ROB (Robotic Operating Buddy), by Bochum Welt (CD on Rephlex)

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Format:	CD
Label:	Rephlex
Price:	£9.79
Catalogue number:	CAT192CD
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Rating: ecstatic This record left our Ant feeling ecstatic.

Rephlex have put out a smashing Bochum Welt 2CD set which collects his early long out of print 12"s for the label together with new stuff. 'ROB (Robotic Operating Buddy)' is an incredible 31 tracks in all ranging from classic early Braindance to current dirty electro sounds. Gianluigi Di Costanzo is a wicked producer, his melodies are great and his drums are always good value. He writes lush electro pop too, the whole shebang. He's bee fairly quiet recently so this is a welcome set of tracks. Mingus is comparing the opening cut 'Flag' to Gescom... Proper crunchy gear. For fans of Ambient Works 1 era Aphex, Drexciya in its various incarnations, Skanfrom, early Human League etc. A great mix of home listening gear and more futuristic dancfloor gubbins. Recommended.

What the label says:

Gianluigi Di Costanzo, aka Bochum Welt’s fascination for technology and video games is evident in his work with Thomas Dolby’s California based Beatnik and Headspace Inc, companies which have completed productions for the Universal Studios, Steven Spielberg, David Bowie and many more.
Bochum Welt joined the Rephlex Australian and European tour as an opening act of The Aphex Twin.
The new album "Robotic Operating Buddy"is a 2 x CD release (& follows last year’s Dopplereffekt Remix Promo 10" Vinyl). Disc 1 features new tracks and mixes, while Disc 2 collects his rare Rephlex back catalogue, all in glorious Wav file quality (that will save you a lot of time and money collecting on ebay!).
One might speculate that influences such as Kraftwerk, The Human League and similar 80’s & 90’s synth pop are at partly at work within this album, placing Bochum Welt alongside peers such as Autechre, Modeselector, Ulrich Schnauss etc
Track listing CD1 - new recordings 01 Flag 02 Robotic Operating Buddy 03 Saint (Dmix) 04 8221SB 05 Interlude (Extended) 06 DR2D 07 Gyromite 08 Test Mode 09 HC-012 10 Family Computer Robot 11 Fcs CD2 - entire Rephlex back-catalogue! 01 Extra Life 02 Avtomaticesk (Edit) 03 Mechanique (Version) 04 Paph 05 Asteroids Over Berlin 06 Puck 07 Lunakhod 08 B2 09 Desktop Robotics 10 Leafs Brought By The Wind 11 Asteroids Over Berlin (Live) 12 Board 2 13 Hug Me Tight 14 Greenwich 15 Fortune Green 16 Radiopropulsive 17 That’s Mutuality 18 Feelings On A Screen 19 Arnos Park
20 La Nuit (Slumber Mix)