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Robot Bennett How many people do you know who take up DJing in their late 60s? How many of these play hard, dark and deep techno? The answer is one – Robot Bennett.

And how many are actually really fu***ng good? Robot Bennett – “Book me before I die”

The Robot is a wonderful, incredible anomaly. His love of electronic music stretches back to the early 90’s, when he tasted first hand the fabled golden era of techno clubs in Berlin where he has lived since 1982. He was at the Love Parade. He danced in the warehouses and basements, revelled at the festivals, an

d absorbed all of this influence from one side of the equation. A lifelong musician, he balanced his passion alongside a career as a body therapist and yoga teacher. During a group session he was playing one of his own techno mixes, and a well-known DJ and club promoter just happened to be part of the group. The promoter was so impressed by his selections that he suggested he try his hand at DJ’ing. It was the spark that lit the bonfire. Soon after, Robot started using his Ableton Live programme for mixing techno. He picked up an APC 40 Mk II controller and he was off. Within no time he had his first booking, in the hallowed splendour of the Hamma Halle at Sisyphos no less. More bookings followed for esteemed Berlin institutions like Beate Uwe, Gretchen, Jonny Knüppel, Keller, Mensch Meier, Rummelsbucht, Burg Schnabel as well as Moloch in Hamburg. He also played at the Sa Terza Metari festival 2018 in Sardinia. To go from being a long-time techno enthusiast to a working techno DJ in the space of a year when you’re in your late 60’s is something special. Now that Robot Bennett is hungry for more. He recently celebrated his 72nd birthday, but far from slowing down, he wants to speed up. He knows that time is limited and life isn’t eternal, so he wants to DJ as much as he can. He isn’t going to be around for too much longer, so you should book him now and add diversity to your DJ line-up – before it’s too late! For bookings contact: [email protected]

https://soundcloud.com/robot_bennett
https://www.mixcloud.com/robbennett
https://www.facebook.com/RobotBennett http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/robotbennett

Lola magazine – an article in English:
http://bit.ly/lola-RobotBennett

We Present – another article in English:
https://wepresent.wetransfer.com/story/robot-bennett/

Vice magazine - an article in German:
https://www.vice.com/de/article/wx8xxw/dieser-70-jahrige-ist-in-wenigen-jahren-zum-gefragten-dj-aufgestiegen?fbclid=IwAR1QYsvIqSjatpty67HE_vdKlsESM49REnQAsx2RwIdiPuZrd7GaNALWCmA

The Robot is delighted to have been booked to play at Garbicz in Poland. Very much looking forward to being there.🤖 🎧 🔊🎶...
23/07/2024

The Robot is delighted to have been booked to play at Garbicz in Poland. Very much looking forward to being there.
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From underground to iconic – celebrating UNESCO awarding Berlin techno World Cultural Heritage status. The Robot live in...
22/07/2024

From underground to iconic – celebrating UNESCO awarding Berlin techno World Cultural Heritage status. The Robot live in the Hammahalle at Sisyphos early Sunday morning 21st July 2024.
https://on.soundcloud.com/UfeHmjnFAV7RGGf48

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Robot Bennett will play the closing set in the Hammahalle at Sisyphos on Sunday morning (21.07.) from 7 - 10am. From und...
16/07/2024

Robot Bennett will play the closing set in the Hammahalle at Sisyphos on Sunday morning (21.07.) from 7 - 10am. From underground to iconic – celebrating UNESCO awarding Berlin techno World Heritage status.
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Photo by Ériver Hijano with thanks!

Techno Yoga in Sisyphos   🦆  from 10 - 12am again this Sunday (14th July) with DJ Crawford  and the crew. Join us outsid...
10/07/2024

Techno Yoga in Sisyphos 🦆 from 10 - 12am again this Sunday (14th July) with DJ Crawford and the crew. Join us outside on the beach for a good stretch and the finest tunes. Bring your yoga mat and some good weather please. We are looking forward.

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It’s Techno Yoga time from 10 - 12am again this Sunday (16th June) in Sisyphos 🦆 with DJ Crawford and the crew. Join us ...
10/06/2024

It’s Techno Yoga time from 10 - 12am again this Sunday (16th June) in Sisyphos 🦆 with DJ Crawford and the crew. Join us outside on the beach for a good stretch and the finest tunes. Bring a mat and some good vibes to share.


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We are looking forward to our Techno Yoga session in Sisyphos  this Sunday from 10:00 to 12:00. We hope to see you there...
23/05/2024

We are looking forward to our Techno Yoga session in Sisyphos this Sunday from 10:00 to 12:00. We hope to see you there – bring a mat and some sunshine.

