Kraftwerk

bassbeyondreason · Post by **bassbeyondreason** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 5:10 pm

Any love?
Just realised they're one of my favourite bands ever, and "Radio-Activity" is dubstep 25 years early.

bassbeyondreason · Post by **bassbeyondreason** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 5:12 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbgvvzVvNSI

Definite proto-Zomby/Joker type stuff.

djrobyn · Post by **djrobyn** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 7:38 pm

Kraftwerk - Live at Tribal Gathering 1997: http://www.mediafire.com/?2zqw5my3zya

i think this was their first full live appearance since nearly 20 years. you can hear the amazed crowd and it was said that many of the "headliners" of the festival couldn't believe that they just saw & heard their "gods"

juliun_c90 · Post by **juliun_c90** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 7:44 pm

djrobyn wrote:Kraftwerk - Live at Tribal Gathering 1997: http://www.mediafire.com/?2zqw5my3zya

i think this was their first full live appearance since nearly 20 years. you can hear the amazed crowd and it was said that many of the "headliners" of the festival couldn't believe that they just saw & heard their "gods"

i was there. i cried. it was life-changing.

they had to shut the detroit techno tent because nobody on the bill would play when their idols were on. fact.

juliun_c90 · Post by **juliun_c90** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 7:45 pm

bassbeyondreason wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbgvvzVvNSI

Definite proto-Zomby/Joker type stuff.

this is not proto-zomby. everyone is post-kraftwerk.

djrobyn · Post by **djrobyn** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:28 pm

juliun_c90 wrote:they had to shut the detroit techno tent because nobody on the bill would play when their idols were on. fact.

bassbeyondreason · Post by **bassbeyondreason** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:07 pm

juliun_c90 wrote:
bassbeyondreason wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbgvvzVvNSI

Definite proto-Zomby/Joker type stuff.
this is not proto-zomby. everyone is post-kraftwerk.

Of course.

raposanegra · Post by **raposanegra** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 10:54 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovCK97hF ... re=related

Are they really doing something on those computers?

godflesh fiend · Post by **godflesh fiend** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 11:24 pm

Kraftwerk's "Autobahn" is a beast!

jim · Post by **jim** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 1:05 am

Gods. Their early stuff before they reached their now familiar robot sound is worth a listen too.

Ralf und Florian:

djshiva · Post by **djshiva** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 4:39 am

UNO, DOS, TRES, QUATRO

"numbers" is one of my favoritest tunes EVER.

<3

surface_tension · Post by **surface_tension** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 5:18 am

sapphic_beats wrote:UNO, DOS, TRES, QUATRO

"numbers" is one of my favoritest tunes EVER.

<3

Kraftwerk make the best blog house

dubzy · Post by **dubzy** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 9:05 am

absolutely love

saw them when they came to stockholm
the tickets costed 950 SEK (£80,5 / $124)

the tickets for sitting instead of be in the crowd would have been much more comfortable and even cheaper...

great concert anyway.. loved the visuals.. musical journey thru early synthpop and the first electropop

juliun_c90 · Post by **juliun_c90** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 1:17 pm

the best things was having been a massive fan for years i never thought i'd get to see them as they hadn't done anything live in 15 years or so. i'm lucky enough to have seen them twice now.

as someone says upthread, check the crowd noise from the tribal gathering appearance. nobody could really believe it was finally happening. people were going wild.

capo ultra · Post by **capo ultra** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 3:17 pm

To be honest I find them really over-rated

Im a big fan of alot of Krautrock bands, and I find Tangerine Dream to be the top of all of them.

The likes of Phaedra or Richochet blows anything Kraftwerk have ever done out of the water, and this comes in the early 70s, the same time as Kraftwerk.

This may be down to the fact that the likes of Tangerine Dream, Neu!, Guru Guru or Can didn't have the same 'image' as Kraftwerk, but maybe thats being a bit cynical.

Then again, Kraftwerk surely have been more influential, (no Kraftwerk - No Hiphop) but I was never a fan of mainstream electro and always preferred the more psychedelic edge that Kraftwerk seemed to lack in comparison to their peers.

juliun_c90 · Post by **juliun_c90** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 4:05 pm

Capo Ultra wrote:The likes of Phaedra or Richochet blows anything Kraftwerk have ever done out of the water, and this comes in the early 70s, the same time as Kraftwerk.

balls.

As much as I like some TG stuff ('phaedra' for example is ace) they were responsible for some of the most pompous overblown self-important pretentious muscial wankery this side of yes and peter gabriel.

just 'cos they're all german and all operating around the same time they get labelled as 'krautrock'. what does 'phaedra' have to do with rock? what do the likes of can, TG and kraftwerk have in common sonically? not that much...

capo ultra · Post by **capo ultra** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 8:59 pm

juliun_c90 wrote:...the most pompous overblown self-important pretentious muscial wankery this side of yes and peter gabriel.

That sounds like a reccomendation.

Nout wrong with a bit of overblown self-important pretentious musical wankery, look to Tarkus-era ELP, Marillion in their prime (Kayleigh ,

) King Crimson - Starless in Bible black, early Pink Floyd.

Although I have to confess, Im more of a fan of the 'sell out' era Yes, with the best produced track of all time 'Owner of A broken heart' (produced by Trevor Horn), over the recognised magnus Opus, Tales from Topographical Oceans

corpsey · Post by **corpsey** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 9:42 pm

Computer World 2

atomrattoe · Post by **atomrattoe** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 2:20 am

I'm an avid fan of pre Autobahn Kraftwerk. There's something about all that early Krautrock stuff that's absolutely amazing.

If you don't have this radio show (w/ members of NEU!), take the time to email the address at the bottom to get it - http://www.bigozine2.com/archive/ARrari ... remen.html

The tracks aren't available anymore, and I do not have them handy on my computer. It's worth it.

Also, check out some early Kraftwerk here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgpLAPZE ... annel_page

capo ultra · Post by **capo ultra** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 10:36 pm

atomrattoe wrote:I'm an avid fan of pre Autobahn Kraftwerk. There's something about all that early Krautrock stuff that's absolutely amazing.

Also, check out some early Kraftwerk here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgpLAPZE ... annel_page

Yeah Yeah Yeah thats the shit right there like.

I love the juxtaposition of the psyched out hippy vibe Krautrock stole from the British late 60s mixed with the static german motorik groove. Totally amazing.

My favourite video, Can - Mother Sky:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4oyKKahQoDY

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