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Summer Sale!  The entire online store is 25% off starting today till I decide to end the sale.  Enter coupon code Summersale at checkout.
Grab some tunes! Hope everyone's summer has been enjoyable so far. These pups are having fun on the river.  Peace!

Hey there everyone!  Hope you're having a lovely spring.  The weather has been super pleasant over at Robo HQ and new flowers continue to bloom all over the mountainsides every week.  A great time of year to be outside and a great time of year to offer a new/old album for order.  Robotic Empire is teaming up with Hyperrealist Records once again to offer Baroness' First & Second album for order through our online store.  Order Here Freshly repressed with a silver foil stamped jacket this time around and a clear colored vinyl option along with standard black.  These are set to arrive in the next week and I'll begin packing and shipping them ASAP.  Baroness are touring machines throughout the entire year so hopefully you guys can get out to see them at one of their shows.  Tour dates listed below!

Unavailable since 2013, Hyperrealist Records has just repressed Baroness' crucial First & Second album and Robotic Empire is pleased to be the main mailorder outlet for the release!  Official street date for the reissue is June 7th and I am accepting orders now.  This new repressed version has silver foil stamped on the jacket and comes on clear colored vinyl or standard black vinyl.  Will ship ASAP once it arrives at Robo HQ. Order a copy now in the Robotic Empire Online Store : Here
BARONESS' now-classic, formative material sees a proper reissue, combined together as one deluxe LP. A bit dirtier, punker and more metal than their current rock-infused catchy weirdness, First & Second is an important document in the lineage of this awesome band, and all 38 minutes of music have been completely re-mixed and re-mastered for a much fuller sound than ever before.

Housed in a beautiful gatefold jacket with guitarist/vocalist John Dyer Baizley's elaborate and intricate artwork (spread through the exterior, interior and printed dustsleeve), this Silver Foil-Stamped beauty is available once again!
2019 Tour Dates
June 9 – Baltimore, MD – The Sound Garden
June 10 – Philadelphia, PA – Creep Records
June 11 – Fords, NJ – Vintage Vinyl
June 12 – Babylon, NY – Looney Tunes
June 14 – Brooklyn, NY – Rough Trade 
June 15 – Poughkeepsie, NY – Darkside Records 
June 16 – Boston, MA – ONCE/Newbury Comics 
June 19 – Mexico City, Mexico – Lunario
June 21 – Santiago, Chile – Blondie
June 22 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – Uniclub
June 23 – Sao Paulo, Brazil – Fabrique Club
July 11 – Lancaster, PA – Chameleon Club
July 12 – Poughkeepsie, NY – The Chance
July 13 – Huntington, NY – The Paramount
July 14 – Hartford, CT – Webster Theater
July 16 – Buffalo, NY – Town Ballroom
July 17 – Pittsburgh, PA – Mr. Smalls Theatre
July 19 – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
July 20 – Detroit, MI – The Majestic
July 21 – Indianapolis, IN – Deluxe at Old National Centre
July 23 – Palatine, IL – Durty Nellie’s
July 24 – Des Moines, IA – Wooly’s
July 26 – Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room
July 27 – Lawrence, KS – The Granada
July 28 – St. Louis, MO – The Ready Room
July 30 – Nashville, TN – Cannery Ballroom
July 31 – Birmingham, AL – Saturn
August 4 – Baton Rouge, LA – Varsity Theatre
August 5 – Atlanta, GA – Buckhead Theatre
August 6 – Tampa, FL – The Orpheum
August 7 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Culture Room
August 9 – Orlando, FL – The Plaza Live
August 10 – Jacksonville, FL – 1904 Music Hall
August 11 – Charleston, SC – Music Farm
August 13 – Charlotte, NC – The Underground
August 14 – Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
August 16 – Richmond, VA – The National
August 17 – Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Soundstage
September 23 – Newcastle, United Kingdom –  O2 Academy
September 24 – Glasgow, United Kingdom – O2 Academy
September 26 –  London, United Kingdom –  O2 Academy Brixton
September 28 – Bristol, United Kingdom – O2 Academy
September 30 –  Birmingham, United Kingdom –  O2 Academy
October 1 – Manchester, United Kingdom – O2 Apollo
October 3 – Belfast, United Kingdom – Ulster Hall
October 4 – Dublin, Ireland – Olympia Theatre
October 6 – Paris, France – L’Olympia
October 7 – Luxembourg, Luxembourg – Rockhal
October 9 – Madrid, Spain – La Riviera
October 10 – Lisbon, Portugal – Coliseu dos Recreios
October 12 – Barcelona, Spain – Razzmatazz
October 14 – Milan, Italy – Fabrique
October 29 – Warsaw, Poland – COS Torwar Event Hall
October 31 – Prague, Czech Republic – O2 Universum
November 1 – Berlin, Germany – Mercedes -Benz Arena
November 3 – Stuttgart, Germany –  Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
November 5 – Zurich, Switzerland – Hallenstadion
November 7 – Frankfurt, Germany – Festhalle
November 8 – Munich, Germany –  Olympiahalle
November 10 – Leipzig, Germany – Arena Leipzig
November 11 – Hamburg, Germany – Barclaycard Arena
November 14 – Cologne, Germany –  Lanxess Arena
November 17 – Vienna, Austria – Wiener Stadthalle
November 19 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Ziggo Dome
November 21 – Antwerp, Belgium – Lotto Arena
November 27 – Helsinki, Finland – Hartwall Arena
November 29 – Stockholm, Sweden – Tele2 Arena
Thanks Everyone!

Holiday Test Press Contest!!

From now till the end of the year if you spend $30 or more in the Robotic Empire Online Store You will be entered to win one of the following 6 test presses!!
Isis - Wavering Radiant
Red Sparowes - Every Red Heart Shines Toward The Red Sun
Man Is The Bastard: Bastard Noise - The Honesty Shop
Jesu - Christmas
Windmills By The Ocean - II
Malady - Self-Titled
It's your choice on the test press, at checkout just enter the artist you are interested in winning in the notes section of your order. After the first of the year I'll announce the winner and mail them out the desired test press.
Contest starts now, good luck and Happy Holidays!!
Robotic Empire Online Store

Chaga the dog is available if $10,000 worth of items is purchased.

