The Day of the Robot

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Released April 30, 1996 The Day of the Robot(1996) Colma(1998) Release date 30 April 1996 Label Sub Meta		Length 43:09 Artist Buckethead Producer Bill Laswell

Genres Heavy metal, Avant-garde music, Drum and bass, Dark ambient Similar Buckethead albums, Experimental rock albums

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The Day of the Robot is the third studio album by Buckethead. Known as his "Jungle" album due to the presence of UK "Beat Scientist" DJ Ninj, an occasional Bill Laswell collaborateur. It is currently out of print, making it a valuable collector's item, but can be found in the download store of TDRS Music.

The title "The Day of the Robot" is most likely a reference to The Six Million Dollar Man episode of the same name, while "Flying Guillotine" refers to Guillotine from Johnny Sokko's Flying Robot.

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Reception

Alternative Press (11/96, p. 69) gave the album 5 stars out of 5 and said, "...has both a decidedly experimental side, as well as a knack for placing sounds in sturdy, though scary, compositional contexts....Buckethead seems to have found a new place for guitar gods..."

Credits

Performers

Buckethead: guitars.

Ninj: bass and drums, keyboards.

Bill Laswell: low bass, drums.

Production

Recorded at Coast Recorders, San Francisco, CA and Greenpoint Studio, Brooklyn, New York.

Rhythm tracks for 2, 3, 4 and 5 created in the UK by Ninj.

Produced by Bill Laswell.

Design, illustration and photography: Dave McKean @ Hourglass.

Source photographs supplied by Buckethead.

Front cover illustration of 'Buckethead No. 1': Bryan Frankenseuss Theiss.

Fonts: Elliot Earls.

Songs

1Destroyer: Speed Flux Quadrant / Inclusion / Exhaust Release13:04
2Flying Guillotine7:24
3Quantum Crash6:03

References

The Day of the Robot Wikipedia

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