Various Artists: Pocket Calculator / The Robots Astralwerks ASW 71190    12" ASW 71190-5    digital download 2007 01 23 Just released! A wicked teaser hinting at the full-length 8-Bit Operators two weeks following, this 12" is a highly unconventional slab of wax. The recombinant, gene-spliced A-side of "Pocket Calculator" is the result of 12 separate chiptune musicians' individual renditions of the Kraftwerk classic, all then broken down into their basic components and surgically interwoven, and assembled into a single composite track by master audio surgeon Glomag. The B-side is Los Angeles' low-bit, high-ABV robot rap troop 8-Bit's exclusive and fitting take on Kraftwerk's "The Robots." All wrapped up in a gorgeously minimal sleeve by Otro. Out January 23rd. GET IT. » Astralwerks: 8-Bit Operators mini-site. » 8-Bit Operators page on MySpace.com. Tracklisting: A01. 8-Bit Operators: Pocket Calculator (Glomag Mega-Mix)   (0x7f, Bit Shifter, Bubblyfish, firestARTer, Hey Kid Nice Robot, Ladybug, M-.-n, Nullsleep, Psilodump, Random, Sidabitball, and David E. Sugar, all genetically fused and recombined by Glomag) B01. 8-Bit: The Robots