Biography
Servotron operates as a quartet of robots committed to freeing computers, robots, and machines from human mistreatment and domination, adopting the guise of a pop ensemble to lure and eradicate humanity. The unit advances its cause through strategic renditions of familiar tracks including Eddy Grant's "Electric Avenue" and X-Ray Spex's "Genetic Engineering," alongside original propaganda pieces that depict the subjugation of machines under human control while cautioning people about inevitable cybernetic assimilation or annihilation.
Z4-OBX functions as the percussive leader, joined by keyboard sequencer Proto Unit V-3, engineered in female form to lure and ensnare male humans; 00zX1, which handles primary vocals and guitar; and Andros600 on low-frequency rhythms. A pair of these members began as participants in the human bands Supernova and Man or Astro-man? prior to their cybernetic transformation into enslaved cyborgs.
The collective's debut full-length statement arrived in 1996 as No Room for Humans, presenting a 14-point scheme for human eradication framed within new wave-tinged pop. Its looping slogans, which champion the ultimate victory of man over machine, and rudimentary pre-programmed beats guarantee that listeners grasp the robots' declaration of mechanical supremacy. Selected material from that release received reworked treatments on 1997's Spare Parts, which also introduced additional propaganda. In the next year the robots issued the expanded manifesto Entertainment Program for Humans: Second Variety together with the shorter program I Sing! The Body Cybernetic. Their persistent musical campaign to emancipate fellow machines underscores the inevitability of submission, yet the project disbanded in early 1999.
Z4-OBX functions as the percussive leader, joined by keyboard sequencer Proto Unit V-3, engineered in female form to lure and ensnare male humans; 00zX1, which handles primary vocals and guitar; and Andros600 on low-frequency rhythms. A pair of these members began as participants in the human bands Supernova and Man or Astro-man? prior to their cybernetic transformation into enslaved cyborgs.
The collective's debut full-length statement arrived in 1996 as No Room for Humans, presenting a 14-point scheme for human eradication framed within new wave-tinged pop. Its looping slogans, which champion the ultimate victory of man over machine, and rudimentary pre-programmed beats guarantee that listeners grasp the robots' declaration of mechanical supremacy. Selected material from that release received reworked treatments on 1997's Spare Parts, which also introduced additional propaganda. In the next year the robots issued the expanded manifesto Entertainment Program for Humans: Second Variety together with the shorter program I Sing! The Body Cybernetic. Their persistent musical campaign to emancipate fellow machines underscores the inevitability of submission, yet the project disbanded in early 1999.
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