DJ Crawford and our Techno Yoga team are pleased to have been booked to do regular Techno Yoga sessions in Sisyphos this...
26/04/2024

DJ Crawford and our Techno Yoga team are pleased to have been booked to do regular Techno Yoga sessions in Sisyphos this summer – Sunday mornings from 10am - 12 noon outside on the beach.
These are the dates we will be there:
26th May, 16th June, 14th July, 25th August, 15th September 2024.
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Here is the recording of the Robot's set on Sunday 14th April in the Hammahalle, Sisyphos Berlin. Thanks to everyone who...
15/04/2024

Here is the recording of the Robot's set on Sunday 14th April in the Hammahalle, Sisyphos Berlin. Thanks to everyone who was there! It was a lot of fun for me. I also find it so cool to know that we are now recognised by Unesco and inscribed on the German national Registry of Intangible Cultural Heritage.
The excerpt from Alan Watts in the intro goes even further – this is for me the religion of HUM.

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Sunday morning 14th April 2024 from 7 until exactly 10am – 180 minutes of rollicking sound. In love with Sisyphos 🤖 🎧 🔊 🎶 🦆 ❤️‍🔥

Robot Bennett will play the Holy Hammahalle in Sisyphos on Sunday 14th April from 7 - 10am – the closing set.           ...
10/04/2024

Robot Bennett will play the Holy Hammahalle in Sisyphos on Sunday 14th April from 7 - 10am – the closing set.
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It is now LEGAL in Germany! I never thought I would live to see the day!Am I dreaming?How can a plant be illegal anyway?...
31/03/2024

It is now LEGAL in Germany! I never thought I would live to see the day!
Am I dreaming?
How can a plant be illegal anyway? Let’s make apples illegal now or nutmeg (that’s a drug).
What kind of nonsense was that all these years?
Making it legal is simply an admission that, in the past, the law was wrong.
What about reparations for all the poor souls who were wrongfully imprisoned?
So many people’s lives were ruined by stupid laws which were, in essence, a violation of human rights.

Oh dear, I forgot the rest of the world – it’s still illegal in most countries.

Berlin Techno recognised by UNESCO as intangible cultural heritage. So amazing to have achieved this status.Thanks to al...
28/03/2024

Berlin Techno recognised by UNESCO as intangible cultural heritage. So amazing to have achieved this status.
Thanks to all who pushed for this!

In abandoned warehouses and squats of this once-divided city, young people thirsty for freedom started a cultural revolution that has now been recognised by Unesco.

Playing in the Lord Inn again! Love that floor, so glad it will be open for the SISYPHOS UHRKNALL NYE party. Playtime is...
29/12/2023

Playing in the Lord Inn again! Love that floor, so glad it will be open for the SISYPHOS UHRKNALL NYE party. Playtime is Tuesday 2nd January from 6 until 9am.
What to play? Anything but techno.
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05/12/2023

Spotify for Artists?

Spotify is the biggest music streaming service in the world and yet it’s paying one of the lowest royalty rates at around $0.003 per stream.
The CEO of Spotify Daniel Ek is worth 3 x the net worth of Paul McCartney (one of the greatest selling recording artists of all time)
…..& ok business is business 😏 but Ek has invested 100 million dollars of these profits made from other peoples art into War weaponry tech! (google it)

As a consumer, I used spotify for many years & even for quite sometime knowing the above information 😅👆🏼
I was comfortable with what I knew, it works really well & all my friends use it, but the biggest hurdle stopping me from moving to another service was my playlists! Years & years of research curating them.
(Solution below)
But if We want things to change, We have to put our money where our mouth is.
I personally made the switch to as they pay one of the highest rates to artists at around $0.01 per stream.
The app looks, feels & works the same as Spotify, but it comes with better audio quality & it’s the same price 👌🏼
“But my playlists!?” …..Fear not friends! I found an app called “song shift” You can easily shift your playlists from spotify to your chosen service in the click of a button for Free.

So make the change!
Support services that pay musicians a fair share of the profits they make from the music on their platform.

❤️✌🏼 - .muir








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Two Nobots will be rocking the Hammahalle in Sisyphos  tomorrow morning from 6am until 9am. One will do a b-boy performa...
11/11/2023

Two Nobots will be rocking the Hammahalle in Sisyphos tomorrow morning from 6am until 9am. One will do a b-boy performance, the other will play the music for him and anyone else who'd like to join the dance. They are Berlin's oldest techno DJ, Robot Bennett and Berlin's oldest popping dancer, the funkadelic Robot Kai Eikermann. 🤖 🎧 🔊 🎶 🦆 🕺🏻

24/09/2023

2 hour set for the 20,000 Years of Restreality party at ://about blank – a Berlin club in Friedrichshain on 23.09.2023.

Fastest ever upload!Here is the recording of my set last night in ://about blank – 130 minutes of old and new tracks wit...
24/09/2023

Fastest ever upload!
Here is the recording of my set last night in ://about blank – 130 minutes of old and new tracks with some in between.
Thanks to everyone who was there and made it so special for me.
🤖🎧🔊🎶❤️‍🔥

2 hour set for the 20,000 Years of Restreality party at ://about blank – a Berlin club in Friedrichshain on 23.09.2023.

