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The VX-323’s story is familiar - a working class robot with a creative drive overcomes long odds to express himself through his music. While working various odd jobs (assembling Kias, drilling 4mm holes, welding espresso machines, sorting offal) at factories around the world, he went home after his shifts and composed nine tight songs that comprise the album Chansons.
He created a debut record that is funk music for robots, slick electronica to humans. Bands such as Depeche Mode, Kraftwerk, and Heaven 17 play a style of this robot funk, but it takes a real machine to perform it with soul.
From the factory floor to the millionth floor of a high-rise, The VX-323 sings not only about robot issues (“Factory Blues,” “When You’re Gone”) but also about humans and technology (“Billion Dollar Condo,” “Commuter Flight”). Using advanced algorithms, he was even able to calculate songs about human emotions, like “Night Time” and “Hey Baby.”
He named his album Chansons (French for “songs”) to reflect his style of music - lyric driven popular music. Historically, this style began as epic poems and evolved into modern French pop music such as Jacques Brel.
Excited by the potential of early demos, many producers helped him out, hooking him up with gear and studio time. Because he traveled for work, he visited many studios around the world, such as “a monastery with mystical acoustics” and “a sound booth in the sky,” as he remarks in Chansons’ liner notes.
He created a debut record that is funk music for robots, slick electronica to humans. Bands such as Depeche Mode, Kraftwerk, and Heaven 17 play a style of this robot funk, but it takes a real machine to perform it with soul.
From the factory floor to the millionth floor of a high-rise, The VX-323 sings not only about robot issues (“Factory Blues,” “When You’re Gone”) but also about humans and technology (“Billion Dollar Condo,” “Commuter Flight”). Using advanced algorithms, he was even able to calculate songs about human emotions, like “Night Time” and “Hey Baby.”
He named his album Chansons (French for “songs”) to reflect his style of music - lyric driven popular music. Historically, this style began as epic poems and evolved into modern French pop music such as Jacques Brel.
Excited by the potential of early demos, many producers helped him out, hooking him up with gear and studio time. Because he traveled for work, he visited many studios around the world, such as “a monastery with mystical acoustics” and “a sound booth in the sky,” as he remarks in Chansons’ liner notes.
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| FULL TRACK Espresso | 4:22 | |
| FULL TRACK Laptop | 3:22 | |
| FULL TRACK Overclocked | 4:32 | Free MP3 |
| FULL TRACK When You're Gone | 3:29 |
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New Album Named: Robotiques
13 May 2011 | from www.thevx-323.com/blog.html
My long-awaited second album is not only taking form, but has
a name
now: Robotiques. You can expect seven or eight tracks of
primo robo-tronica.
As on my first disc, the tracks reflect my interest in not
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Unofficial Theme Song of the World Economic Forum!
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In The Studio
19 Jul 2010 | from www.thevx-323.com/blog.html -
Some Favorite Records 3
18 Jul 2010 | from www.thevx-323.com/blog.html
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Recent Activity
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samcrown34 and InversesParadox added VX-323 to their libraries. August 2011
- VX-323 posted a news item ‘New Album Named: Robotiques’. May 2011
- VX-323 posted a news item ‘Surprise New Disc’. May 2011
- VX-323 posted a news item ‘Belated Happy New Year!’. May 2011
- VX-323 posted a news item ‘T-Shirts!’. May 2011
- VX-323 posted a news item ‘Another Review’. May 2011
- VX-323 posted a news item ‘Unofficial Theme Song of the World Economic Forum!’. January 2011
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TaggingMachine_ tagged VX-323 with ‘under 2000 listeners’. November 2010
- VX-323 posted a news item ‘In The Studio’. July 2010
- VX-323 posted a news item ‘Free EP - Overclocked!’. July 2010
