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For someone who is an Aphex fan, who has wanted to get into them but has not known where to start? |
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Computer World |
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For electronic experimentations, their first 3; Kraftwerk 1, Kraftwerk 2 and Ralph&Florian More music; Trans-Europe Express, Electric Cafe, Tour de France Sountracks IMPO :) |
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IMQO |
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thanks, i'll take a look. |
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Always welcome, but remeber, back in the 70's the were the ones experimenting with electronic percussions and Moogs, Arp, and all those wonderful analog synths, don't expect to sound like todays electronica music, but definitely soooo goood :) And worth the respect to all they were doing back then. |
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no, you misunderstand, i LIKE vintage stuff. :) i'd give head for a moog right now. |
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Concert Classics is a charmer and Radio Activity is sinister. Try to get a hold of the german versions. I think Kraftwerk should be enjoyed in their native language, |
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Respect. |
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I'm a 1000000% with you Vlari, thanx for pointing that out. I have all their releases in German :) Still looking for their Minimum-Maximum german version. Have that one but their comercial-regular version. |
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Koool Oddioblender, dont worry I was just pointing that out my friend ;) All is nice...Long live analog :) |
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Computer World and Tour De France (1983 version, not the new one). |
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Kraftwerk - The Mix 01 The Robots 02 Computerlove 03 Pocket Calculator 04 Dentaku 05 Autobahn 06 Radioactivity 07 Trans Europe Express 08 Abzug 09 Metal On Metal 10 Home Computer 11 Musik Non Stop Best compilation to start with, no matter what. |
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that's a very good compilation, but where is the MAN-MACHINE? |
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They forgot it |
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Yes it should be! Gus, i highly recommend Autobahn. I have loved that album for a very long time now. |
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To the original poster - Don't buy The Mix first - all the tracks on The Mix are new versions from the early 90's - you should get the original albums (and any serious electronic music fan should own EVERY Kraftwerk album) to appreciate why they are so revered. I'd recommend listening in chronological order, starting right back at Kraftwerk 1 from 1970. Or even the pre-Kraftwerk Organisation album (1969). Radioactivity (1975) is the first Kraftwerk album that is purely electronic i.e no woodwind, live drums or guitars By the time you get to Computer World (1981, and by far their most technologically advanced album) you will literally be on your knees grovelling at the feet of the innovators of electronic music, just like the rest of us. |
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yeah, i started with the mix cos i didnt know it was remixed stuff. except when i heard pocket calculator (the reason i bought the mix) i was like 'WTF, no, this is wrong!' i thought got computer world and man-machine. those two are short so you can easily listen to em together, and that right there is alot of awesome kraftwerk : D |
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i then* |
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"all the tracks on The Mix are new versions from the early 90's" That's why it's one of the best releases that can be used to make an intermediate stop when traveling back in time. |
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true and excluding tour de france soundtracks in my opinion |
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are tracks on Minimum-Maximum new versions |
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Das Model - best Kraftwerk tune everrr! |
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the man machine!! |
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Its more fun to compute is one of my top ten favorite songs. |
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Sex Object |
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Zombi Nation Das Boot Musique Non-Stop |
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big fan at the moment. missus got tour de france for me last weekend, knowing that i had a bit of kraftwerk at home. got realy into them again lately and got hold of autobahn, electric cafe and computerworld too, finally. |
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kraftwerk made fantastic music back then, it has a kind of pure and innocent vibe to it and i LOVE the earlier stuff with flutes and live drumming :D sounds sooo bizarre and beautiful for a laugh also check señor coconut - el baile alemán, for latin versions of classic kraftwerk, very bizarre yet entertaining and skillfully done and one of the very best album cover out there ^^ |
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Kraftwerk make me crazy all the time. I love their music so much. |
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The ones that I started with were Man Machine, Trans Europe Express and Computer World. I think those are their three most accessible albums for a newcomer. If you like those three, then dive into their back catalogue head first, it's all good. |
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Radioactivity. |
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Aus Liebe zum kraftwerk |
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Kraftwerk were good, but they sound very old now! :-) |
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The Telephone Call actually has fairly good lyrics. it could pass as a normal prog rock style song. |
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Kraftwerk bore the sjit out of me. That said, I like a good few of they're tunes. I just wouldn't be listening to them. |
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Computer world and Man Machine are both the least cheesy most influential sounding electronic releases they did. a lot of their early works were more krautrock leaning, ralf and florian, tonefloat and the ones with the traffic cones are all mostly non electronic. Radioactivityt and Autobhan are two good records as well, but they are more like a bridging of the gap between their krautrock sound and the electronic computer music they became famous for. |
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The Mix & electric cafe is when they started picking up influences from other 80s electronic and synth artists. they are still good but i wait until much later to check those out |
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Radioactivity Trans Europe Express The Robots Spacelab Metropolis The Model Neon Lights The Man Machine Computer World Numbers Computer Love And yes, I know I just listed the entire Man Machine LP. But lets face it, every track on there is a classic. |
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i first listened to The Mix and later liked it a lot more than original older versions. Tour De France from 2000-something. also tracks: Antenna, Etherwellen, Ohm Sweet Ohm. search youtube for old prog-rock hippy Kraftwerk live vids. Air's song Sexy Boy is about Ralf Hutter with long hair, i think now. |
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man machine t.e.e. autobahn electric cafe aerodinamik karl bartos - communication (9/10) |
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and stuff like that |
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they're fucking amazing live. |
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yeah Kraftwerk are very nice. Computer World is my personal fav from their original stuff, and I also really like The Mix, but as already said, that's newer remixs they did. |
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there is actually a sample from It's More Fun to Compute in the song Fergilicious by Fergie :P |
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yees man awesome (2004) crowd made mad |
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a friend of mine who saw them at coachella 2005 (i think that was the year?) says they were the loudest show he's ever seen. oh, and i just torrented their discography, will be diving in soon :) |
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got the DVD for christmas! sweet visuals from their lates world tour. the man machine warms the chochels of my heart, yes the chochels! that image of the man machine words climbing the screen behind kraftwerk is one of the best images i've ever seen. |
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Yeah, the live visuals were great. Superb typography. I must say, the live mixes of Radioactivity and Numbers were stunning. |
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