Playing at the 20,000 year Rest Realität celebration at About Blank this Saturday evening from 8 - 10pm. Looking forward...
20/09/2023

Playing at the 20,000 year Rest Realität celebration at About Blank this Saturday evening from 8 - 10pm. Looking forward to joining the illustrious line-up at this special event!
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06/09/2023

Last Techno Yoga of this summer will be in Sisyphos on the beach this Sunday 10.09.2023 from 10 am - 12 noon. DJ Crawford and I hope to see you there with your mats and lots of friends.
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05/09/2023

This is a “restored” recording of my closing DJ set in the Hammahalle, Sisyphos on Sunday 30.07.2003. Unfortunately, for some reason, the line recording from the mixer did not work. So all I had was t

Recordings of my DJ sets seem to be jinxed recently. But here is an attempt at restoring the Hammahalle closing on 30.07...
04/09/2023

Recordings of my DJ sets seem to be jinxed recently. But here is an attempt at restoring the Hammahalle closing on 30.07.2023. It took a hell of a long time to do. Hope it was worth it. Read the notes, listen, see what you think and maybe leave a comment...
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Photo by SJ Alice Bennett

This is a “restored” recording of my closing DJ set in the Hammahalle, Sisyphos on Sunday 30.07.2003. Unfortunately, for some reason, the line recording from the mixer did not work. So all I had was t

DJ Crawford and I will do a Techno Yoga session in Sisyphos on Sunday 20th August from 10am until 12am. It will be outsi...
15/08/2023

DJ Crawford and I will do a Techno Yoga session in Sisyphos on Sunday 20th August from 10am until 12am. It will be outside on the beach and will be fun. Come and join us and stay all day.

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06/07/2023
Techno Yoga bei   Sonntag morgen um 10 Uhr am Strand.
06/07/2023

Techno Yoga bei Sonntag morgen um 10 Uhr am Strand.

08/06/2023

Looking forward to this gig for Fonetika. My playtime will be EARLY: about 21:30 - midnight. DM me or them for location info on Saturday
https://t.me/+49d9axKEG0NiOTIy

I got some amazing comments on Insta from people who were there when I played this set at ."An out of world experience w...
21/03/2023

I got some amazing comments on Insta from people who were there when I played this set at .

"An out of world experience with all the delicious sounds..."
"We danced, hugged, kissed and laughed the whole time..."
"The best techno I heard for a long time or ever..."

Thanks to all who were there and danced, hugged, kissed and laughed – we made it happen together! Thanks to all the Sisy crew especially to fantastic person who did the lights.

Here is the SoundCloud link to the set:
https://on.soundcloud.com/MfT1S

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Playing early morning, dark techno this Sunday 19th March from 7 - 10am in the Hamma Halle in Sisyphos Berlin. 🤖🎧🔊🎶     ...
15/03/2023

Playing early morning, dark techno this Sunday 19th March from 7 - 10am in the Hamma Halle in Sisyphos Berlin. 🤖🎧🔊🎶

Finally reclaiming my life after nearly three years of darkness. I am emerging slowly into the light, shaking off the la...
14/01/2023

Finally reclaiming my life after nearly three years of darkness. I am emerging slowly into the light, shaking off the last remnants of emotional snares by which I allowed myself to be trapped for far too long – a toxic nightmare of illusion and delusion concurrent with the pandemic.

“Everything happens for a reason – that reason is often either stupidity or a bad decision” graffiti seen on a toilet wall in Sisyphos when I played there on Monday 2nd January 2023.

Love the intro – after the banter, Bill Hicks tells us how it is.

Playing on Monday 2nd January 2023 in Sisyphos, Kaschemme from 11am until 2pm. The set will be psychedelic rock, some Af...
01/01/2023

Playing on Monday 2nd January 2023 in Sisyphos, Kaschemme from 11am until 2pm. The set will be psychedelic rock, some African and world music.

On Sunday 11th September from 8am - 10am DJ Crawford, Luise and I will be doing a Techno Yoga session in Sisyphos on the...
10/09/2022

On Sunday 11th September from 8am - 10am DJ Crawford, Luise and I will be doing a Techno Yoga session in Sisyphos on the beach. Hope for good weather. See you there!

Here is the recording of the D.J. set played in the Tunnel in Sisyphos on Saturday 30th July. All of my children were pr...
01/08/2022

Here is the recording of the D.J. set played in the Tunnel in Sisyphos on Saturday 30th July. All of my children were present right from the start and spent most of the time supporting me. Thanks to all of them – SJ Alice Bennett, Peter and Sam Bennett.

https://soundcloud.com/robot_bennett/sj-command-performance-sisyphos-30072022?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Opening the Tunnel in Sisyphos on 30th July 2022 with all of my children present (see picture). My daughter SJ visiting with her boyfriend from Mexico where they live, asked me to play in Sisyphos whi

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