Kraftwerk – The *bleep*
AudioPorn Central (Free subscription) | yesterday
the power of censorship makes even the most innocent song as nasty as hell [via The Klepones @ Twitter]
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Kraftwerk: In praise of the electronic Beatles
The Guardian Music blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
This Fab Four, from Düsseldorf rather than Liverpool, created an entire musical genre with their pioneering sound. Now, the pop robots return with their classic run of albums remastered Anticipation for the forthcoming Kraftwerk box set, The Catalogue, is understandably high. C'mon, it's Kraftwerk! In electronic music, they hold the same status and influence as the Beatles, creating a new vocabulary...
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Brain garbage (nostalgia version reloaded)
Obscene Desserts (Free subscription) | yesterday
I must share this here brief radio encounter from earlier today to relieve my poor brain of the unnecessary and overdone . The original was by Hot Butter (1972) - not "like butter" - but here is the more choral Kraftwerk version:
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Cluster: Qua
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Michael Karoli of Can and Faust's Uwe Nettelbeck are dead; Kraftwerk are today reduced to founder Ralf Hütter and a crew of minions; but at the respective ages of...
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Here Comes the Zoo
Erik's Choice (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Twenty years in the blink of an eye. Before the Wall came down, though , Berlin was a dark Mecca for artists. David Bowie and Iggy Pop created some of their most compelling work while living in Berlin in the mid-to-late 70s: Low, "Heroes," Lodger, The Idiot, Lust for Life. Kraftwerk was ratcheting up their electronic sound simultaneously with Trans-Europe Express (1977): From station to station...
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synthesizer screenprint poster
Matrixsynth (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
via this auction "professionally screenprinted and designed on cream mr. french paper. based on the EML poly-box synth. colors are black and white with a small pink "non stop" stamp... kraftwerk reference. measures 12.5x19". edition of 20."
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Live Music Review: Grouper @ The Luminaire
Londonist (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Last night saw Oregon based mistress of drone folk Liz Harris aka Grouper hush a teeming Luminaire crowd in Kilburn. Presented by the London based music promoter Upset The Rhythm , Grouper was accompanied by Silk Flowers; an otherworldly darkwave synth-pop Brooklyn trio and self billed athletic rhythm / action unit Thank You hailing from Baltimore. Silk Flowers kicked things off with a few from their...
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Thavius Beck - Dialogue
75 or Less album reviews (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Thavius Beck - Dialogue ( Big Dada ) [ audio ] [ upcoming shows ] He's probably better known for his work with other people than for what comes out under his own name, but Dialogue is a solid collection that spends time on both sides of the line between hip-hop beatmaking and electronic experimentalism. Even when the tracks feature vocals, they rise above categorization (they're not MTV-ready, but...
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Rediscovering a special sound
I am what I am! (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
They are not everyone's cup of tea, but I have always liked them, even though half the time I was scared of them but fascinated at the same time. I'm talking about the blokes in the photo, the German super electronic geniuses known collectively as Kraftwerk. I first discovered them in the early 80s, by that time they had been going for a number of years, but there was something fresh and interesting...
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Of All The Reasons To Be Apolitical, I Think Politics Is The Best
Bats Left/Throws Right (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Hot!!! Do NOT Touch!!!!MAYBE you're old enough, or--ten thousand times worse--Kraftwerk fan enough to remember "Popcorn", the global instrumental sensation that forever tainted its distant cousin, Music. I had--this is no lie--a college roommate who not only owned the 45--this would be a year after the goddam thing had assaulted millions of innocent bystanders--but played it. Repeatedly....
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Music magazine photo captions
Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
This has been rattling round my head for a long time. I used to work in magazine production, long enough ago to have been involved in the last knockings of the old Fleet Street, and always enjoyed the company of the sub editors. A thankless and difficult task which explains the generally high level of eccentricity among them. This gives me special pleasure to nifty headlines and captions when reading...
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8 bit Girl Video Chiptune
constellations: recent responses (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Take 8-bit gadgets old computers handheld games Nintendos etc record those blips and bleeps and string em together to make sweet sweet music and you ve got the genre known as bitpop Or chiptune Or simply enough 8-bit The bitpop world owes a debt to the original bleepers krautrockers Kraftwerk Stereogum 12 January 2007 8 bit Girl by by Chaosqaal on YouTube appears to reference the music genre of the...
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Reading Mojo, raking leaves…but not at the same time
30 seconds over (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Very quiet weekend. Sean was sick, though if it was swine flu, it was an extremely mild case. It’s no joke though. Twelve kids are out from his high school with confirmed swine flu, lots of others just staying home sick, and they’ve been cancelling extracurricular stuff. Also, we have lots of big trees, so there are vast quantities of leaves and pine needles to rake, which would be even...
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33 1/3 Part 16
17 SECONDS (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Kraftwerk - ‘The Man Machine’ (EMI, 1978) In the grand scheme of things, this may not be the most important Kraftwerk record ever released; and both Autobahn and Trans Europe Express have much to recommend them. But it’s my favourite, and that’s why I’ve picked this album by my favourite german band ever, and one of [...]
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Checking In on Thine Fair Sweden
Sheena Beaston (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
During CMJ, I had the pleasure of speaking at the Swedish Music Conference on a panel devoted to New vs Traditional Media and how blogs can work effectively with labels, publicists and artists. In doing so, I met many influential and radly amazing individuals and it further enforces my love for the great country, people and music. With all that said, a generous email floated into my flooded inbox that...
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Kraftwerk Showroom Dummies download mp3
erinharrison2009 | 10/29/2009
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Few outlines of the Manchester International Festival 2009
komal111 | 06/29/2009
Few outlines of the Manchester International Festival 2009 The line-up sees spectacular and one-off events including music from Kraftwerk, Elbow, De La Soul and Antony and the Johnsons, singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright’s debut opera, an epic group show by Marina Abramović, dance by Carlos Acosta, mind-blowing work by Zaha Hadid and a daring walk-through production with original music by Damon Albarn.