Moritz Simon Geist’s robots make technical techno

EDM is not techno, tyvm.

hurrumph. getting old.

edit: the sound is good, definitely a Kraftwerk vibe.

For a heavier sound involving robots, try Author & Punisher: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrOTHl6Tldc

Would this be better described as music made from midi-controlled (mechanical) instruments?

Very neat, however the title lead me to believe the robots had the creative control of the notes and construction of the song. Still very entertaining none the less.

The article makes it seem way more automated than it is. In that sense this is one of a handful of folks doing this and a really exciting time for avant garde music in my opinion. It's increasingly popular in the industrial music genre.

There's a long history of this arguably starting with Kraftwerk and spanning genres including some of the amazing things bjork has made.

On my constant playlist is author and punisher who is an engineer by day and makes his instruments from scratch:

https://youtu.be/Sdx0vvHxrzQ

No, I don't really call that EDM. I'd call that Industrial. Nice job!

Related Nigel Stanford video. https://youtu.be/bAdqazixuRY

Well Pat Metheny has been doing similar things, building "sonic machines" for years. He also brings them on stage at least since the "Orchestrion" album.

My favorite example of this ever: https://vimeo.com/93923609

See also:

The Floppotron: Music played on old floppy drives, hard drives, and scanners. https://youtu.be/oGfkPCZYfFw

Animusic: CG animations of fantastic machines playing music. The animation is parameterized to the MIDI input. Attempts to build real-world working models of these machines or machines like them have been made, with varying levels of success: https://youtu.be/hyCIpKAIFyo

Compressorhead: An all-robot heavy metal band. Famous for Stickboy, the band's four-armed, headbanging drummer, or at least Stickboy is what I remember most about the band. https://youtu.be/j4UZh2FjEQw

All hail the Compressorhead!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkEjIiN0xyY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSQYjlSuz8Y

how is this different from the techno jeep? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFybwg4wadI

Well that was awesome!

There was me thinking the name was a typo for Simone Giertz.