Boy Robot - Glamorizing Corporate Lifestyle - Electronica - CD

It had to happen. Imagine two successful solo artists, Michael Zorn and Hans Möller (used to be a member of the highly successful Swedish project Balderdash), just happening to meet at work in Berlin and realizing that they share not only an interest in music, but, more specifically, a love for that particular tinge of electronic music that finds itself surrounded by a dubby effervescence. The 10 tracks on board manage to encapsulate and dissect a pool of sub-generic ideas that scarcely make an appearance on a single body of work, perfectly fusing the musical signatures that each artist has perfected over the course of the last few years. From an unfolding rigid digital riddim that Mr Zorn structures so well, a cascade of twilight melodies weaving itself in and out of the ride to a ballearic vibe that seems deliciously out of place, like a tranquilised, late night version of post-rave blues. If you're familiar with the work of both of them, you will be instantly aware of the magic at play. Over the last couple of years, Zorn has acquired a reputation for deep technoid tracks, focusing on complex rhythms. Möller fits perfectly into that image, adding his own vision of percussive structure and melodies, playing the melodica and the kalimba imbuing the whole album with a more acoustic edge.

It had to happen. Imagine two successful solo artists, Michael Zorn and Hans Mﾔller (used to be a member of the highly successful Swedish project Balderdash), just happening to meet at work in Berlin and realizing that they share not only an interest in music, but, more specifically, a love for that particular tinge of electronic music that finds itself surrounded by a dubby effervescence. The 10 tracks on board manage to encapsulate and dissect a pool of sub-generic ideas that scarcely make an appearance on a single body of work, perfectly fusing the musical signatures that each artist has perfected over the course of the last few years. From an unfolding rigid digital riddim that Mr Zorn structures so well, a cascade of twilight melodies weaving itself in and out of the ride to a ballearic vibe that seems deliciously out of place, like a tranquilised, late night version of post-rave blues. If you're familiar with the work of both of them, you will be instantly aware of the magic at play. Over the last couple of years, Zorn has acquired a reputation for deep technoid tracks, focusing on complex rhythms. Mﾔller fits perfectly into that image, adding his own vision of percussive structure and melodies, playing the melodica and the kalimba imbuing the whole album with a more acoustic edge.

Performer	Boy Robot
Music genre	Electronica
Media format	CD
Original release date	2003
Number of tracks	10
Has parental advisory label	N
Number of discs	1
Track listing	Likely Silly & Waterful, Glamorizing Corporate Lifestyle, Set It for Me, Don't Panic It's Organic, Loving You Makes Me Nervous, Just My Reflection & Me, Old Habits Die Hard, The Last Dance, My Heart's Still Beating, When Broken Consider It Solo
Record label	City Centre Offices
Composer	Michael Zorn, Hans Mller
Track name	Glamorizing Corporate Lifestyle, Old Habits Die Hard, The Last Dance, My Heart's Still Beating, Set It for Me, Just a Reflection and Me, Don't Panic It's Organic, Loving You Makes Me Nervous, Likely Silly and Waterful, When Broken Consider It Sold
Music media format	CD
Is edited	N
Is enhanced	N