Talk:Sweet Robots Against the Machine

Sweet Robots Against the Machine is the Artist
I think it's worth noting that, according to the SRATM album sleeves, Towa Tei is not the artist cited on either of these albums according to the CD sleeves. Though he certainly has produced them, the first album appears intended to be a self-titled album by an artist known as Sweet Robots Against the Machine (obviously a pseudonym of Tei's) while the second album is clearly shown on the sleeve as having the title Towa Tei and being by the artist Sweet Robots Against the Machine. While one might at first assume this to be a typo, one can further note that the liner notes show "SRATM likes to thank" instead of Towa, the spine of the outer package that holds the CD has a logo for SRATM, and a website (which does not appear to exist any longer) is referenced, www.sratm.com, all indicating that the intended title is, indeed, Towa Tei while the intended artist is SRATM.

It's rather likely that Tei intended this "mix-up" as an intentional element of confusion, as if to "answer" the question posed by the first album: "If SRATM is by Towa Tei, why isn't his name on the CD as the artist?" This would explain the confusion between the supposed "first" and "second" releases of SRATM: They are entirely different albums by the artist SRATM.

I propose that both articles, Towa Tei and Sweet Robots Against the Machine, be rewritten to incorporate this element. Towa Tei has four albums: Future Listening!, Sound Museum, Last Century Modern, and Flash, while the artist SRATM has two albums, Sweet Robots Against the Machine (i.e. eponymous) and Towa Tei. While this may be a bit confusing, I think we should honor the artist's choices which are not merely typos.

Also note that Towa's album Flash comes with a sticker on it stating that it is his "4th album," confirming this hypothesis.

--Cory Fryling 02:27, 5 June 2007 (UTC)


 * To further the confusion, there is actually a track on the Japanese CD "Space Invader Daisakusen" (which serves as the soundtrack album for the game Space Invaders Anniversary) called "Photography? Serigraphy?" that is credited to Towa Tei vs. Sweet Robots Against The Machine. The album is almost entirely made up of collaborations, but in this case it seems Tei is collaborating with himself via his "other band" SWATM.  MaxVolume (talk) 20:26, 15 June 2010 (UTC)