GRAM VINYL (Init) $19.99 * Cougar Den - Keepondrifter 12" - BLUE COLORED VINYL (Init) $12.99 * Integrity - Walpurgisnacht 7" - COLORED VINYL (A389) $4.99 * Melt Banana - Initial 7" (Init) $5.99 * Spirit Of Versailles, The - Discography 2xCD (Init) $9.99
In the works for a stupidly long time, its kind of amazing we didn't (completely) spill the beans on this one. Chicago's HEWHOCORRUPTS are no stranger to weird releases; the "corporate grindcore" outfit have formerly issued a credit card sized CD housed in a wallet, a NSFW split calendar, an EP packaged with shredded money, etc... but this one probably takes the cake.
Midi of Profits is what it's called, and a frikkin 1gb USB bracelet is what it is: that's right, we've released a rubber USB bracelet with MIDI songs on it. The files in question are meticulously re-created computerized versions of HEWHOCORRUPTS' classic Master of Profits EP, but now with MIDI guitars, machine drums and vocoded vocals. An insane amount of time was spent making these completely absurd tracks, and we are blown away with how accurately they digitally reflect the originals.
To spice it up even further, the band includes tablature for all the songs, two classic/incredible/related music videos, album art, credits and more on this fully functional 1gb USB-chip-infused rubber bracelet. Fashionable AND functional, per the HEWHOCORRUPTS corporate mantra. You can wear it and share it, but the only place to get this beaut is through the Robotic Empire - Online Store (and the band themselves). We only made 200 of these bad mamma jammas, so grab one now or forever cry yourself to sleep.
Appropriately we are also running a large scale sale at the moment, to clear some room for "fresh new stock" per our own corporate mantra. In other words, we're selling all standalone CDs and DVDs on our site (priced over five bucks) for $2 less than usual right now, even if they're already discounted! This "clearance special" is only running until the end of the month, so check it out now if you like shiny discs on the cheap!
Beyond those white-collar activities, we also have a host of new jams for all the blue-collar and no-collar punx out there. This week the Robotic Empire - Online Store sees new additions from the absurdly prolific THOU, longtime favorites DOVE, Richmond's SOUVENIR'S YOUNG AMERICA's new one, the revamped INTEGRITY and more. Plus a fairly stacked Init Records restock makes this a sweet little stash o' stuff:
NEW ITEMS: * Dad They Broke Me - ROT 12"+CD (We Empty Rooms) $15.99 * Dove - Self-Titled Cassette (Financial Ruin) $7.99 * Fangs of a TV Evangelist - Self-Titled 12"+CD (We Empty Rooms) $15.99 * Gehenna - Hope Guzzo Bootleg - COLORED VINYL 12"+7" (A389) $12.99 * Hewhocorrupts - Midi of Profits USB Bracelet (Robotic Empire) $14.99 * Holy Mountain - Diapers Full Live Cassette (Financial Ruin) $5.99 * Integrity - To Die For - RED COLORED VINYL 10"+7" (A389) $11.99 * Moho - He Visto La Cruz Al RevÈs 12" (Feast Of Tentacles) $15.99 * Seraphim - Self-Titled - COLORED VINYL 7" (A389) $4.99 * Souvenir's Young America - The Name Of The Snake 12" (Init) $13.99 * Souvenir's Young America - The Name Of The Snake CD (Init) $9.99 * Thou / The City Is The Tower - Split 12" (Init) $13.99 * Wolvhammer - Black Marketeers Of World War III CD (Init) $9.99 * Worlds - Unforeseen Paths Cassette (Financial Ruin) $8.99
