However, shortly after this, Ralf Hütter suffered a serious cycling accident, leaving him in a coma, and unable to work with the band for at least half a year. Recordings were progressing, and one song from these sessions, "Tour de France" was released as a single in summer 1983, achieving moderate commercial success. The proposed title was changed to Techno Pop.
This new album initially had the working title Technicolor, but this name had to be abandoned as that title was a trademark. In 1982, Kraftwerk had begun work on a follow-up album to their hugely successful and influential Computer World. In keeping with the album’s concept, Kraftwerk showcased their music on an ambitious world tour and issued several versions of the single, "Pocket Calculator" – sung in German (Taschenrechner), English, French (Mini Calculateur)and Japanese (Dentaku). The whole computerworld album is uncanny visionairy and if nothing else a unique work, and they managed to translate this vision into 7 great tracks aswell.
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computerworld" Kraftwerk really hit the mark at a time the PC wasn't even 'invented'. "Interpol and Deutsche Bank, FBI and Scotland Yard, business, numbers, money, people. Musically, it builds on the already impressive Trans-Europe Express, further refining Kraftwerk's by then unique sound – the tracks are more concise, the melodies even stronger and the electronic percussion & sequencing even tighter. Emil Schult co-wrote the lyrics for "The Model". It contains the song "The Model" which was a #1 single in the UK in 1982 (early adapters those brits !) This was the first Kraftwerk album to see Karl Bartos co-credited with song-writing along with Hütter & Schneider. The Man-Machine (1978) was released in German as Die Mensch-Maschine. Much use was made of custom-built sequencing equipment, which helped Kraftwerk achieve the precise, minimalist pop sound distinctive of the album. Kraftwerks TRANS EUROPA EXPRESS (77 FLAC 249mb)īecame their big break through album, a milestone Kraftwerk album notable for probably being their most-often ranked album, even on pop/rock lists. All the music was written by Hütter/Schneider, with Emil Schult collaborating on lyrics, and designing the artwork. Unlike later albums, which featured different lyrics, only the titles differ between the English and German editions.It's the first Kraftwerk album to be entirely self-produced by Hütter & Schneider in their Kling Klang studio, and the first one to be performed by the "classic" Hütter/Schneider/Bartos/Flür line-up. It was released in German as Radio-Aktivität. A trio of albums that would exert a huge influence on popular music would follow- Radio-Activity (1975), Trans-Europe Express (1977) and the seminal The Man-Machine (1978). With the joining of Karl Bartos for the Autobahn tour in 75 Kraftwerks line up was set for the next 12 years.
Their breakthrough, both musically and popularly, came in 1974 with the Autobahn album and its 22-minute title track featuring the "motorik" beat, it intended to capture the feeling of driving on the Autobahn from the high-speed concentration of the fast lane, to the tuning of the car radio, to the monotony of a long trip.The front cover of the original German edition was painted by Emil Schult, a long-time collaborator of Ralf and Florian, who also co-wrote the lyrics to the song "Autobahn".Conny Plancks name was later (85) scrapped as co-producer. Although almost entirely instrumental, the album marks Kraftwerk's first use of the vocoder. With Ralf and Florian, released in 1973, the band began to move closer to its "classic" sound, relying more heavily on synthesizers and drum machines. Post-production modifications to these recordings were then used to distort the sound of the instruments, particularly audio tape manipulation. Kraftwerk, released in 1970, and Kraftwerk 2, released in 1972, were mostly exploratory jam music, played on a variety of traditional instruments including guitar, bass, electric organ, flute and violin.
Their first three albums were more free-form experimental Krautrock jam, without the pop hooks or more disciplined strong structure of their later work. Early Kraftwerk line-ups (1970-1974) fluctuated, Hütter and Schneider working with around half a dozen other musicians over the course of recording four albums and sporadic live appearances - most notably guitarist Michael Rother and drummer Klaus Dinger, who left to form Neu!. The two had met as students at the Düsseldorf Conservatory in the late 1960s, participating in the experimental music scene of the time which the UK music press dubbed "Krautrock".
Kraftwerk was founded in 1970 by Florian Schneider-Esleben (flute) and Ralf Hütter (keyboards), the pair setting up their Kling Klang studio in Düsseldorf. Terre Thaemlitz - Die Roboter Rubato ( ' 97)
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