{"id":4912,"date":"2023-09-26T20:23:10","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T01:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=4912"},"modified":"2023-09-26T20:23:11","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T01:23:11","slug":"electronic-band-royb0t-dropsthe-cyber-punk-inspired-void-guide-lp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=4912","title":{"rendered":"Electronic Band,\u00a0royb0t\u00a0DropsThe Cyber Punk-Inspired,\u00a0Void Guide\u00a0LP"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ROYBOT.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4913\" style=\"width:552px;height:552px\" width=\"552\" height=\"552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ROYBOT.jpg 700w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ROYBOT-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ROYBOT-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chicago-based electronic artist,&nbsp;<strong>royb0t<\/strong>&nbsp;asks \u201cHow does it feel to be a witch in the computer age?\u201d This comes as a frenetic blend of industrial techno, cyberpunk-tinged acid, and glitched-out breakbeats on the new full-length LP,&nbsp;<em><strong>Void Guide<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the densely bleak IDM-inspired&nbsp;<em><strong>Black<\/strong><\/em><em><strong>Burst Generator<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;LP in 2020,&nbsp;<strong>royb0t&nbsp;<\/strong>has emerged from isolation with an eye to the dance floor.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;<strong><em>Void Glide<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;LP injects a sense of levity into the darkness through a playful use of chopped-up samples, rave stabs, and surprising turns. But the driving beats and distorted synths maintain a sense of menace throughout the ten-track LP.&nbsp; These elements are all on full display in the dancefloor-ready single, \u201cCradle to the Rave\u201d, which also features a music video that includes colorful analog glitch and 90s-inspired CGI visuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Void Glide<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0is available on all major digital platforms including Bandcamp now!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe title=\"royb0t - Cradle To The Rave [official video]\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eOIChs7XxS8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/royb0t.bandcamp.com\/album\/void-glide\" target=\"_blank\">Buy \/ Stream royb0t Via Bandcamp Now<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nick Liberatore, the man behind the\u00a0<strong>royb0t<\/strong>\u00a0moniker, drew inspiration for his current sound by fusing his roots in the Chicago underground breakcore scene with the influence of his many late nights spent on the dancefloor at the now shuttered goth\/industrial club Neo. These elements are apparent from the sinister thump and squelching distorted 303 lines of the title track to the glitched-up breaks and chopped samples of &#8220;We Don\u2019t Miss&#8221;.\u00a0Influences also include\u00a0<strong>Gesaffelstein<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>The Prodigy<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Nine Inch Nails<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>Meat Beat Manifesto.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<em>\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago-based electronic artist,&nbsp;royb0t&nbsp;asks \u201cHow does it feel to be a witch in the computer age?\u201d This comes as a frenetic blend of industrial techno, cyberpunk-tinged acid, and glitched-out breakbeats on the new full-length LP,&nbsp;Void Guide. Following the densely bleak IDM-inspired&nbsp;BlackBurst Generator&nbsp;LP in 2020,&nbsp;royb0t&nbsp;has emerged from isolation with an eye to the dance floor.&nbsp; The&nbsp;Void Glide&nbsp;LP&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=4912\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Electronic Band,\u00a0royb0t\u00a0DropsThe Cyber Punk-Inspired,\u00a0Void Guide\u00a0LP<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4913,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4912"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4914,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4912\/revisions\/4914"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}