Holiday Test Press Contest!!

From now till the end of the year if you spend $30 or more in the Robotic Empire Online Store You will be entered to win one of the following 6 test presses!!
Isis - Wavering Radiant
Red Sparowes - Every Red Heart Shines Toward The Red Sun
Man Is The Bastard: Bastard Noise - The Honesty Shop
Jesu - Christmas
Windmills By The Ocean - II
Malady - Self-Titled
It's your choice on the test press, at checkout just enter the artist you are interested in winning in the notes section of your order. After the first of the year I'll announce the winner and mail them out the desired test press.
Contest starts now, good luck and Happy Holidays!!
Robotic Empire Online Store

Whoa! I hope you're sitting down because (holy crap!) Robotic Empire has a brand new website!  This gorgeous New Online Store is a considerable & refreshing change and has been in the works for close to a year (hmm, maybe it's been over a year?).  Robo's ancient zencart site that you have been loyally ordering on all these years is 15 years old!  Yes seriously, 15 years old!!  It was always threatening to break (or was breaking) and was a major headache to use.  It's hard for me to truly explain how stoked I am to have this cleaner, way more user friendly, and reliable website so I'll just suffice with "I'm beyond thrilled!!"  There are so many enjoyable features on this new online store so please allow me a moment to list a few:
 
* Multiple variants of an album are combined and listed under one product page (my OCD is so pleased)
* Cleaner look with large cover art images that make shopping more delightful
* Improved customer accounts with up to date info about your order, it's status and once shipped, it's tracking number!!
* Customers receive Email notification with tracking info once their order ships
* Various payment options available including Shopify Pay which takes no % cut from Robo (unlike paypal)
* "New Items To The Shop" section let's you keep up to date on all new additions and restocks to the store
* About section has been spruced up with some fresh photos.
* The Discography page is still horribly out of date but will be updated soon!  Promise!
 
There is much, much more, including a ton of features on the back end that make my life tremendously easier.  Certain aspects of this new shop even cut out a few steps in my packing and shipping process which means your orders will get shipped out to you faster.  I'll stop blabbering because there are more exciting things to announce below. I encourage you to click on the "New Items To The Shop" section as I won't be line listing the new editions and restocks in this update as I normally do.  I want to encourage you guys to browse through the "New Items To The Shop" area of the store and find out for yourself.  Items are listed in order of most recently added to oldest.  Check out the New Online Store now!
 
In celebration of the new online store launch I have stacks of free items to give away with every order!  It could be a 7", 10", 12", CD, DVD or even a T-shirt, so be sure to list your shirt size when you order just in case I'm tossing in a shirt for you.  I'll be randomly pulling from the distro, so it's whatever strikes my fancy.
 

Not only will everyone get a free item when they order, but if your order total is $40 or over (before shipping) you will get a freshly printed Robotic Empire T-Shirt!  This vintage "Old Man With Harp" image has been long out of print but has been resurrected especially for this new store launch!  "Old Man With Harp" is printed on army green Anvil Ringspun brand shirts with tan and black ink by those fine folks over at Broken Press in Seattle. Make sure to include your shirt size in the notes when you place your order.  If you don't want to order $40 just to get the new shirt, you can order it direct here - New Shirt
 
I want to thank Ali Croft of Skirven & Croft for her hard work on the new website and all her patience with me as I crawled out of the zencart dark ages!  Robo's intern, Kris Hannum, has been an indispensable help with getting this site up and running. So much data entry was needed and most all of that fell on Kris.  I can't thank him enough for the extreme detail he went into on every aspect I requested he complete.  Please be sure to check out his label, Conditions Records. Conditions Records releases are available to purchase in the Robo online store so add a few to your cart, or order direct from Kris, to help show your appreciation of all his hard work!  Last, but certainly not least, I say thank you to Deja for her detailed counting, counting, counting!  She was a stupendous help getting the physical inventory counted and up to date for the new store launch!  Plus she has a ferret named Ozzy which makes her all the more amazing in my book.  Deja will be on hand to help pack and ship those Jesu orders once the product arrives at Robo HQ later in August.  Thank you guys so much!  It's been a blessing to have such a reliable team supporting me in this major effort and new chapter for Robotic Empire!
 
Alright, I know everyone has been eagerly awaiting this announcement too, so here it is!
 

Jesu's Ascension is in production!  Thanks for all the inquiries and requests for this release over the years! I'm sorry it had to take so long but you will see it has been worth the wait!  The official release date is August 31st and you can place your pre-orders now on the BRAND SPANKIN NEW ONLINE STORE!!  Please remember that any additional items you add to your order won't ship until the Jesu records are in house.  I expect that to be around mid August.  Ascension has been remixed by Justin Broadrick and and remastered by James Plotkin.  Packaging for this beauty includes a gatefold jacket with matte finish and printed inner sleeves with full album lyrics.  500 have been pressed on black vinyl and 500 pressed on white vinyl.  A limited # of white copies come with a screenprinted cloth patch that displays the Jesu logo.  Go add this baby to your cart! - Order Ascension Here
 


You may have noticed that Thou's Peasant has been out of stock but no worries, it's currently being repressed.  I expect Peasant to be available and shipping just in time for their new release to drop August 31st via Sacred Bones.  A limited number of copies come with a luxuriously large 10" x 10" screenprinted cloth patch featuring the Horse Woman design and text from the shirt we printed last year.  Some folks have requested the ability to purchase the patch as a stand alone item so I've made that option available too (in case you already own the album but don't want to miss out on the patch).  I have to say, I really love this image, it's one of my favorites!  Order the Peasant repress here  & you can order the patch separately here - Patch Orders Here
 
I'm trying to keep this update short and sweet so you can cruise over to the new online store and have a look around.  If you happen to run into any bugs please use the contact form to notify me.  I hope you find some new music to add to your cart and enjoy this summer with friends!  I do want to recommend one new item in the distro that I can't seem to get off my turntable.  Check out Now, Now's album "Saved".
 
You guys are truly amazing!  I thank you so much for all the encouragement and support during this new online store launch and also for the excitement surrounding Jesu's Ascension.  I love reading all your comments and feel so fortunate to still be involved in this community after all these years!  Have a lovely July and make sure to spend time with friends and family!  Much Love!

