roboticempire Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 We have just released a 30-track free mixtape called “Blood”, comprised entirely of Robotic Empire label alumni’s newest material. There’s over 20 previously unreleased tracks, which winds up being the debut release of a lot of artists’ new/side/solo projects, and we’re extremely happy to be presenting this to you today. You can download/stream “Blood” free now via Bandcamp and/or stream Soundcloud: Bandcamp Soundcloud To elaborate a bit, we’ve been a label for 15 years now and to celebrate we decided to assemble a unique kind of release – where the primary focus is what’s going on with the amazing musicians we’ve worked with over the years, be it their latest material, an unreleased b-side, or the unexpected solo/side project’s latest stuff. When we started contacting bands the response was overwhelmingly positive, and ver about a two-month material the project snowballed, turning into the free 30 track beast before you! There are contributions from repeat offenders TORCHE, TILTS, PYGMYLUSH, HOLLOW SUNSHINE, TIDELAND and ALPACA, this sampler also spotlights a swath of new material from members of historic Robo bands PG.99, DAUGHTERS, ISIS, CAPSULE, RED SPAROWES, CRESTFALLEN, YOUNG WIDOWS, STOP IT!! , DIAL, ULTRA DOLPHINS, A STORM OF LIGHT, VERSE EN COMA and many more. The full lineup and tracklisting for “Blood” is as follows: 1. Torche - Andy Low * 2. Passing Phases - In The Dark, In The Fire * 3. The Ar-Kaics - No, No, No 4. Tideland - Let Me In * 5. Big No - Turn It On * 6. Taiga - Excelsius * 7. Tilts - Thomas Jefferson II 8. Gull - Susquehannd (Cut) * 9. Christian Blunda - Faraway * 10. Hollow Sunshine - Stay Down 11. Big Hush - Wholes * 12. Snacktruck - Miracle Ball * 13. Wrong - Call It * 14. Decades/Failures - Blank Clocks * 15. Jaye Jayle - Space Girl * 16. Alpaca - Dark Lands 17. Society - Sympathised 18. Mustard Gas and Roses - The Hard Road * 19. Some Stranger - Cosmic Dust (Call 911)) * 20. Hell Night - Black Hornet 21. Chris Taylor - Train of Thought * 22. Crooked Son - Hum * 23. Medusa - Crack & Bleed 24. Nicholas Sadler - You Don't Know Where You Are Anymore 25. Idolands - Back Pocket * 26. Ancient Sky - Mistakes * 27. Light Yourself on Fire - Get Got * 28. A Storm of Light - Effigy * 29. Howling Void - The Moaning Ache of a Time on the Edge of Collapse * 30. Pygmy Lush - Serve the Servants (Acoustic Demo) * * denotes previously unreleased Worth mentioning is the lead track from TORCHE, oddly-enough named after Robotic Empire’s label founder. Steve Brooks from the band had the following comment in response to this: "This is a lost track we recorded for the "Songs for Singles" record in 2010. We weren't completely satisfied with how it turned out and planned on rewriting it one day. One of the riffs got used in "Letting Go" (Harmonicraft). It's a tune I kinda forgot about until Andy Low (pack rat) sent us a copy asking if we'd be into having this on his new comp. Sure, why not? If it wasn't for Mr Low, Rick and I wouldn't have met, Torche might not have existed and who knows where we'd all be today? We decided to call the song "Andy Low" to make him uncomfortable/feel strange about his name as a song title AND because we love the hell out of him. "Andy Low" is for our boy Andy Low/Robodog/Robotic Empire Records. Enjoy!" Quote label founder Andy Low on assembling this release: "I'm truly humbled and fairly weirded-out to have a song named after me. But far more importantly, I'm blown away by the sheer talent that surrounds this free 'mixtape' release. Every song included amazes me in some manner, and the culmination of all this material gives me the same kind of excitement I felt on the cusp of releasing our most influential records over the years. If you can, please take the time to check out the full release, especially the songs by bands you haven't heard before. It was sequenced with a classic mixtape feel in mind, and set to flow as best it can with such a wide variety of material! With two tracks for each year of the label's existence, there is a plethora of great new tunes lurking in here, which I hope you'll find and enjoy. A genuine and hearty thankyou is due to every artist who is a part of this, it means the world to be celebrating 15 years as a label with such amazing musicians, and their projects past, present and future!" The "Blood" mixtape can be downloaded now for FREE via Robotic Empire's bandcamp page, or streamed in full via Soundcloud: Bandcamp Soundcloud Enjoy! In addition, we've also had a great round of new items come into our Online Store: NEW ITEMS & RESTOCKS: * Acid King - III 12" - COLORED VINYL (Kreation) $11.99 * Anti Ritual - Self-Titled 12" (Vendetta) $9.99 * Argentinum Astrum - Malleus Maleficarum 12" (Forcefield) $9.99 * Barn Owl - Ancestral Star 