Automat

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There are at least seven artists called Automat: 1. An electronic group from Italy 2. A techno producer from France 3. A power pop band from the United Kingdom 4. A electronic post-punk group from Germany 5. A four-track solo project from St. Louis 6. A synthpop band from Quebec, Canada 7. A fuzzpop act from the Philippines 1) Automat is a group formed by the Italian musicians Romano Musumarra and Claudio Gizzi: They released a single eponymous album of instrumental electronic music. It was produced in 1977 and released in 1978 by EMI Italy, through its Harvest label. All the sounds in this album were generated by the MCS70, a monophonic analog synthesizer designed, built and programmed by the Italian engineer Mario Maggi . Automat was Musumarra's initiative; after learning about the new instrument he proposed to EMI Italy the production of an album of electronic instrumental music. Although at the time such a project were considered risky, the answer was positive. EMI suggested, however, that Claudio Gizzi , a more experienced composer that already worked with them, also participated in the project. The composition work was divided then: side A to Gizzi, who filled it with a long suite with 3 movements, and side B to Musumarra, who composed three shorter pieces. They had an exiguous time to complete the project: only four weeks in studio. Due this the last track, Mecadence, was left somewhat incomplete. Automat was the result of an unrepeatable sequence of events. T

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Heat

Modul

Plusminus

Ost West

3615 Rave

Modul Remixes #1 (incl. remixes by Ricardo Villalobos & Max Loderbauer / Patrick Pulsinger / Shahrokh Dini)

Pandora

Selekt 01

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Easy Riding

Djedjotronic Presents Interstate 101

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Modul Remixes #2 (incl. remixes by Acid Pauli, Terrence Dixon, DeWalta, Shahrokh Dini, Dubvisionist)

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