Happy New Year to everyone and I hope a great holiday break was had by all.  There's a decent amount of snow here at Robo HQ so snowmobiling, cross country skiing, , snowshoeing, snowy horseback rides, and lots of plowing have been enjoyed during the time off.  Keeping away from the computer for days at a time was lovey and a gorgeous full moon on the first day of 2018 was a real treat!

Well to start off the new year I have a great distro update for everyone to read over.  Some of this stock has been here for months and months but there just hasn't been time to get it processed and up on the online store.  If you glance through the lists below you'll see another City of Caterpillar record from Repeater Records is now in stock along with restocks on the Self-Titled 12".  Elder double LPs and restocks are up for sale in the store in addition to new releases from Accident Prone which includes that new House Of Low Culture 4-way split.  Elder Magick released a wonderful shoegaze album from Lacing that needs to be checked out.  I've restocked the Thou/Great Falls 7" from Hell Comes Home and from what I understand, these are the last of the last of them.  The "Accidents Grotesque" album from Great Falls is also available in the online store now.  Echo Canyon Records sent me a nice quantity of the Mihai Edrisch album on Maroon Colored Vinyl so grab those up.  Last but not least is a live album from Man Is the Bastard from 1992.

The restocks list isn't anything to skip over either!  Some may have seen over the holiday that I received back from an Austrian Distributor, a decent amount of oop Robotic Stock.  Please read below to find gems from Capsule, Floor, Nadja/A Storm of Light, Pygmy Lush, Ultra Dolphins, and the Whatever Nevermind Comp.

Magic Bullet restocks, Deathwish restocks, and Lovitt Records restocks.  Read below!


NEW ITEMS
BLK OPS / Cave Bastard    -    Split    12"    (Accident Prone)    $19.99
City Of Caterpillar    -    Driving Spain Up A Wall B/W As The Curtains Dim, Little White Lie    12"    (Repeater)    $14.99
Elder    -    Dead Roots Stirring - PURPLE COLORED VINYL    2x12"    (Armageddon)    $24.99
Elder    -     Self-Titled 2x12'' - PURPLE COLORED VINYL    2x12"    (Armageddon)    $24.99
Great Falls    -    Accidents Grotesque    12"    (Hell Comes Home)    $14.99
House of Low Culture / Caustic Touch / Daniel Menche / EMS    -    Split    12"    (Accident Prone)    $17.99
Lacing    -    Bummer 12'' - CLEAR BLUE COLORED VINYL    12"    (Elder Magick)    $17.99
Man Is The Bastard    -    Live On KSPC 88.7 FM 1992    12"    (Deep Six)    $14.99
Mihai Edrisch    -    Un Jour Sans Lendemain 12'' - MAROON COLORED VINYL    12"    (Echo Canyon)    $15.99
Pod, The    -    Self-Titled    12"    (Accident Prone)    $19.99

RESTOCKS

Birds In Row - Personal War 12'' *VINYL* (Deathwish)    $10.99
Brother Dege - Folk Songs Of The American Longhair 12'' *ORANGE COLORED VINYL* (Magic Bullet)    $9.99
Brother Dege - How To Kill A Horse 12'' *VINYL* (Magic Bullet)    $9.99
Burn - Do Or Die 12'' *BLACK VINYL* (Deathwish)    $14.99
Capsule - Blue 12''+CD *OCEAN BLUE COLORED VINYL  (Robotic Empire)    $14.99
Capsule - Blue 12''+CD *PRIMORDIAL BLUE COLORED VINYL  (Robotic Empire)    $14.99
Capsule - Blue 12''+CD *BLACK VINYL* (Robotic Empire)    $14.99
Charles Manson - Air 12'' *GREY COLORED VINYL* (Magic Bullet)    $9.99
Charles Manson - Inner Sanctum 7'' *ORANGE COLORED VINYL* (Magic Bullet)    $4.99
Charles Manson - Trees 12'' *GREEN COLORED VINYL* (Magic Bullet)    $9.99
City Of Caterpillar - Self-Titled 12'' *COKE BOTTLE TRANSLUCENT COLORED VINYL* (Repeater)    $15.99
Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind 2x12'' *BLACK VINYL* (Deathwish)    $19.99
Converge - Axe To Fall 12'' *BLACK VINYL* (Deathwish)    $14.99
Converge - No Heros 12'' *BROWN MIX COLORED VINYL* (Deathwish)    $10.99
Converge - Thousands Of Miles Between Us DVD (Deathwish)    $12.99
Converge - You Fail Me Redux 12'' *BLACK WHITE SPLATTER COLORED VINYL* (Deathwish)    $14.99
Elder - Reflections Of A Floating World 2x12'' *SPLATTER COLORED VINYL* (Armageddon)    $24.99
Floor - Self-Titled 12''+7'' *BLACK VINYL* (Robotic Empire)    $16.99
Integrity / Power Trip - Split 12'' *BLACK VINYL* (Magic Bullet)    $9.99
Kayo Dot - Dowsing Anemone With Copper Tongue CD (Robotic Empire)    $4.99
Majority Rule - Interviews With David Frost 12'' *RED COLORED VINYL* (Magic Bullet)    $9.99
Nadja / A Storm Of Light - Primitive North 2x12''+CD *PHOSPHORESCENCE COLORED VINYL* (Robotic Empire)    $24.99
Nadja / A Storm Of Light - Primitive North 2x12''+CD *AURORA FORGE COLORED VINYL* (Robotic Empire)    $24.99
NY In 64 - Self-Titled 12'' *CLEAR COLORED VINYL* (Magic Bullet)    $9.99
Oathbreaker - Rheia 2x12'' *BLACK VINYL* (Deathwish)    $19.99
Oozing Wound - Whatever Forever 2x12'' *BLACK VINYL* (Thrill Jockey)    $23.99
Pageninetynine / Majority Rule - Split 12'' *BLACK VINYL* (Magic Bullet)    $9.99
Planes Mistaken For Stars - Prey 12'' *MAGENTA COLORED VINYL* (Deathwish)    $9.99
Pygmy Lush - Bitter River 12'' *BLACK VINYL* (Robotic Empire)    $19.99
Pygmy Lush - Mount Hope 12'' *180 GRAM VINYL* (Lovitt)    $12.99
Pygmy Lush - Old Friends 12'' *BLACK VINYL* (Lovitt)    $12.99
Self Defense Family - Try Me 12'' *PINK BLACK COLORED VINYL* (Deathwish)    $19.99
Super Unison - Auto 12'' *BLACK VINYL* (Deathwish)    $14.99
This Will Destroy You - Live In Reykjavik Iceland 3x12'' *VINYL* (Magic Bullet)    $24.99
This Will Destroy You - Moving on the Edges of Things 12'' *PICTURE DISC VINYL* (Magic Bullet)    $9.99
This Will Destroy You - Self-Titled 2x12'' *GREEN COLORED COLORED VINYL* (Magic Bullet)    $19.99
This Will Destroy You - Young Mountain 12'' *BLUE COLORED VINYL* (Magic Bullet)    $9.99
This Will Destroy You & Lymbyc Systym - Field Studies 12'' *PURPLE COLORED VINYL* (Magic Bullet)    $9.99
Thou / Great Falls - Split 7'' *VINYL* (Hell Comes Home)    $7.99
Ultra Dolphins - Mar 12" *GOLD VINYL* (Robotic Empire)    $9.99
Various Artists - Whatever Nevermind 12''+7'' RECORD STORE DAY EDITION TRANSLUCENT BLUE VINYL* (Robotic Empire)    $29.99
Verse En Coma - Rialto 10''+CD *BLACK VINYL* (Robotic Empire)    $14.99
Wovenhand - Refractory Obdurate 12'' *TRANSPARENT GREEN COLORED VINYL* (Deathwish)    $10.99
Young Widows - Live Radio Performance April 6, 2009 12'' *MAROON COLORED VINYL* (Robotic Empire)    $14.99

