Music for Robots is a collaborative project composed by Squarepusher and performed by the three robots that comprise the Z-Machines, released on 7 April (8 April in North America) 2014.[1]

Music for Robots
EP by
Released7 April 2014
GenreExperimental, jazz, electronic, IDM
Length23:23
LabelWarp Records
Squarepusher chronology
Ufabulum
(2012)
Music for Robots
(2014)
Damogen Furies
(2015)

Having been approached by the team of Japanese roboticists behind the three Z-Machine robots to compose music for the project in 2013, Squarepusher composed the piece "Sad Robot Goes Funny" which was used in a film of the robots performing directed by Daito Manabe - available to watch on YouTube.

Following the success of the initial piece of music, Squarepusher went on to compose and record the additional four pieces that make up the Music for Robots EP.

Track listing edit

No.TitleLength
1."Remote Amber"2:24
2."Sad Robot Goes Funny"5:14
3."World Three"4:39
4."Dissolver"7:16
5."You Endless"3:50

Charts edit

Chart (2014) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[2] 171

References edit

  1. ^ Webster, Andrew. "This robot band has a guitarist with 78 fingers". The Verge. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Ultratop.be – Squarepusher x Z-Machines – Music for Robots" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 January 2016.