RESTOCKS: * Abandoned Hearts Club, The - The Initial Confessions Of CD (Init) $7.99 * Back When - Swords Against The Father 7" (Init) $4.99 * Battlefields - Stained With The Blood Of An Empire CD (Init) $8.99 * Buried Inside - Chronoclast 12" - 180GRAM VINYL (Init) $19.99 * Cougar Den - Keepondrifter 12" - BLUE COLORED VINYL (Init) $12.99 * Integrity - Walpurgisnacht 7" - COLORED VINYL (A389) $4.99 * Melt Banana - Initial 7" (Init) $5.99 * Spirit Of Versailles, The - Discography 2xCD (Init) $9.99
We also want to mention again the previous two-weeks' new items & restocks since some really good stuff has come in and been widely overlooked. Here's all that again:
NEW ITEMS: (from 07/05/10 + 07/18/10) * Acid King - Free / Down With the Crown 12" (Kreation) $9.99 * Across Tundras - Old World Wanderer CD (Self Released) $7.99 * Big Trouble In Little China - 4 Song - PINK COLORED VINYL 7" (No List) $5.99 * Bloody Panda - Summon 2x12"+DVD (20 Buck Spin) $20.99 * Chino Horde - Discography 2x12" (Adagio830) $18.99 * Comadre - Burn Your Bones, Songs About The Youth Cassette (Pure Minds) $5.99 * Flowers In the Attic - Fingers - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (McCarthyism) $6.99 * Flowers In the Attic - Fingers - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (McCarthyism) $6.99 * Ghostlimb - Alea Eacta Est Cassette (Utarid) $5.99 * Gods & Queens - Untitled #2 - 1-SIDED VINYL 12" (Sons of Vesta) $14.99 * God Is An Astronaut - A Moment Of Stillness 12" (Revolvermann) $15.99 * God Is An Astronaut - A Moment Of Stillness - BLUE BLACK COLORED VINYL 12" (Revolvermann) $15.99 * Gok - Mark I Cassette (Revolvermann) $4.99 * Hidden Hand - Aztec Hand - Size: GIRLS LARGE T-Shirt (McCarthyism) $6.99 * Hidden Hand - Aztec Hand - Size: GIRLS SMALL T-Shirt (McCarthyism) $6.99 * Hidden Hand - GREEN Aztec Hand - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (McCarthyism) $6.99 * Hidden Hand - GREEN Aztec Hand - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (McCarthyism) $6.99 * Hidden Hand - RED Aztec Hand - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (McCarthyism) $6.99 * Hidden Hand - RED Aztec Hand - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (McCarthyism) $6.99 * KEN Mode - Mennonite - COLORED VINYL 3x7" (No List) $19.99 * KEN Mode - Mennonite Cassette (No List) $7.99 * KEN Mode - Reprisal - RED & GREY COLORED VINYL 2x12" (No List) $19.99 * Liturgy - Renihilation 12" (20 Buck Spin) $10.99 * Mass, The - City Of Dis CD (Crucial Blast) $1.99 * Most Precious Blood - Merciless 12" - WHITE COLORED VINYL 12" (Bitter Melody) $9.99 * Stirling Says - Balboa 12" (Adagio830) $9.99 * Stormcrow / Coffins - Split 12" (20 Buck Spin) $10.99 * Ultra Dolphins - Alien Baby - GLOW IN THE DARK COLORED VINYL 12" (Rorschach) $11.99
RESTOCKS: (from 07/05/10 + 07/18/10) * Across Tundras - Dark Songs of the Prairie 12" - BLACK VINYL (Kreation) $9.99 * Across Tundras - Dark Songs of the Prairie 12" - SILVER SPLATTER COLORED VINYL (Kreation) $9.99 * Ampere - All Our Tomorrows End Today 10" - BLACK VINYL (Ebullition) $10.99 * Birthday Boyz - The Bro Cycle 12" (Life in a Box) $9.99 * Brainworms - Swear To Me 12" - BLUE COLORED VINYL (Rorschach) $14.99 * Brainworms - Which Is Worse 12" - PINK ICE BLUE COLORED VINYL (Rorschach) $14.99 * Cannabis Corpse - Bud Monsters T-Shirt - Size: EXTRA LARGE (Robotic Empire) $14.99 * Cannabis Corpse - Bud Monsters T-Shirt - Size: LARGE (Robotic Empire) $14.99 * Cannabis Corpse - Skullbong T-Shirt - Size: MEDIUM (Robotic Empire) $14.99 * Catalyst, The - A Hospital Visit CDep (McCartyism) $6.99 * Coffins - Mortuary of Darkness 2x12" - SPLATTER COLORED VINYL (Kreation) $19.99 * Comadre - Flower T-Shirt - Size: MEDIUM (Pure Minds) $19.99 * Comadre - Flower T-Shirt - Size: SMALL (Pure Minds) $19.99 * Das Oath - Self-Titled 11" (Youth Attack) $12.99 * Deadly Sins - 4x7" (Hater of God) $10.99 * Drowning With Our Anchors - You Can Never Go Home Again 12" (Adagio 830) $13.99 * Ed Gein - Judas Goats and Dieseleaters 12" - BROWN/CLEAR VINYL (Hex) $10.99 * Ed Gein - Judas Goats and Dieseleaters 12" - RED/CLEAR VINYL (Hex) $10.99 * Electric Wizard - Dopethrone T-Shirt - Size: EXTRA LARGE (Eat Death) $11.99 * Electric Wizard - Dopethrone T-Shirt - Size: LARGE (Eat Death) $11.99 * Electric Wizard - Dopethrone T-Shirt - Size: MEDIUM (Eat Death) $11.99 * Electric Wizard - Dopethrone T-Shirt - Size: SMALL (Eat Death) $11.99 * Fell Voices - Self-Titled 12" (Human Resources) $12.99 * God Is An Astronaut - The End Of The Beginning 2x12" (Revolvermann) $20.99 * Hidden Hand, The / Wolly Mammoth Split CD McCarthyism $4.99 * Joshua Fit For Battle - Bring Out Your Dead CD (Electric Human Project) $4.99 * Jumbo's Killcrane - The Slow Decay CD (Crucial Blast) $3.99 * Little Gold - On The Knife 12" (Adagio 830) $10.99 * Mouthbreather - Lila 10" (Adagio) $10.99 * Nachtmystium - Demise 12" - PURPLE SILVER COLORED VINYL (Kreation) $13.99 * Nachtmystium - Eulogy IV 12" (Kreation) $14.99 * Nadja / OVO - The Life And Death Of A Wasp 12" (Adagio) $9.99 * Orchid - Self-Titled [gatefold] CD (Ebullition) $9.99 * Orchid - Self-Titled 12" - GATEFOLD BLUE COLORED VINYL (Ebullition) $12.99 * Orchid - Totality CD (Clean Plate) $11.99 * Oak & Bone - Self-Titled 7" (Hex) $4.99 * Pageninetynine - Girl w/ Heart T-Shirt - Size: LARGE (Robotic Empire) $14.99 * Pageninetynine - Girl w/ Heart T-Shirt - Size: MEDIUM (Robotic Empire) $14.99 * Pageninetynine - Girl w/ Heart T-Shirt - Size: SMALL (Robotic Empire) $14.99 * Pageninetynine - Owl T-Shirt - Size: EXTRA LARGE (Robotic Empire) $14.99 * Pageninetynine - Owl T-Shirt - Size: MEDIUM (Robotic Empire) $14.99 * Pageninetynine - Owl T-Shirt - Size: SMALL (Robotic Empire) $14.99 * Pizza - Self-Titled 7"+CD-R - BLACK VINYL (Sons Of Vesta) $5.99 * Pizza - Self-Titled 7"+CD-R - YELLOW COLORED VINYL (Sons Of Vesta) $5.99 * Pizza / Tideland - Split 7" - VINYL (Cosmic Debris) $4.99 * South, The / Hypatia - Split 12" (Square Of Opposition) $5.99 * Thou / Salome - Split 12" (Vendetta) $10.99 * Tragedy - Nerve Damage CD (Self Released) $10.99 * Tragedy - Self-Titled 12" - IMPORT VERSION VINYL (Tragedy) $14.99 * Triac - Dead House Dreaming CD (Reptilian) $2.99 * Waifle - The Music Stops, The Man Dies 12" (Magic Bullet) $9.99 * Who Calls So Loud - Self-Titled 2x10" - COLORED VINYL (Adagio 830) $14.99 * Yob - Catharsis 12" (Kreation)$9.99 * Zoroaster - Voice of Saturn 12" (Kreation) $10.99
Finally, we also want to mention we've added another band to our roster: NEON BASTARD from New Zealand will see their debut album "Meikhaus" released by us on September 7th. Uncomfortably nestled somewhere in the midst of powerviolence/punk/sludge/grind/stoner rock... these four weirdos have concocted an maniacal debut and we're psyched to release it! You can read more about all that here. Heads up!
We've teamed up with the Wellington, New Zealand band NEON BASTARD for the release of their debut album, Meikhaus. Comprised of 11 songs in under 22 minutes, Meikhaus is a total blitzkrieg of blasting punk rock, stoner riffs and pure noise.