Best of wishes to everyone in 2018 and I can't say thank you enough for the support you all showed in 2017!  It was a super fun year of great new Robo releases and I look forward to what 2018 will bring. Happy New Year from the Robo Crew!
 
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Sorry about those site issues the other day.  I got it fixed within a few hours. Were you able to place your order ok?
 
Also, I of course meant 2018 pressing projects in my post about the test presses....

Pg.99's Document 8 12" repress is available for order now! Order the Pg.99 Re-issue here!


 
Over the course of their mere five-year existence, Sterling, Virginia’s Pageninetynine redefined what punk rock could be. This venerable squad of miscreants from the outskirts of the nation’s capital incorporated aspects of nearly every heavy music sub- genre into a tornado of punk fury, releasing a plethora of albums, singles, splits and more, touring relentlessly and inspiring a dedicated, diehard fanbase.


 
Robotic Empire is pleased to announce a timely re-press of the band’s landmark Document #8 album for availability during their September reunion shows!  Each show will benefit a local grassroots organization on the frontlines fighting for civil rights, LGBT rights, youth rights, immigrant and refugee rights, and reproductive rights and justice.


 
Through these shows, they aim to share a broader love for community in general. Beneficiary organizations will be tabling and speaking at events, and members of the band are available for comment about why they are choosing to organize a series of DIY punk shows as a site of resistance. Not only do the bands want showgoers to attend – they hope people will walk away from these events with a sense of how they can participate in building communities where people stand up for others through decisive action.


 
The shows are as follows:

Sept. 21 – Broadberry, Richmond, VA to benefit Richmond Reproductive Freedom Project

Sept. 22 – St. Stephen’s, Washington, DC to benefit Casa Ruby

Sept. 23 – Baltimore, MD to benefit 901 Arts

Sept. 24 – First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia, PA to benefit Juntos

Sept. 25 – St. Vitus, New York City, NY to benefit New Sanctuary Movement NYC

Sept. 26 – Goldsounds, New York City, NY to benefit New York Legal Assistance Group

Sept. 27 – Great Scott, Boston, MA to benefit the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Action Coalition


 
Strictly limited to 500 copies, this newly repressed version of Document 8 comes on purple colored vinyl encased in purple silk screened jackets complements of Broken Press in Seattle, WA.  An 11x11, black and white booklet is also included.  Label copies will be arriving this week and orders will ship ASAP.  It's fun to see that depending on the light, the vinyl can have various shades of purple or pink! You can pick up your copy here:  Order the Document 8 Re-issue here!


 
I'm sure everyone read the announcement about the September 8th release we just had, but just for the heck of it, info on that spectacular album is listed again below for your consideration.  Remember that any orders for the Pyrit - UFO 12" come with a FREE Robotic Empire - Hawks T-shirt so be sure to list your shirt size in the notes when placing those orders!


 


Cinematic, profound and absorbing. PYRIT is the solo project of Swiss German Thomas Kuratli. This first album is the musical expression of an original literary project: the story of a journey into the body – dissolving to universe and transforming into an extraterrestrial machine.


 
Recorded in a parking lot , this album is full of ideas and vivid emotions while definitely pushing the limits of the oneman band. After moving from Zurich to Paris, Thomas started to work at his debut album UFO, originally drawn from Pyrit’s love of electronic, psychedelic and kraut he creates soundscapes of a deserted concrete- world, destruction and loneliness. Sometimes there is a glimpse of hope, sometimes there is not. Pyrit’s music is simultaneously loud and fragile, complex and simple, and always evolving.


 
Navigating between electronic psyche, gaunt blues and the soundtrack of a weightless film, Thomas exposes himself by donning the costume of a disenchanted crooner in search of the ultimate slow.


 



 
Appealing to fans of Low, David Lynch, Portishead and Kanye West' Yeezus, this is an album you will certainly want to check out.  A video for the powerful song, Dirt On the Ground, is up on youtube here - Dirt On The Ground Video   and a full album visual stream with lyrics is available here: Full Album Stream


 
Originally pressed by Bookmaker Records in France, the limited pressing quickly sold out. Now repressed as a split collaboration between Robotic Empire in the US and Bookmaker in France (international customers please order from Bookmaker), with freshly remastered audio specific to the more widespread vinyl release and upgraded packaging with 180 gram black vinyl and a high quality digital download included.


