automaten (German for robots) is a 1985 "cult" song[1] composed by the Swiss band mittageisen.
The songs were recorded in a studio in Switzerland in the autumn of 1984. but, as Bruno W said in an interview,[3] the band wasn't satisfied with the first studio-version of "automaten" and he travelled to Cologne to mix the final-version in collaboration with Detlev Kühne (Die Hornissen) and Tom Dokoupil (The Wirtschaftswunder) at their on line studios.
[4] The 12-inch single found also the way into the legendary John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and became an 'indie disco' hit.
This as part of the 'EarthPercent x Earth Day 2023' campaign in which over 60 artists have provided previously unreleased, unheard or exclusive songs.
The music video for "automaten"[12] was produced in 1995 in relation to the release of a compilation CD with songs of mittageisen.