Two preview tracks have been posted (well, hidden) on the band's hideous myspace page, here:
About as far from "normal" as a band can get, Robotic Empire is thrilled to team up with the weirdos in NEON BASTARD, who embody elements vital to underground music: damn good tunes without taking oneself too seriously. A smattering of genres are covered throughout the songs within Meikhaus; the track listing as follows:
1. Steven Tyler 2. Lateman 3. Cock Rock 4. Mangy Feline 5. I'm Your Bastard 6. Don't Tread on Me 7. Mad F'ing 8. Kano and Rongburns on the Nose Candy 9. Pushah 10. Big Dogz 11. c.2023
NEON BASTARD's debut will be available on CD and through digital download worldwide on September 7th, 2010, with a pro-filmed video for "Mangy Feline" to shortly follow the album's release.
* BAD SECRETS 9" TEST PRESS AS A 10" young widows pelican * CANNABIS CORPSE blunted 12" 1st press!! municipal waste * DEAD MACHINES future 10" UNPLAYED! wolf eyes john olson * DEATH PROOF SOUNDTRACK 12" LP vinyl!! Quentin Tarantino * DRUM MACHINE MADNESS 7" TESTPRESS agoraphobic nosebleed * GHASTLY CITY SLEEP - 12" TEST PRESS city of caterpillar * GRAILS - Burden/Redlight rare 2xLP SET! ltd 200 om sunn * GRAILS - Take Refuge In Clean Living 12" LP om kayo dot (rare PURPLE VINYL from the 1st press, limited to 200) * HELMS ALEE - s/t 12" RAREST VERSION /200 harkonen botch * HOUSE OF LOW CULTURE 7" TEST PRESS! isis neurosis boris * ISIS - Panopticon 2xLP 1st press TEST PRESS SET pelican * ISIS - Panopticon 2xLP remastered re-press TEST PRESSES * ISIS panopticon RARE 12" LP side-B only TEST PRESS tool * ISIS - Panopticon 2x12" LP neurosis mastodon 7 converge (1st press on RARE opaque ORANGE vinyl limited to 212) * ISIS - Oceanic Remixes 4x 12" TEST SET! jesu mr. bungle (FULL 4LP TEST PRESS SET! only complete set available) * ISIS - Oceanic Remix Vol. 1 12" TEST PRESS khanate sunn * ISIS - Oceanic Remix Vol. 2 LP TEST PRESS jesu godflesh * ISIS - Oceanic Remix Vol. 3 12" TEST PRESS! mike patton * MAGRUDERGRIND /SHITSTORM 12" TEST PRESS torche baroness * MANNEQUIN / TRANSISTOR TRANSISTOR 7" TEST PRESS! orchid * MASTODON - Blood Mountain 12" LP WHITE! slayer converge * MENEGUAR -Strangers In Our House 12" OOP built to spill * PG.99 - document #5 RARE 12" LP 7 page99 screamo orchid * PYGMY LUSH - Bitter River 12" TEST PRESS! pg.99 page 99 * RED SPAROWES at the soundless dawn LP 12" isis neurosis (rare 2x LP TEST PRESS SET! limited to just 10 copies) * RED SPAROWES / GRAILS - 12" TEST PRESS om shrinebuilder * RED SPAROWES/GREGOR SAMSA lp TEST PRESS mogwai sparrows * THE SHAKERS Omaha The Cat Dancer PIC LP 12" REED WALLER * STOP IT - Demo 10" city of caterpillar kidcrash screamo (rare tour-only TEST PRESS EDITION -ltd to 150 copies) * U.S. CHRISTMAS s/t 12" LP COLOR VINYL neurosis hawkwind
(CD artwork, subject to change)
Designed to be intentionally played at random, "The Spectrum of Distraction" is 96 tracks spanning a vast array of genres, creating a completely unique yet rewarding listen each time. Baker solicited drum tracks from 18 different drummers (including current and former members of SWANS, THE JESUS LIZARD, SLOWDIVE, KILLING JOKE, GODFLESH, JESU and more) which he then crafted instrumental work atop of.
It's pretty awesome and inspiring when we get sent reviews for a release we didn't even mail out promos for. BIG ups to Ian Wise and Demian Johnston for taking the time to review the THOU, Baton Rouge, You Have Much To Answer For EP all on their own volition. Seriously, much appreciated!
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