 


USA Customers Order Pyrit Here and get your FREE Robotic Empire Hawks T-shirt with purchase. (remember to let us know your shirt size in the notes of your order)


 
Some more upcoming releases in the works:  The Black Heart Procession 12" is currently in production and has a scheduled release date for late November.  The band will be also be going on tour that month!  Seems we may have some Daughters cassettes in the works and yes, that Jesu - Ascension is still on our radar.  That's all for now, thanks for the support, it's always deeply appreciated!


 

 
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Hi everyone.  There is a new September 8th release to announce and accept pre-orders for starting today!  Cinematic, profound and absorbing. PYRIT is the solo project of Swiss German Thomas Kuratli. This first album is the musical expression of an original literary project: the story of a journey into the body – dissolving to universe and transforming into an extraterrestrial machine.
 
Recorded in a parking lot , this album is full of ideas and vivid emotions while definitely pushing the limits of the oneman band. After moving from Zurich to Paris, Thomas started to work at his debut album UFO, originally drawn from Pyrit’s love of electronic, psychedelic and kraut he creates soundscapes of a deserted concrete- world, destruction and loneliness. Sometimes there is a glimpse of hope, sometimes there is not. Pyrit’s music is simultaneously loud and fragile, complex and simple, and always evolving.
 
Navigating between electronic psyche, gaunt blues and the soundtrack of a weightless film, Thomas exposes himself by donning the costume of a disenchanted crooner in search of the ultimate slow.
 
Appealing to fans of Low, David Lynch, Portishead and Kanye West' Yeezus, this is an album you will certainly want to check out.  A video for the powerful song, Dirt On the Ground, is up on youtube here - Dirt On The Ground Video   and a full album visual stream with lyrics is available here: Full Album Stream
 
Originally pressed by Bookmaker Records in France, the limited pressing quickly sold out. Now repressed as a split collaboration between Robotic Empire in the US and Bookmaker in France, with freshly remastered audio specific to the more widespread vinyl release and upgraded packaging with 180 gram black vinyl and a high quality digital download included.
 

 
US customers can pre-order with Robotic Empire here: US Customers Order Pyrit Here
 
International customers please order direct from Bookmaker here: International Customers Here
 
On a personal note, I feel UFO is one of the most captivating and original albums I've heard in a long time.  I get goosebumps listening to this album and in my excitement over this re-release I'm offering a FREE Robotic Empire - Hawks T-shirt to anyone pre-ordering the Pyrit album.  Just put your shirt size in the notes when placing the order!
 
In addition to the Pyrit pre-orders there's a nice little distro update that goes along with it.  Please check the lists below for new items and restocks from Gilead Media, Deathwish Records, Elder, Other Houses, and Godstopper to name a few.  Got a few copies of the Nadja/A Storm of Light vinyl back from a distributor return so grab those up if you want one, only have 4.  Also please note the MEGA sale on Torche's - In Return 10"+CD.  If you don't own that album and have always wanted to pick it up, now's the best time.  There are three colors to choose from: Torche Sale
 
Thanks everyone, I'm keeping this short and sweet, please go check out the Full Album Stream and watch the Dirt On The Ground Video
 
New Items
Birds In Row    -    Personal War    12"    (Deathwish)    $10.99
Boston Strangler    -    Outcast 2010    12"    (Self Released)    $14.99
Brainbombs    -    Self-Titled Singles Collection 98-2007    2x12"    (Armageddon)    $14.99
Buildings    -    You Are Not One Of Us    12"    (Gilead Media)    $14.99
Burn    -    Do Or Die    12"    (Deathwish)    $10.99
Dialysis    -    Pretty Men    12"    (Hex)    $9.99
Elder    -    Lore    2x12"    (Armageddon)    $24.99
Elder    -    Reflections Of A Floating World - SPLATTER COLORED VINYL    2x12"    (Armageddon)    $24.99
Godstopper    -    Who Tries Anymore    12"    (Hex)    $9.99
Grizzlor    -    Destructoid    12"    (Hex)    $9.99
Kowloon Walled City    -    Gambling On The Richter Scale    12"    (Gilead Media)    $14.99
Kowloon Walled City    -    Turk Street    12"    (Gilead Media)    $14.99
Krallice    -    Prelapsarian    12"    (Gilead Media)    $14.99
Other Houses    -    Fortune Selector    Cassette    (Iron Pier)    $4.99
Psychic Teens    -    Hex    12"    (Hex)    $9.99
Pyrit    -   UFO    12"    (Robotic Empire)         $14.99
Self Defense Family    -    BBC Session    12"    (Deathwish)    $10.99
Ustalost    -    The Spore Of Vipers    12"    (Gilead Media)    $14.99
Vampilla / The Body    -    xoroAHbin    12"    (Gilead Media)    $14.99
Various Artists    -    Closer To The Grave, 15 Years of Tor Johnson Recods    12"    (Tor Johnson)    $9.99
 
 
Restocks
Anicon - Exegeses 12'' *VINYL* (Gilead Media)    $14.99
Brainbombs - Obey 12'' *BLACK VINYL* (Armageddon)    $14.99
Coliseum - Anxiety's Kiss 12'' *SILVER COLORED VINYL* (Deathwish)    $10.99
Doomriders - Grand Blood 12'' *PURPLE COLORED VINYL* (Deathwish)    $10.99
Elder - Spires Burn / Release 12'' *PURPLE COLORED VINYL* (Armageddon)    $14.99
Harms Way - Rust 12'' *GINGER ALE COLORED VINYL* (Deathwish)    $10.99
Krallice - Hyperion 12'' *VINYL* (Gilead Media)    $14.99
Krallice - Ygg Huur 12'' *VINYL* (Gilead Media)    $14.99
Loma Prieta - Self Portrait 12'' *WHITE COLORED VINYL* (Deathwish)    $10.99
Mizmor - Yodh 2x12'' *BLACK VINYL* (Gilead Media)    $23.99
Nadja / A Storm Of Light - Primitive North 2x12''+CD *PHOSPHORESCENCE COLORED VINYL* (Robotic Empire)    $19.99
Self Defense Family - Heaven Is Earth 12'' *WHITE SILVER COLORED VINYL* (Deathwish)    $10.99
Touche Amore - Is Survived By 12'' *CLEAR BLUE MIX COLORED VINYL* (Deathwish)    $10.99
Touche Amore - Parting The Sea Between Brightness and Me 12'' *BLACK VINYL* (Deathwish)    $10.99
Vhol - Deeper Than Sky 12'' *VINYL* (Gilead Media)    $14.99
Yellow Eyes - Sick With Bloom 12'' *VINYL* (Gilead Media)    $14.99
Young And In The Way - When Life Comes To Death - GREY COLORED VINYL 12"    10.99
 
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Weird, sorry about that bad link.  No idea what happened there.  It's fixed now.

