Robert Lippok

Robot

a WESTERN VINYL release

WV022 || Format: CD
Release Date: 10/24/2006
UPC: 656605452227

WESTERN VINYL WWW.WESTERNVINYL.COM [e-mail]

1. Tracking
2. To the Zero Movement Point
3. Unexpected Behavior No. 7
4. Silent Movement (no servo)
5. After Work
6. Closed Loop 3
7. Pick and Place
8. Sweet Servo

Let’s face it, Robots will eventually take over; it’s just a matter of time. They
might look silly, doing some kind of funny dance, playing soccer, performing
their daily pick and place routine in factories, or helping us to win or lose
wars, but, their combination of artificial intelligence, neuro-biology, and
computer science will make them irresistible.

In the past two thousand years people have tried to build humanoid machines,
sometimes with magic (Rabbi Loew’s Golem) and sometimes with mechanics.
Though the results have often looked spooky or ridiculous, they’re proof of
our obsession with emulating creation. These days, humanoid robots have
become just a small facet of robot science, but they remain intriguing and
seductive.

Robert Lippok’s Robot ep is a portrait of the euphoria and naivety of 20th
century robot science. Throughout the ep he uses the technology and the
spirit of early 90’s techno in combination with field recordings and a sense for
romantic melodies to explore and elucidate our relationship and fascination
with robots.

SELLING POINTS

- Robert Lippok's portrait of a robot is part of

an ongoing series of Western Vinyl releases,

which have included

Bonnie Prince Billy,

Oren Ambarchi, Papa M, Tren

Brothers, and more.

- Robert Lippok is a member of

To Rococo

Rot and has been involved in numerous

collaborations, including a recent collaboration

with

Barbara Morgenstern.

- Lippok will be performing many shows

throughout 2006/2007, including November

show in New York to celebrate the release of

the Robot Ep.

- The album features original artwork by

Robert Lippok.

-This release comes five years after his first

solo release, Open, Close, Open, on

Raster

Noton.

- A full press campaign will be handled by

Western Vinyl.

-A radio campaign will be handled by AAM and

PRESS QUOTES

"Colorful music, intimate and sweet, all with a

poppy touch. Great stuff indeed."

–

Vital Weekly

" The music's underwater, oceanic attributes

are perfect for a day in the tub, lounging in your

temperature-controlled environment, dreaming

of a swim" –

Pitchfork

"one of the best indie-electronica crossover

albums I have ever heard." –

Foxy Digitalis

"a record that sings its inventiveness to the

torpid movement of a warm sun-filled

afternoon..." –

Igloo Magazine

"As short as it may be, Open Close Open holds

a lot of artistic beauty in its bytes." –

All

Music Guide

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