ARTIST: Wolfgang
TITLE: Not In Love (Not True)
LABEL: Hypnote Recording Concern
GENRE: Electronic
BITRATE: 183kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 17m total
RELEASE DATE: 2007-03-21
RIP DATE: 2007-02-21
Track List
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1. Not In Love (Not True) 4:22
2. Master of the Music 4:53
3. Angel Eyes 5:35
4. I Love U 2 Much 2:57
Release Notes:
Developed in the early 1980s by greedy video game tycoon William Jennings
Wellworth as an expensive prototype robot capable of human feeling, Wolfgang was
also extensively analog-programmed with an encyclopedic knowledge of the popular
music of the era, with the idea of creating the worldÆs first robot pop star,
capable of writing hit songs.
Having developed some of the most influential titles of the newly-emerging video
game industry (such as ôRocketship Rangersö and ôGalaxy Battalionö), Wellworth
turned his attention to robotics and artificial intelligence. Utilizing video
game microchips in conjunction with the synthesizer and sequencing technologies
of the age, Wellworth assembled a humanoid robot with the capacity to
autonomously compose music.
Essentially force-fed huge libraries of The Human League, New Order and the
like, it was hoped that Wolfgang would pay Wellworth back in kind in the form of
huge record sales and royalties. Despite putting all the vast resources
Wellworth had into the project, Wolfgang was not able to create under his cruel
and cold hand. This failure cost Wellworth his fortune as well as his
reputation. He was never heard from again.
Nearly 25 years later, renovations to convert the crumbling Wellworth
Electronics factory in Brooklyn into luxury condominiums had rallied a group of
young neighborhood activists to take action against what they saw as the
impending gentrification of their poor artistic community. During a nighttime
mission to vandalize the building, one of the activists discovered Wolfgang
discarded in a dumpster amongst endless amounts of electronic waste.
It was within their nurturing care that Wolfgang began to demonstrate the
abilities Wellworth had originally intended. With a thorough cleaning and a
battery charge, Wolfgang became operational again. Developing special feelings
for the young man who had provided rescue from the dumpster, Wolfgang had at
last experienced a human emotion. That emotion was love.
This awakening allowed Wolfgang to begin composing music, just as Wellworth had
intended. The man loved to dance, and Wolfgang enjoyed providing the beats. Soon
Wolfgang would begin writing and performing songs as a show of bravado for the
object of the robot's affection.
And some songs were written in private. As Wolfgang began to realize that a
human can never truly love a robot, the music became a way to deal with the
emotional sensory overload. Wolfgang's songs illustrate the experience of love
and heartache, of the initial joy and eventual hopelessness that accompanies
unrequited love.