TAG: Kraftwerk

Feb12

New Radio Department! Free MP3. (MP3)

INTERVIEWER: “People see Rock and Roll as youth culture, and when youth culture becomes monopolized by big business, what is the youth to do — do you have any idea?”
YOUTH ON THE STREET: “I think we should destroy the bogus capitalist process that is destroying youth culture.”

Sounds nice, but of course, history and human nature have proven that, even though Big Biz is fucked up, even in a world without the profit motive to blame,  you’d still have to destroy the cult of personality, and the (unintentionally ironic) tyranny of the herdspeak created by rebelling, identity-seeking youth, in addition to the inherent fetishism of fame which can bring out the worst in us and, as has been said, makes a man take things over, and which can eff up even the best-laid plans of artist. But I digress…In any case, thus begins the latest from Radio Department which you can download for free… …MORE

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Nov12

Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany (Video) (Video)

Growing up in post-WWII Germany must have been an bizarre thing. The generation after the fascists wound up creating a broad swath of art including cinema, visual art and music that pushed at what was, at the time, acceptable for any of those forms.

In the States, we joke about the mechanized efficiency of the Germanic peoples. And after a listen to “Autobahn” it would appear that Kraftwerk was able to appropriate the stereotype and render it in musical terms.

Ralf and Florian, though, weren’t the only German band of note and in the BBC documentary entitled Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany. Viewers get an hours long look at the scene, who contributed and why it mattered.

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Sep08

Kraftwerk – Elektrisches Roulette (VIDEO)

With the recent drooling over the re-issued Kraftwerk catalog, it should be pointed out that those re-mastered efforts didn’t include the first three discs from the group. Both Kraftwerk and Kraftwerk 2 featured some dudes that would go on to relative fame, but Ralf und Florian presents the principal players of the group working out as many instruments as each could lay a hand on. It’s not been properly issued on cd format and who knows when we’ll see that happen. It’s not electronicy like latter works, nor is it straight komische, but something forged in between. Dig it well.

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Aug19

Kraftwerk Announce 8 CD Boxset

German electronic pioneers Kraftwerk have announced their new 8 CD boxset, 12345678 The Catalog, to be released on Astralwerks on Oct 6th. The release marks the 35th anniversary of group’s monumental release Autobahn.

The boxset will feature all of Kraftwerk’s albums from 1974’s Autobahn to 2003’s Tour De France from their breakthrough Autobahn and the haunting minimalism of Radio-Activity through the disopian future of Man-Machine,

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Apr01

Interview – Beyond the Wizard’s Sleeve

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One of the finest remix compilations to arrive this year comes from no other than Erol Alkan and The Grid’s Richard Norris. Beyond The Wizard’s Sleeve “Re-Animations Volume 1″ is a veritable trail mix that brings together all of the duo’s re-animations together for the first time. They have re-written all the rules set forth by top notch acts the Chemical Brothers, Late Of The Pier, Simian Mobile Disco, Franz Ferdinand and many more. URB caught up with Richard Norris to hear some thoughts on what motivated them to join forces and make beautiful music.

URB: Such lush, beautiful music. How did the concept for Re-Animations Volume 1 emerge?

Richard Norris: We were working on fairly psychedelic, widescreen re-edits…people heard a few of them and decided to offer us a mix or two. After a while we …

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Mar09

MP3: Exclusive track from Kenan Bell’s new remix project

Kenan Bell provides URB with an exclusive download from his latest project, “Good News: The Mixtape.” Bell will be releasing one track every week over 8 weeks, starting Mar 10th, of artists ranging from Gang Gang Dance and Pink Floyd to Jose Gonzalez to Neil Diamond. The project is the result of a Smiths remix that Bell did that eventually made its way through the interwebs and into Morrissey’s lap. Describing his philosophy on covering such diverse artists, Bell says “I wanted to rap over The Smiths because people said it couldn’t be done…Rap is a fatherless music. So, there are no guidelines or blueprints to follow. ‘Hip-hop’ is a term developed by Bambaataa, who sampled Kraftwerk, a German techno outfit. So who’s to say what …

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