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Fri 25 Jul, 2003 12:19 am
The new soundtrack will be released soon!
Quote:Most people had given up on Kraftwerk ever releasing any new music years ago. After all, Schneider and Hütter have spent the last two decades gradually cutting themselves off from the outside world. They rarely give interviews, and when they do, they come with strings attached: one magazine which secured an audience with Hütter was informed that he would only discuss his collection of bicycles and that they were not allowed to even mention that he was a member of Kraftwerk. Their legendary Düsseldorf studio, KlingKlang, has no telephone, no fax, no reception and returns all post unopened. They have not attended a photo shoot since 1978: their record label has had to make do with blurry shots from their highly infrequent live appearances and pictures of the band's painstakingly constructed robot doubles. No band has shunned publicity with such dedication.
This quotation is by Alexis Petridis, who wrote the article in the Guardian
Desperately seeking Kraftwerk. More links (there's the video + music on kraftwerk's homepage!) on the nespaper's website.
Woo Hoo!!!
I've been waiting for this one -- thanks for the alert!
Walter- Thanks a lot. My husband LOVES Kraftwerk!
What sort of music do they play?
Thanks, Phoenix! (I'll have to do that later at home...
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Kraftwerk is indeed excellent music beyond classification!
Hey Walter now this kraftwerk fit for a king. I think it's hilarious
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3096541.stm
Walter i remember Kraftwerk from way back when & thought they are different. Listening to them now, clips on the link from Pheonix, they sound very mechanical and ordinary
Somewhat true, olk. (But we are a little bit older, too :wink: )
You might be walter, but I'm heading back to the Blues and John Lee Hooker
hehehe!
I'm trying to go to the Club 100 at Oxford Street next week(end)
you got the right clothes i hope walter. is mrs. h going with you ?
Well, we are invading England together. (And since she is the Head of State AND the Chancellor of the Exchequer ... )
Kraftwerk is black?
Oh, back!
Yes, that is surprising as well.
Hey, Walter. I listened to the clip of Kraftwerk. As a friend of mine once said, "That's the kind of music you quit enjoying and try to appreciate."
and, Walter, One never gets too old to appreciate Mozart or Schumann.
So when is the Can reunion tour? I miss Holger...
I was a big fan of Kraftwerk, beginning with their international mega-hit, Autobahn. Well, perhaps mega-hit is an exaggeration, but it did get radio play on alternative FM stations in the US. Can't imagine that happening now. Anyhow, I picked up on their early LPs, including Radioactivity. I loved their sound and lyrics, very cool and spacy. Put me in another place. I've been selling a lot of my old LPs, but I'll never part with those...
There's an interesting BB-article:
Ralf Hutter, the co-founder of German music pioneers Kraftwerk, has broken a longterm media blackout to tell the BBC how the group's first studio album for 17 years was inspired by the Tour de France.
Kraftwerk reveal cycling inspiration
One hit wonders, underground sensations perhaps but it's hard to believe the fuss. They ain't the Stones.
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