Xylophonics + Robot X (Double Album)

by Woo

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FIRST TIME ON CD, paired with Woo's 2017 album 'Xylophonics' as a "two CDs in one package" release. Packaged in a hand-letterpress printed oversized CD pocket folio complete with letterpress-printed stamp sheet in a folding booklet insert.

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FIRST TIME ON VINYL! Pairing Woo's 2016 album 'Robot X' and 2017 album 'Xylophonics' as a "two LPs in one package" release. Packaged in a hand-letterpress printed die cut LP jacket complete with letterpress-printed stamp sheet in a folding booklet insert.

Includes digital pre-order of 'Robot X,' You get one track now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it's released.

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Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
FIRST TIME ON VINYL! Pairing Woo's 2016 album 'Robot X' and 2017 album 'Xylophonics' as a "two LPs in one package" release. Packaged in a hand-letterpress printed die cut LP jacket complete with letterpress-printed stamp sheet in a folding booklet insert.

Includes digital pre-order of 'Robot X,' You get one track now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it's released.

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1.	Xylophonics 03:32		buy track
2.	Refer To The Manual 01:30		buy track
3.	The Spark 00:58		buy track
4.	Supernaturals 04:43		buy track
5.	The Typewriter 01:43		buy track
6.	Temperamental Circus 02:09		buy track
7.	Xylophonics 2 03:59 video		buy track
8.	Memory Oscillator 05:04		buy track
9.	Peak Harmonics 03:38		buy track
10.	Whistling Home 03:08		buy track
11.	Space Patrol 01:28		buy track
12.	Sound Corridor 04:21		buy track
13.	The One That Got Away 03:50 video	info	buy track
14.	Harmonic Drive 01:35		buy track
15.	Nanobots 03:20		buy track
16.	Edmondo 02:38		buy track
17.	Repeatability 02:56		buy track
18.	The Three Laws Of Robotics 02:20		buy track
19.	Awareness Signals 02:15		buy track
20.	Multi-Minimal Malfunctions 02:35		buy track
21.	Resolution Sensory Feedback 05:55		buy track
22.	X Robot 02:07		buy track
23.	Resista Reggae 05:42		buy track
24.	Robot X 02:53		buy track

about

Mark and Clive Ives, the remarkably prolific purveyors of exquisite shapeshifting electronic music under the moniker of Woo, have been creating their singular music since the early 1970’s. Crafting cult favorites such as 'Whichever Way You Are Going, You Are Going Wrong' and 'It’s Cosy Inside' - which were made available for the first time in the US on Independent Project Records at the end of the 1980’s - the brothers Ives have once again teamed up with IPR to bring to you two new reshaped albums with this pairing of 'Xylophonics' and 'Robot X,' a fascinating (and ever surprising) journey into experimental retro-futuristic electronica. When 'Robot X' was originally compiled by Woo in 2016, the brothers felt that the reality of humanoid robots being made and being used was imminent. This concept became the main inspiration for the album, fueled by the influence of Terry Gilliam’s 1985 cinematic masterpiece 'Brazil,' with its blend of sci-fi and dystopian, whimsical dark comedy. 'Xylophonics' was birthed through a similar
process, reworking tracks found in the ‘90s section of the brothers’ spacious archive. Back then, they had just begun recording onto computers, and this 2017 album showcases their first opportunity to properly link drum machines with keyboards, and create loops and multitrack more layers without the need of sound on sound on a tape deck, working on melodic loops made with tuned percussion instruments such as marimba, kalimba and xylophone, and creating a feel that is at once futuristic and optimistic.

'Robot X' and 'Xylophonics' tell a story of retro-futuristic visions from different angles: both proudly experimental, they combine a deluge of musical influences to offer something that is, quite remarkably, deeply layered and minimalist at the same time. The unpredictable instrumentals they unleash invite listeners to attach their own fantasies to what they hear, whether those fantasies belong to the past, the present or, more likely, a robotic future.

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released March 29, 2024

Performed by Clive and Mark Ives

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Oddly dubby, mesmeric, insular, playful, undefinable, instantly recognisable, warm, romantic, optimistic, ethereal, timeless, pop music for another universe, time-locked into the spirit of ’67, witty yet quintessentially British, futuristic elevator muzak. ... more

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