The VX-323 Music

The VX-323’s story is familiar - a working class robot with a creative drive overcomes long odds to express himself through his music. While working various odd jobs (assembling Kias, drilling 4mm holes, welding espresso machines, sorting offal) at factories around the world, he went home after his shifts and composed nine tight songs that comprise the album Chansons.

He created a debut record that is funk music for robots, slick electronica to humans. Bands such as Depeche Mode, Kraftwerk, and Heaven 17 play a style of this robot funk, but it takes a real machine to perform it with soul.

From the factory floor to the millionth floor of a high-rise, The VX-323 sings not only about robot issues (“Factory Blues,” “When You’re Gone”) but also about humans and technology (“Billion Dollar Condo,” “Commuter Flight”). Using advanced algorithms, he was even able to calculate songs about human emotions, like “Night Time” and “Hey Baby.”