I confess I've never heard of Roboterwerke One thing strikes me when reading this though. It may be down to my now highly faulty memory braincells either just totally making something up or maybe not grasping the distinction between what Roboterwerke did and what I'm thinking about but I seem to remember Shuggie Otis being credited as being an early user of some kind of electronic gear (I thought it was a drum machine but I may have got that wrong) earlier in the 70's than date given for the albums below? They were also mentioned as being active in the 60's also though so maybe they were using a drum machine earlier but didn't actually release albums till later? Come to think of it this must be the case as I'm sure even (by then no longer experimental) bands like Genesis were using drum machines by the late 70s? (seem to remember an interview with P. Collins from that time worried by the fact that Rutherford and Banks had drum machines for use when composing stuff and was joking about them kicking him out - maybe a pity they didn't).
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 28 July 2005 11:58 > > Todays Thursday Trivia explains a little more about > electronic band "Roboterwerke" > roboterwerke were *allegedly* the first to 'release music > with a drum computer' > > ROBOTERWERKE were the first to release music with a drum > computer, a self-made model which caused Herbie Hancock to > pay the band a visit to find out more about their marvellous > inventions and to this day they remain very close friends. > ROBOTERWERKE (under the name of 'Supersempfft) went on to > release 3 LP's ('Roboterwerke' 1979 on CBS, 'Futurist' on RCA > and 'Metaluna' 1978 - all adorned with spaced out cartoon > Furry Freak Brothers style cartoon imagery).