Thanks for everyone's patience with the Peasant pre-orders.  Lot's going on over here, many things to juggle and only 2 hands.  I'm going to keep this short and sweet so let's get into it!
Before THOU released their 2014 Gambit Big Easy Award winning, Summit, they spent the spring of 2008 rushing to complete their second full-length, Peasant, in time for a month and a half trek across the United States. This record would be their last true album to abandon melody for the self indulgent, “Southern” styled riffing that had most of their early fans saying, “I thought you’d be bigger with more tattoos and beards.”
Originally released on vinyl by Level Plane Records, this edition has been remastered by Adam Tucker (Signature Tone Recording) and housed in a tip-on style gatefold jacket with 180gram black vinyl and a 20 page booklet. This double LP also offers the complete version, including the CD-only tracks from the To Carry a Stone EP (released in 2008 by Noxious Noize) as well as bonus tracks from the Malfeasance/Retribution EP (released in 2008 on Feast of Tentacles and Rimbaud) and an unreleased cover of "Aneurysm."

There are a limited number of copies that include a 9x3 screen printed cloth patch.  These are only available through Robotic Empire and the band on tour.  Thou will have their copies of Peasant starting on July 16th.

In addition to the re-issue we've printed up some fancy new T-shirts just for the Peasant release.  I have to say, I've been waiting a long time to print this shirt, one of my favorite images and I hope you guys like it too.  Printed on Bella Canvas shirts, made in the USA, there are sizes from Youth Large to Extra Large.
I'm expecting to have the Peasant albums in hand around the second week of July.  Once those arrive I'll be packing and shipping ASAP.  Official release date is July 28th.
https://www.roboticempire.com/store/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&search_in_description=1&zenid=1369jpn4shapq2icbjp63ened4&keyword=thou+-+peasant - Order Thou's Peasant here
 
Please be sure to get out and see these guys play!  Full tour date listing below.
06.29.17 - Portland at Space Gallery (538 Congress Street) at seven-thirty with Nycterent

06.30.17 - Boston at Once (156 Highland Avenue) at eight pm with Ascend/Descend - UNDER 18 MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT

07.01.17 - Providence (MATINEE WITHOUT FALSE) at Aurora (276 Westminster Street) at noon

07.01.17 - Albany at Upstate Concert Hall (1208 NY-146) at seven pm - UNDER 16 MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT

07.02.17 - Grand Rapids at Pyramid Scheme (68 Commerce Avenue SW) at seven pm with The Glass Path

07.03.17 - Chicago at Subterranean (2011 W North Avenue) at four-thirty pm with TALsounds

07.04.17 - Minneapolis (ALL AGES MATINEE WITHOUT FALSE) at Disgraceland with Without

07.04.17 - Minneapolis at Triple Rock (629 Ceder Avenue) at eight pm with Without

07.05.17 - Des Moines (ALL AGES MATINEE WITHOUT FALSE) at Vaudeville Mews (212 4th Street) at five pm with Closet Witch

07.05.17 - Des Moines at Vaudeville Mews (212 4th Street) at nine-thirty pm with Without

07.06.17 - Denver at Hi Dive (7 S. Broadway) at seven pm with Primitive Man

07.07.17 - Denver (ALL AGES MATINEE WITHOUT FALSE) at Mutiny Info Cafe (2 S. Broadway) at one pm with Full Bore

07.07.17 - Colorado Springs at Triple Nickel (26 S. Wahsatch Avenue) at seven pm with Alone

07.08.17 - Boise at Wastelander Studios (1315 W Washington Street) at six-thirty pm

07.09.17 - Seattle at Highline (210 Broadway Avenue E) at nine pm with Great Falls

07.10.17 - Tacoma at Real Art (5412 S. Tacoma Way) at seven pm with Criminal Code

07.11.17 - Portland at Bossanova (720 SE Hawthorne Boulevard) at six pm

07.12.17 - Salem at Salem Tattoo (110 Commercial Street NE) at six pm with Hell

07.13.17 - Eureka at Vets Hall (1018 H Street) at six pm

07.14.17 - Santa Cruz at The Catalyst (1011 Pacific Avenue) at eight pm

07.15.17 - Oakland at The Metro (630 3rd Street) at seven pm with Negative Standards

07.16.17 - Los Angeles at Echoplex (1822 Sunset Boulevard) at eight pm with Graf Orlock

07.17.17 - Orange County at Chain Reaction (1652 Lincoln Avenue) at seven pm with Moxie Beat

07.18.17 - Phoenix at Rebel Lounge (2303 East Indian School Road) at seven-thirty pm with Woundvac

07.19.17 - Albuquerque at Moonlight Lounge (618 Central Avenue SW) at seven pm with Cognizant

07.20.17 - Dallas at Three Links (2704 Elm Street) at seven pm with Cognizant

07.21.17 - Austin at Lost Well (2421 Webberville Road) at eight pm with Communion

07.22.17 - New Orleans at First Unitarian Universalist Church (2903 Jefferson Avenue) at six pm with Silver Godling

All of these shows are ALL AGES except for Denver and Minneapolis, which they've added all ages matinees to compensate for.
Thanks everyone!  Your support is always amazing and always appreciated!
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Robotic Empire is extremely excited to announce pre-orders for a long requested re-issue!  Isis' - Wavering Radiant 2x12" is now available to order in the Robotic Empire Online Store: Order Wavering Radiant HERE!

Choose from Blue & White Splatter Colored Vinyl, Black & White Splatter Colored Vinyl, or Standard Black Vinyl.  We expect the records to arrive mid January and they will ship out ASAP after arrival.  Remember, if you are ordering other items along with the Wavering Radiant pre-order, those items will be held and will not ship until Wavering Radiant arrives to us.