12" (Thrill Jockey) $16.99 * Bastard Sapling - Dragged From Our Restless Trance 12" - GREY COLORED VINYL (Forcefield) $9.99 * Body, The - Christs, Redeemers 2x12" (Thrill Jockey) $16.99 * Catalyst, The - Voyager 12" - ORANGE COLORED VINYL (Forcefield) $9.99 * Code Orange Kids - I Am King 12" (Deathwish) $10.99 * Cold World - How The Gods Chill - WHITE COLORED VINYL 12" (Deathwish) $10.99 * Converge - Axe To Fall 12" - WHITE COLORED VINYL (Deathwish) $10.99 * Cult Leader - Nothing For Us Here 12" (Deathwish) $9.99 * Doomriders - Darkness Come Alive 12" - BLACK VINYL (Deathwish) $9.99 * Doomriders - Grand Blood 12" (Deathwish) $9.99 * Expo 70 / Plankton Wat - Split 12" (Debacle) $9.99 * Forn - The Departure Of Consciousness 12" (Vendetta) $9.99 * Godflesh - Self-Titled -TEST PRESS VINYL 12" $39.99 * Graves At Sea - Documents Of Greif 12" - PICTURE DISC VINYL (Kreation) $11.99 * Moloch - Possession 12" - BLACK VINYL (Vendetta) $9.99 * Music Blues - Things Haven't Gone Well 2x12" (Thrill Jockey) $16.99 * Nachtmystium - Demise 12" - PURPLE SILVER COLORED VINYL (Kreation) $11.99 * Oozing Wound - Retrash 12" (Thrill Jockey) $14.99 * Protestant - In Thy Name 12" (Halo Of Flies) $10.99 * Soft Pink Truth, The - Why Do The Heathen Rage? 12" (Thrill Jockey) $9.99 * Touche Amore - Is Survived By 12" (Deathwish) $9.99 * Trap Them - Seizures In Barren Praise 12" - BLACK VINYL (Deathwish) $11.99 * Whitehorse / Negative Standards - Split 12" (Vendetta) $9.99 * Whitehorse - Fire To Light The Way / Everything Ablaze 12" (Vendetta) $9.99 * Windhand - Self-Titled 12" - ORANGE COLORED VINYL (Forcefield) $9.99 * Wovenhand - Refractory Obdurate - GREEN COLORED VINYL 12" (Deathwish) $10.99 * Wrekmeister Harmonies - You've Always Meant So Much To Me 12" (Thrill Jockey) $14.99 * Yautja - Songs of Descent 12" (Forcefield) $9.99 * Young And In The Way - When Life Comes To Death 12" (Deathwish) $10.99 * Zoroaster - Self-Titled 12" (Kreation) $11.99 You can check out all of that and heaps more at Robotic Empire Online Store Big ups & JAH BLESS! - Team Robo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboticempire Posted October 6, 2014 Author Share Posted October 6, 2014 Looks like we miscounted how many PALMS tapes we received, and some straggling copies are actually still available in our Online Store: https://www.roboticempire.com/store/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&keyword=Palms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scentofdeath Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Hi Robo, Is Jesu - Ascension 2LP still happening? And some idea when? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetrackt Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 LIKE man, wow what a great evolving label. The new jams are right on. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboticempire Posted October 8, 2014 Author Share Posted October 8, 2014 scent- supposedly, just had a correspondence about it this week. JKB's a busy dude though so we just have to remain patient. when we have more concrete info / timeframes, we'll definitely post it thetrackt- thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboticempire Posted October 14, 2014 Author Share Posted October 14, 2014 Australian friends: here's a rad little writeup from Life Is Noise about TORCHE's track on our "Blood" mixtape, and their current Australian tour dates: http://lifeisnoise.com/2014/09/30/new-torche-song-andy-low-on-robotic-empire-compilation/ It’s amazing there aren’t more bands like Torche, but maybe that’s to be expected; for so long we’ve been led to think that metal and melody are warring factions, that hooks and catchy riffs are tools of the enemy yielded only in the pursuit of accessibility. And while Torche are certainly accessible, they’re so much more than that, proving that a good hook goes a long way when it’s matched with massive guitars and a mighty rhythm section. Their latest offering is ‘Andy Low’, the first song on the mammoth 30-track compilation album Blood Mixtape from Virginia label Robotic Empire. It’s a rollicking, sub-3-minute anthem filled to the brim with everything you’ve come to expect from Torche: big, ballsy, killer riffs, a heavy beat fit for a military parade and the familiar, soaring howl of frontman Steve Brooks. Flame on. You can download ‘Andy Low’ for free (or for money, if you want) here - https://roboticempire.bandcamp.com/album/blood-mixtape Torche Australian Tour: Thursday October 16 – Crowbar, Brisbane with Lizzard Wizzard and Indica Saturday October 18 – Corner Hotel, Melbourne with Child and DEAD Sunday October 19 — Oxford Art Factory, Sydney with Lo! and Sumeru Tickets available from lifeisnoise.com, Oztix and venue outlets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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