In his eternal search for danceable music he became, with a detour through wave, house, techno and disco, a true connaisseur of 'world music'. His quest for music brings him to every musical corner of the globe. ‘Everywhere there is something you could find. Music seems like a bottomless pit’ according to Robotic AF. Always searching for the unknown, but still looking for a familiar feel. ‘I am always looking for obscure records when I’m digging. I don’t want to play what others are playing. That bores me. But I do want to play tracks that feel like you heard them before, but you don’t necessarily know them already. And there always has to be some kind of electronic element. A synth line or a rickety drum machine in the background for example.’ His music also can’t be called world music by definition, but it’s the mix-up with European and American influences he likes. “The more confusing the better: a krautrock song with traditional ethnic instruments that sounds like an African record; that Nigerian boogie or Turkish disco track that are comparable to an American production and that Bollywood break that is a Kraftwerk copy. In music people have always liked to travel…”