The music of Isis is a suitable metaphor for their 12-year career; patient, meticulous, fraught with tension and gradually building towards an apex of seismic proportions. Isis have successfully navigated the process of growing and evolving without disavowing their initial vision. Wavering Radiant finds every component of the Isis armoury coming into equal play and becoming an audiophile’s dream. Grandiose without being over-indulgent, epic without compromising focus.Wavering Radiant is the fifth and final full-length album by American post-metal group Isis, last released by Ipecac Recordings in 2009 and produced by Joe Barresi and recently remastered for vinyl by Mika Jussila. It stands as Isis' last full-length album, as the band split just over a year after its release. The album continues Isis' history of lengthy songwriting, yet presents a slight departure from the soft-loud dynamics and post-metal aesthetic which characterized previous releases.Reviewers noted a continued increase in melody from previous releases, and many were quick to note an increased prominence of keyboardist Bryant Clifford Meyer's work, using a Hammond B3 organ. In keeping with Isis' retinue of concept albums, a thematic strand runs throughout, dealing with dreams and Jungian psychology. Robotic Empire is thrilled to once again to supply this gatefold, double-LP vinyl edition of ISIS’ classic album on black and limited colored vinyl!

And then in case you all missed our last distro update in November, we are relisting those items below for you to look over, lots of great tunes here:

New Items
1 Mile North - Awakened By Decay 180 GRAM BLACK VINYL 2x12" (Wortcunner)  $24.99
American Football    -    Self-Titled 2006 - 180 GRAM ORANGE COLORED VINYL    12"    (Polyvinyl)     $24.99
Baton Rouge    -    Fragments D'Eux Memes    12"    (Adagio830)  $10.99
Crows An Wra    -    Kalopsia - CLEAR BLUE COLORED VINYL    12" (Adagio830)     $10.99
Dark Blue    -    Red White and Dark Blue - BLUE COLORED VINYL 12"    (Adagio830)     $10.99
Daughters - Canada Songs Cassette (Robotic Empire)  $7.99
Frameworks    -    Smother - WHITE COLORED VINYL    12" (Deathwish)     $9.99
Grumbling Fur    -    Furfour    12"    (Thrill Jockey)     $18.99
Harm Wulf    -    Hijrah - BLUE COLORED VINYL    12" (Deathwish)     $9.99
Hey Colossus    -    In Black & Gold    Cassette    (Cactus)  $7.99
Hollow Sunshine    -    Coward, Leader, Omega    Cassette    (Iron Pier)     $5.99
Left Cross    -    Servants Of Death    Cassette    (Anthems Of The Undesirable)     $4.99
Levitations    -    Dust    12"    (Adagio830)     $10.99
Mere Phantoms    -    Famine For A Slow Death - CLEAR COLORED VINYL    12"    (Anthems Of The Undesirable)     $9.99
Meth Drinker    -    Self-Titled    Cassette    (Cactus)     $7.99
Moutheater    -    Passing Key - PURPLE COLORED VINYL    12" (Anthems Of The Undesirable)     $9.99
Neaux    -    Fell Off The Deep End    Cassette    (Iron Pier)  $5.99
Oathbreaker    -    Rheia    2x12"    (Deathwish)     $19.99
Oozing Wound    -    Whatever Forever - YELLOW COLORED VINYL VINYL    2x12"    (Thrill Jockey)     $23.99
Planes Mistaken For Stars    -    Prey - MAGENTA COLORED VINYL 12"    (Deathwish)     $9.99
Romannis Motte    -    Time Sequences    Cassette    (Anthems Of The Undesirable)     $4.99
Sect    -    Self-Titled    Cassette    (Cactus)     $7.99
Self Defense Family    -    Colicky    12"    (Iron Pier)     $14.99
Senior Fellows    -    The Christened Remains of an Evolutionary Catastrophe    12"    (Dead Tank)     $10.99
Sport    -    Bon Voyage - PINK COLORED VINYL    12" (Adagio830)     $10.99
Sport    -    Slow    12"    (Adagio830)     $10.99
Statiqbloom    -    Mask Visions Poison    12"    (Vendetta)  $10.99
Super Unison    -    Auto    12"    (Deathwish)     $9.99
Swallowing    -    Songs For The Saved    Cassette    (Anthems Of The Undesirable)     $4.99
Totem Skin    -    Still Waters Run Deep    2x12"    (Adagio830)  $10.99
Totem Skin    -    Weltschmerz    12"    (Adagio830)     $10.99
Uninhabitable    -    Self-Titled    12"    (All We Know)     $9.99
Various Artists    -    Heteroticisms Volume 1: TUTH / Heinali Cassette    (Land Animal)     $4.99
Various Artists    -    Heteroticisms Volume 2: Scattered Purgatory / Eolomea    Cassette    (Land Animal)     $4.99
Various Artists    -    Heteroticisms Volume 3: Anders Brorby / Oomny Mozg    Cassette    (Land Animal)     $4.99
Virginia Creep - Self-Titled Cassette (Robotic Empire)  $4.99
Wrekmeister Harmonies    -    Light Falls    12"    (Thrill Jockey)     $18.99

Restocks
Cult Leader - Lightless Walk 12''- DARK RED COLORED VINYL (Deathwish)     $9.99
Decades Failures - Goodby3 12'' (Dead Tank)     $9.99
Doomriders - Grand Blood 12" - PURPLE COLORED VINYL (Deathwish)     $9.99
Integrity - The Blacklest Curse 12'' - CLEAR WITH BLACK SMOKE COLORED VINYL (Deathwish)     $10.99
Oathbreaker - Eros Anteros 12'' (Deathwish)     $9.99
Planes Mistaken For Stars - Mercy 12''- PURPLE SILVER COLORED VINYL (Deathwish)  $9.99
Trap Them - Seizures In Barren Praise 12'' (Deathwish) $9.99

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dirty! man it's next to impossible to keep something quiet, but you guys are good investigators!  proper announcement less than a day away....(!)

dirty! man it's next to impossible to keep something quiet, but you guys are good investigators!  proper announcement less than a day away....(!)

Wavering Radiant happening in 2016.
 
