As for the backing tracks, heroes of the new electro scene Adult turn 'Robotic' into a throbbing, arpeggiated dancefloor monster. Taut, sinuous and sexy, it's a perfect example of everything that is good in music today, yet also completely plastic and disposable. Through a loud sound system it would unstoppable.

Highlight of the EP though must be the devastating machine pop cover of Joy Division's Love Will Tear Us Apart. With the vocals forced through a metallic vocoder, and the melody translated into a series of bleeps and cheap synth tones, Bis have stripped all the humanity out of the track, and turned it into a gorgeous love song for robots. Already being supported strongly by DJs like Andrew Weatherall and Suzie Sparkle, it's one of the best songs released this year and also guaranteed to wind up musical purists, which can only ever be a good thing.