KealohaBlows my mind that an album well over 40 years old still sounds like it’s from the future. #music #vinyl #VinylRecords #vinylcollection #nowPlaying #kraftwerk
This account has moved@Kealoha321 probably their last ground breaking album and my personal fave. Very influential. Still.
Ian Tindale@emsquared @Kealoha321 xactly, it was the first one I didn’t actually buy, but just listened to a lot where possible, and after this they just weren’t compelling to me in the way that the predececcing ones were (Radio-Activity being my favourite, and for many many artistic reasons beside just the music on it)
This is a good commentary on about that time – when Kraftwerk saw the computer world coming and made that another concept album theme, but at a time they were still operating wholly analogue, but after this album they did move into digital and this effectively paralysed them
https://www.ft.com/content/827295d2-849e-442e-a676-ee57621fffd8
Another reason for that is when, shortly afterwards, Ralf personally bought a Synclavier which was to prove an immense cognitive sink for such a long time – essentially diverting energy away from creativity
This is a good commentary on about that time – when Kraftwerk saw the computer world coming and made that another concept album theme, but at a time they were still operating wholly analogue, but after this album they did move into digital and this effectively paralysed them
https://www.ft.com/content/827295d2-849e-442e-a676-ee57621fffd8
Another reason for that is when, shortly afterwards, Ralf personally bought a Synclavier which was to prove an immense cognitive sink for such a long time – essentially diverting energy away from creativity
@u0421793 @Kealoha321 Good shout. The losing of confidence over the world around them going digital and abandoning the analogue based Techno-Pop album that should've accompanied the Tour de France single, as you say, turned out to be a huge cul-de-sac (imho) and the rejigged album that resulted was just OK.
@emsquared @Kealoha321 if any Kraftwerk aficionados have about three quarters of an hour spare, I recommend this lecture by Dr Richard Witts (who used to be Dick Witts of the very interesting early 80s post-punk band The Passage) – it really is worth a watch, keep with it
https://youtu.be/5KTwCZ-wNu8?si=eYtO_lPYC1Q-HStu
#Kraftwerk #Germany #DickWitts #GilbertAndGeorge
https://youtu.be/5KTwCZ-wNu8?si=eYtO_lPYC1Q-HStu
#Kraftwerk #Germany #DickWitts #GilbertAndGeorge
KRAFTWERK UNCOVERED TALK
@u0421793 @Kealoha321 Oh wow The Passage. I bought their stuff. I certainly will check that out.