Ascension, hopefully 2016.  Still working on this.
 
Thanks for the Celestial orders!

Wavering Radiant happening in 2016.
 
Ascension, hopefully 2016.  Still working on this.
 
Thanks for the Celestial orders!

Chaga helped get your Isis records ready for the post office drop off today. More orders mailing out on Friday. Thanks everyone!

Chaga helped get your Isis records ready for the post office drop off today. More orders mailing out on Friday. Thanks everyone!

Wavering Radiant happening in 2016.
 
Ascension, hopefully 2016.  Still working on this.
 
Thanks for the Celestial orders!

Wavering Radiant happening in 2016.
 
Ascension, hopefully 2016.  Still working on this.
 
Thanks for the Celestial orders!

Wavering Radiant happening in 2016.
 
Ascension, hopefully 2016.  Still working on this.
 
Thanks for the Celestial orders!

Wavering Radiant happening in 2016.
 
Ascension, hopefully 2016.  Still working on this.
 
Thanks for the Celestial orders!

Wavering Radiant happening in 2016.
 
Ascension, hopefully 2016.  Still working on this.
 
Thanks for the Celestial orders!

Got a tiny little update for you guys this week as we wait for more goodies to arrive. With new releases from HOLLOW SUNSHINE, THOU, and ROSETTA it's small but worth checking out!  Also a great new release from North Carolina band BASK which we've been jammin' lately.  Check them out if you enjoy bands along the lines of ANCIENT SKY & ACROSS TUNDRAS. (and don't forget we've got those ANCIENT SKY - Mosaic tapes in the online store Mosaic Tapes!
 
Hope everyone got the time they needed to take advantage of the T-shirt sale we ran last month, thanks for picking up some new threads and helping us make room for new designs coming into the shop in the next few weeks.  Be on the lookout for a new T-shirt from WRONG and a new ROBOTIC EMPIRE label shirt as well!
 
THOU has been doing some shows with FALSE and have some great shows lined up for October with THE BODY so we've decided to put both The Sacrifice & Baton Rouge 12"s on sale to give everyone the chance to pick up those amazing albums if you haven't already.  You can find those here Thou Sale along with their new split with GREAT FALLS
 
Here's the complete list of everything new to the shop this week and a list below from our previous update in July:
 
NEW ITEMS & RESTOCKS
Bask    -    American Hollow    12"    (Wonder)     $14.99
Cloud Rat    -    Moksha    12"    (IFB)     $9.99
Cloud Rat / Xtra Vomit    -    Split - BROWN COLORED VINYL    12"    (IFB)     $9.99
Hollow Sunshine    -    Bring Gold - MILKY CLEAR COLORED VINYL    12"    (Iron Pier)     $9.99
Le Almeida    -    Paraleloplasmos    12"    (IFB)     $9.99
Republic of Dreams / Autarkeia    -    Split    7"    (IFB)     $4.99
Rosetta    -    Quintessential Ephemera - GREEN SPLATTER COLORED VINYL    2x12"    (War Crime)     $23.99
SFN / In Disgust    -    Split    7"    (Drugged Conscience)     $4.99
Tape Rec    -    Death Friends    12"    (IFB)     $9.99
Thou / Great Falls    -    Split    7"    (Hell Comes Home)     $7.99
Wymyn's Prysyn    -    Head in a Vise    12"    (Drugged Conscience)     $9.99
 
JULY NEW ITEMS & RESTOCKS
Ancient Sky    -    Mosaic    12"    (Wharf Cat)     $18.99
Ancient Sky    -    Mosaic    Cassette    (Robotic Empire)     $4.99
Boris / Merzbow    -    Sun Baked Snow Cave    2x12"    (Hydra Head)     $19.99
Cave In    -    Antenna    2x12"    (Hydra Head)     $19.99
Cave In    -    Creative Eclipses    12"    (Hydra Head)     $9.99
Cave In    -    Shapeshifter Dead Already    Cassette    (Hydra Head)     $4.99
Cave In    -    White Silence    12"    (Hydra Head)     $11.99
Converge    -    Caring & Killing - Early Years 11-14     2x12"    (Hydra Head)     $19.99
Cripple Bastards    -    Misantropo A Senso Unico - Redux Edition    12"+7"    (Foad)     $15.99
Daughters    -    Daughters    12"    (Hydra Head)     $9.99
Discordance Axis    -    Jouhou    2x12"    (Hydra Head)     $19.99
Discordance Axis    -    Original Sound Version 12-5 - CLEAR COLORED VINYL    2x12"+7"    (Hydra Head)     $22.99
Godflesh    -    A World Lit Only By Fire    12"    (Avalanche)     $11.99
Godflesh    -    A World Lit Only By Fire    Cassette    (Hydra Head)     $4.99
Godflesh    -    Decline & Fall    Cassette    (Hydra Head)     $4.99
Godflesh    -    Decline & Fall    12"    (Avalanche)     $11.99
Harkonen / These Arms Are Snakes    -    Split - MILKY WHITE COLORED 1 SIDED VINYL    12"    (Mind Over Matter)     $11.99
Harvey Milk    -    Life...The Best Game In Town - CONFETTI COLORED VINYL    2x12"    (Hydra Head)     $19.99
Jesu    -    Conqueror    2x12"    (Hydra Head)     $19.99
Jesu - Heart Ache & Dethroned 2x12'' *BLACK VINYL* (Hydra Head)     $19.99
Jodis - Black Curtain 12'' *BLACK VINYL* (Hydra Head)     $19.99
Jodis - Secret House 2x12'' *BLACK VINYL* (Hydra Head)     $24.99
Kayo Dot - Blue Lambency Downward 12'' *WHITE COLORED VINYL* (Hydra Head)     $14.99
Old Man Gloom    -    Meditations in B    12"    (Hydra Head)     $9.99
Old Man Gloom - Christmas 2x12'' *BLACK VINYL* (Tortuga)     $19.99
Old Man Gloom - No CASSETTE (Sige)     $4.99
Terrorizer    -    Before The Downfall    2x12"    (Foad)     $24.99
Yacopsae    -    Einstweilinge Vernichtung - BLUE COLORED VINYL    12"    (Foad)     $14.99
 
Hit up our Online Store for all the above and many other items.