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Topic: Kraftwerk beginner Posted: June 24 2011 at 22:33
I was listening to the songs the site has available to listen to from the electronic band Kraftwerk and i really liked them but my question to you guys is I wanna explore this band but where should I start? Thanks in advance
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Posted: June 25 2011 at 19:33
Get The Man-Machine for synth pop and Autobahn for something more progressive. If you like those you'll also want Trans-Europe Express, Computer World, and Radio-Activity. The Minimum-Maximum DVD is awesome too.
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Posted: June 26 2011 at 08:49
The "problem" with Radioactivität is that this album is filled with experimental tracks which could disturb some peoples (but it's not as disturbing as true electronic or concrete music). Some of these tracks could sound either boring, or pointless (just in case: I love these tracks, not sure if everybody does or would).
I would rather suggest Trans-Europe Express, The Man-Machine or Computerworld (you can also have a good introduction to early 80's electro-rap! )
I´d second the recommendations for Trans Europe Express and The Man Machine - their best "Kraftwerk" albums. They were much more of a kraut band at first, and if you like that kind of stuff - I urge you to get the first one, which incidentally is my personal fave. They also made an album before that under the name of Tone Float - the album was called Kraftwerk - and that is pretty good stuff too, but far far far away from the bib bib bub bib bib thang they evolved into during the mid to late 70s.
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Posted: June 27 2011 at 23:52
dwill123 wrote:
I'd suggest that you start with the Kraftwerk, "Minimum Maximum" dvd and work your way backwards from that.
This 2CD is packed with a lot of music, too. Not to mention the live versions are beefed up (though the album versions are by no means obsolete).
CPicard wrote:
The "problem" with Radioactivität is that this album is filled with experimental tracks which could disturb some peoples (but it's not as disturbing as true electronic or concrete music). Some of these tracks could sound either boring, or pointless (just in case: I love these tracks, not sure if everybody does or would).
I would rather suggest Trans-Europe Express, The Man-Machine or Computerworld
TEE, TMM and Computer World are all superb albums. CW sounds really good. Great synth sounds.
Kraftwerk albums can be very different from one another depending on the period ... The period pre-Autobahn is experimental, improvisational, destructured music ... you may find it interesting or you may listen once and never again .... Initially Ralf Hutter used the Moog and other synths just to make noises more than melodies. All that was very creative but you cannot take it for granted that it was musically interesting too... not always...
Golden albums: Autobahn, Radioactivity, TransEuropeExpress, The Man Machine Kraftwerk could be condensed in these 4 masterpieces.
Computer World sounds like a more pop album, it has some good *numbers* but it's a light version of Kraftwerk Music. I don't like very much all the rest, I can't stand most of the re-mixed versions, if you like Kraftwerk there's nothing like the original studio versions of their classics.
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Initially Ralf Hutter used the Moog and other synths just to make noises more than melodies. All that was very creative but you cannot take it for granted that it was musically interesting too... not always... 