Guest Daniel Posted March 30, 2003 Share Posted March 30, 2003 Odd title for a topic eh? Well here is what's up. This new employee at my work and I were talking about electronic music and he told me about this group that used analog instruments and computers. They were the one of the first pioneers of the electronic music genre....I was reading a little about them and it was interesting. I just thought it was amazing that this stuff was made when it was. Anyway my friend at work made me some copies of thier CD's and here is the info. album title: Autobahn artist: Kraftwerk release year: 1975 album title: Trans-Europe Express artist: Kraftwerk release year: 1977 surprisingly their music is psychedelic in nature....I was very intrigued while listening. Even though the music is rather ancient sounding (people could make better stuff on fuityloops) it is very interesting to listen to because you hear A LOT of sounds and loops that are used in songs today. For instance there is a song called "Numbers" on the Autobahn album that has a melodic loop that is used in a popular vocal dance/trance song (I can't remember the name though, grrr).... If you guys are looking for something interesting and OLD, and even classic to add to your collection you might wanna check these albums out. Don't expect something exciting and mind-blowing, remember they made this back in the 70's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jonathan Posted March 30, 2003 Share Posted March 30, 2003 good morning Daniel-san. I don't think that their music is outdated at all. Its perfect music for having people over, drinking, smoking etc. The sound quality isn't all that but I don't think that makes their music any less hypnotic. Other similar stuff worth listening to: Pink Floyd (duh), Brian Eno (!), Depeche Mode, Tangerine Dream (phaedra!) often imitated, never duplicated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rx7style Posted March 31, 2003 Share Posted March 31, 2003 You've never heard of Kraftwerk before??? Hell, I've been saying: "I'm the operator with my pocket calculator!" for years!!!!! A thick German accent a must when saying it however! 8^) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Daniel Posted March 31, 2003 Share Posted March 31, 2003 Yeah....the guy who gave me the CD's told me they were popular.....I guess I'm behind a little. Anyone notice all of the loops and sounds in those albums that are used in todays music....it would be interesting if anyone could point them out. I just heard one that's in a song in the movie "Swordfish" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Towelie Posted March 31, 2003 Share Posted March 31, 2003 haha good old Kraftwerk i remember listening them when I ws 10 or younger, I still have almost all their records Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Full Lotus Posted March 31, 2003 Share Posted March 31, 2003 We are the robots..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Towelie Posted March 31, 2003 Share Posted March 31, 2003 aaatooobahn ROFL!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bahamut Posted March 31, 2003 Share Posted March 31, 2003 "Don't expect something exciting and mind-blowing, remember they made this back in the 70's." well then maybe you should listen to: tangerine dream - rubycon tangerine dream - ricochet tangerine dream - phaedra klaus schulze - moondawn klaus schulze - mirage klaus schulze - x this was (and still is) definitely very exciting and mindblowing to me... in fact, I think I've never enjoyed listening to music so much as when I first discovered this music! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest .:::EP Posted March 31, 2003 Share Posted March 31, 2003 I guess it's got something to do with how old you are :-) Check out the early electronic masters such as Kraftwerk ("Das Model" is their most known track) D.A.F (Deutsch Americhanishe Freundshaft) - with their German "March" style Klaus Schulze Einsterzende Neubauten Brian Eno Chris & Cosey Cabaret Voltaire Throbbing Gristle Thomas Leer Jean Michel Jarre Depeche Mode Ultravox Visage Japan Thomas Dolby Gary Numan Classix Nouveau Human League and many many more :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Daniel Posted March 31, 2003 Share Posted March 31, 2003 thanx for edumacting me ;P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Broken Engine Posted March 31, 2003 Share Posted March 31, 2003 Aaahhh.....Japan, Dolby, Numan Great period!! But that was the New Wave electronic period Returning to our "young" friend Daniel, Kraftwerk were the pioneers of electronic repetitive, hypnotic music (an example: the track "Ruckzuck" - 1971 - with electronic flute & distorted guitar - yes Kraftwerk played guitars!!! And nowaday some very well known artist give their tribute to Kraftwerk Let's think about Etnica with "I'm the shadow of myself" (Boing Boom Tschak samples) or with "Slow Motion" (The Robots samples) TBE np: Brian Eno - I Dormienti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest .:::EP Posted March 31, 2003 Share Posted March 31, 2003 Actually Japan, Numan and Dolby also released electronic music since the mid 70's :-) They were just not famous yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jim Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 'the delta - sandby' reminds me a little of the harsh repetitions of kraftwerk. but in a modern psy sense. its just an unashamable mechanical repetition. i think that when something repeats and repeats, you get to rely on it without knowing, and when a silent moment comes into the track (like the computer voice in delta's 'standby') you realise just how much ypou need the repetion to come back again, and when it does come back... oh boy... we're in business! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest D-Dave Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 I cant imagine living in a world without Kraftwerk. I got my first Kraftwerk album as a 10 year old in 1984. Kraftwerk is MORE to electronic music than Beatles is to pop, there´s just no telling how influential they have been. They also inspired the hip-hopers of the late 70s and early 80s with their beats. And speaking of DAF, they just released a new album. It kicks ass! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest psyfi Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 the last work (afaik) of kraftwerk was a jingle for the expo 2000 in hannover, germany. the german gov't or whoever was responsible paid a shitload of money for that jingle... it was wuite good i reckon but it had thos stupid german samples: "mensch - maschine - technik" (human - machine - technic) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Buttwax Posted April 2, 2003 Share Posted April 2, 2003 80's = Yello Bostich! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Matta Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 You must own Dolby's "Golden Age of Wireless." A classic masterpiece from beginning to end. And yeah, Eno's early stuff (and later stuff) is uncomparable. Also look into Tomita's work from the 70s. He recreated classical works with analog technology. Beautiful, for the electronic-minded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kadath Posted April 6, 2003 Share Posted April 6, 2003 Does anybody remember a record called "Automat" that had a cover with robot looking at it's own human reflex in a lake... or something like that... and there was a long song in the whole A side? I think it was italian in origin and from the 80's... Peace ¥ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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