A little over a year ago, I launched this site with the lyrics to Kraftwerk's The Robots. Without Kraftwerk, us robots might never have been unleashed on an unsuspecting world. They made it cool to Do the Robot, Do It Like A Robot, or simply enjoy Asian Pop Culture. So, it's entirely fitting that I find in my inbox today news of an upcoming Kraftwerk tribute album. Now I know that there are plenty of tribute albums out there that aren't worth the plastic from the CDs they're encoded on [*cough* Hypnotic]. Add that to the fact that tributes to this particular band have been released on plenty of occasions, with interpretations spanning from Classical [Balanescu Quartet] to Simulated Cha-Cha-Cha [Señor Coconut Y Su Conjunto] and everything in between. But this model looks promising in that it keeps with the pioneering ethos of the group that made Music Non-Stop [i.e. Techno Pop].

Put out by the [micro]superstars of the chiptuniverse, 8-Bit Operators, these lo-bit microchipmeisters and their homemade circuit-bent contraptions actually seem worthy enough to cover the classics of Der Düsseldorf Man-Machines. With CD and vinyl dropping in February on Astralwerks, you'll be sure to Smack Your Blip Up!