Kraftwerk

Thanks claws for the reup. I always forget about RS limits.

Really enjoying these bootlegs!

From what I remember, Techno Pop had to be totally scrapped because it was practically in the can when MIDI came out and changed everything. I think they thought that it would sound horribly dated if they released it as-is, and that MIDI would change their entire touring setup as well.

I would imagine generally by the early eighties that most Kling Klang studio time was spent figuring out what the latest tech was, only to have something else come out which they then had to get to grips with, etc etc. The learning and experimentation curve probably precluded making any music once the pace of technology increased to a certain point and they had some measure of financial success. Ralf was quoted as saying that Florian spent most of the last couple decades working on 'speech synthesis, things like that'.

thanks stevie!

Is there an MSRP for The Catalogue yet? This is the first/only box set in my entire life I'm fully willing to buy (except the In Rainbows discbox which was a ridiculous spur-of-the-moment impulse buy, not that I regret it...)

Will people be buying

The Catalogue: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Catalogue-Kraftwerk/dp/B002LCOQTG/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1251236190&sr=8-16

or

Der Katalog

http://www.amazon.de/German-Box-Set-Kraftwerk/dp/B002LYC29A/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1251236036&sr=1-2

?

does anyone else feel like no including the first three albums is a bit of a sham? when i had to write a news story about this for xlr8r, i exclaimed aloud, "NO Ralf und Florian? NO credibility" and one of my editors chuckled a bit.

Why the hell is this coming out on Mute in the UK? I know it's part of EMI now but all Kraftwerk's albums have been released on EMI and this box set should be no different. I mean, I like Mute and all, but they have had nothing to do with Kraftwerk in the past.

maybe Kraftwerk the hell wanted a dedicated staff who would actually care the hell about the project and do their best to work it the hell to retail and press

idthk

lool

maybe Kraftwerk the hell wanted a dedicated staff who would actually care the hell about the project and do their best to work it the hell to retail and press

um, yeah?

like, of course?

There are good and bad people working in every record company. Just because a label has a cachet of cool is no guarantee that they will care more about a project or be able to work it any better than a major label.

True, but I get the impression Mute are better than most in the 'cool' stakes. See their handling of the Can back catalogue for comparison.

I mean 'better than most 'cool' labels in their handling of projects...

(also, the 'parent company' being EMI, who I wouldn't trust to run a jumble sale right now...)

http://cover.mojo4music.com/uploads/Images/399x567/633894832180512921.Jpeg

What's the exclusive track?

the 2009 digital remaster of 'the robots'

cool, thx!

want it ripped stan?

yes please!

i'll try sending via gmail

Thx! If it doesn't work I'll hear it soon enough (I hope), I've preordered the box set.

attachment failed. I'll try elsewhere

Thanks! Don't put too much effort into this, I'll probably survive not hearing it for a couple of days more :-)

Sounds GREAT! But this is the single version, does this mean there's going to be bonus tracks on the albums? (at least, I don't have this one yet - the one on the Man Machine is much slower and the one on The Mix is completely different)

Oh wait, it's an edit from the The Mix version. nevermind. Great remaster, though. Yay!

http://sharebee.com/fd471106

= 8 seconds from The Robots @ 320 kbps from The Mix (2004 promo remaster leak)
followed by the same 8 seconds from the 2009 remaster.

oh well looks like i wont be buying it this month. as a beatles fan i could do with saving some money. cheers mojo!!

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From the MOJO interview, when asked about the first 3 albums not being part of The Catalogue:

"They are coming. We are working on them with more drawings, more paintings, more photographs. We are working on the old tapes, they are very dusty".

Sounds GREAT! But this is the single version, does this mean there's going to be bonus tracks on the albums? (at least, I don't have this one yet - the one on the Man Machine is much slower and the one on The Mix is completely different)

The one change that I know of is 'House Phone' is added to the Techno Pop tracklisting.

For European people, all the remasters (with really terrible covers) are now on Spotify.

seen them in shops. very tempting but gonna wait for Der Katalog

Well, I like the new covers.

The "Autobahn" one had loads of "official" covers...

holy shit the 1973 single version of "Kometenmelodie" is absolutely gorgeous. I guess I need to get into early Kraftwerk? Or is this single atypical?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00pzf3j

The Man Machine: The Story of Kraftwerk
Saturday (2010-01-16), 22:00 on BBC Radio 2

Jarvis Cocker presents the story of a group of musicians who've influenced artists and movements as diverse as David Bowie, Coldplay, hip hop and the New Romantics.

The programme features a rare interview with Kraftwerk founding member and the only remaining original, Ralph Hutter. It also examines the part played in the "Krautrock" movement by other German electronic music exponents of the 70s, such as Neu! and Tangerine Dream.

Blimey, since Florian left, Ralf's been all "Hello Everybody!"

I don't like it when people bang on about such-and-such a band's "influence" as though that's the main reason we should celebrate them. IMHO the reason we should celebrate a band like Kraftwerk is because of the records they made, without the historical context.

Plus, I hope they don't let Hütter see the two mistakes they made in his name. Plus, Jarvis Cocker ffs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry64e6SVQGs

wow! more kraftneu!

beautifully clear shots of their mixing boards too

Yeah, that is fantastic footage. Thanks for the link geeta!

dope

truly hoping a complete unedited bootleg of this live version of kling klang shows up someday, sans voiceover

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BK486IAZyjA

yeah that Bremmen Radio bootleg is so great especially given how bad the Neu! 72 live album is. I really wish they had stayed together longer.

that first clip is the clearest Beat Club footage I've ever seen. Now I want to be in a band where I get to sit at a little desk with a cup of tea while I play.

yeah, it's amazing, isn't it? i went searching on that guy's YouTube page to see if he'd posted more clips but the rest of his uploads are horrible German schlager, that's the only Kraftwerk clip he's got

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI3_6Rayg4Q

ugh both of those clips are so great.

kraftwerk is guest-editing wallpaper* magazine

http://www.thedailyswarm.com/headlines/kraftwerk-gues-edits-new-issue-wallpaper-magazine/

Having loved their stuff from Autobahn onwards, I did go about checking out their first three albums at one point. However, aside from 'Ruckzuck' (the first track on Kraftwerk 1), not much else of it warranted a second listen for me. However, it's all worth listening to at least one just to hear the roots.