Mark Jenkins – Modular Sessions 21: Planet of the Robots

Description

1) FUTURE IMPERFECT (10.00) Fritz Mayr, Intelligentsia, Ro Merium, MJ
2) A ROBOT LULLABY (3.18) MJ with the voice of Eliezer Yudkowsky
3) 800 QUADRILLION BITS (8.22) Wolfgang Schmid, Dave Gate of Hyberus, MJ
4) I SING THE BODY ELECTRIC (4.42) Bert Hülshoff (Phrozenlight), MJ
5) 3 PORTRAITS OF THE ROBOT EMPEROR (6.06) Olivier Briand, MJ
6) OCEAN OF STATISTICAL IMPROBABILITY Pablo Bilbao (Pabellón Sintetico), MJ
7) DROID PARTY: THERE IS A PLANET… (4.58) (Mike) Von Der Kret, MJ
8)…WHERE ROBOTS GET FUNKY (4.49) Phil Thornton, Grant Young (Wal bass), MJ
9) HIVE OF THE NANOBOTS (5.56) MJ, Robert Harrison of Z Machine (sax), Hannah Chappell of Cellistica (cello)
10) THE ZOROME 21MM392 (5.02) MJ, Hervé Picart of Ose Music Factory
11) ROBOTS – TO THE STARS! (10.46) Mathias Grassow, MJ

LTD 100
Issue 21 of the monthly collaborative synthesizer music CD series completes the trilogy started with MS10 “Rise of the Robots” and MS15 “Battle of The Robots”. Eons later, robots dominate the planet under the reign of a Robot Emperor, leaving the chaotic times of the humans far behind. Massive sweeps of synthesizer sound, thrilling sequences and robotic voices picture life on the robot planet, until the urge comes to leave for the stars…

One of the largest casts yet of collaborators from the UK, European, US and South American synth music scenes join in, one creating developing textures, rhythms or sequences while the next adds melodies, abstract sounds or dialog samples. There’s plenty to appeal for lovers of the TANGERINE DREAM “Sessions”, JEAN-MICHEL JARRE, VANGELIS, KRAFTWERK, KLAUS SCHULZE, and even HELDON or JAN HAMMER with touches of electronic jazz and avant-garde classical added by Rob Harrison (of Z Machine) and Hannah Chappell (of Cellistica) guesting on sax and cello.