September 2003 - Kraftwerk - mailman.xmission.com

mailinglist again
by Powerplant 09 Sep '03

09 Sep '03

hi Because this list does not have owner ( http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kraftwerk ) and there is problem with the subscription a brand new international mailinglist has been established. See the details at http://kraftwerk.hu/antenna/ ( http://www.kraftwerk.hu/antenna/ ) Direct link: http://www.activerecord.com/mailman/listinfo/kraftwerk The new international Kraftwerk mailinglist is intented to be an effective, cheap and comfortable connection between the Kraftwerk fans from all over the world. Please, join the new list. It has owner (who takes care about it), can be moderated and, of course, has easy subscription. The founder of the new list has tried to contact Lazlo(?) several times but no answer... Nobody can subscribe / is allowed to subsrcribe. It is impossible 'to be IN' this list... (nonsense...) There may be a 'dozen of KW fans' who would like to share their free opinion. This is why we need it. Thank you and waiting for your subscription! best rgds, Powerplant

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RE: [Kraftwerk] LFO
by Der Automat 08 Sep '03

08 Sep '03

Oystein Moe wrote: > and they did > a summer tour together in Sweden (with SPOCK, a nice billing altogether!), > but IMO, you can't much hear that LFO has worked on that track, and there is > no credit to them. Contract problems or Grand Falling Out? I guess we'll > never know... Unfortunately Elektric Music's "Virtual Summer Tour" in 1994 took place without LFO eventually. They were replaced by Swedish band LCD. Anyway, during rendition of the track "Information" a video especially compiled for the song with images of LFO and Elektric Music meeting could be seen. Incidentally S.P.O.C.K. called their Christmas gig of that year "Virtual X-mas tour". DER AUTOMAT

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mailinglist
by Powerplant 08 Sep '03

08 Sep '03

hi Because this list does not have owner ( http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kraftwerk ) and there is problem with the subscription a brand new international mailinglist has been established. See the details at http://kraftwerk.hu/antenna/ ( http://www.kraftwerk.hu/antenna/ ) Direct link: http://www.activerecord.com/mailman/listinfo/kraftwerk The new international Kraftwerk mailinglist is intented to be an effective, cheap and comfortable connection between the Kraftwerk fans from all over the world. Please, join the new list. It has owner (who takes care about it), can be moderated and, of course, has easy subscription. The founder of the new list has tried to contact Lazlo(?) several times but no answer... Nobody can subscribe / is allowed to subsrcribe. It is impossible 'to be IN' this list... (nonsense...) There may be a 'dozen of KW fans' who would like to share their free opinion. This is why we need it. Thank you and waiting for your subscription! best rgds, Powerplant

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Kraftwerk at VH1
by Der Automat 08 Sep '03

08 Sep '03

Kraftwerk Greatest Hits at VH1-Europe on Wednesday September 17th 2003 23.30h CET. DER AUTOMAT

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Sternradio
by Der Automat 08 Sep '03

08 Sep '03

A track called "Sternradio" is included in And One's last album Aggressor edited by Virgin on August 29th. http://www.and-one.de/ DER AUTOMAT

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observations
by Jan Svenungsson 07 Sep '03

07 Sep '03

Am I the only one who find it irritating to see repeated references to the new tdf 03 in all its versions as "remixes" of the old tdf? Is there any way this can be motivated (chord structure?)? I can't hear any similarities. This proves how sloppy many writers are... I've been listening to the album on and off from day one (Germany) and I think it holds up very well. I wouldn't have minded the tdf 03 suite being stretched out even longer! I first realised this when I went running with the album in headphones: the endless doodling variations and repetitions around the very simple riff melt wonderfully into the very repetitive activity of running. I have no experience of biking, but I can imagine it being even better there, of course. But even when you run (I'm preparing for a marathon) you tend to think about your body as a sort of machine, carefully tuning its rhythm. Meanwhile you have to take care of your mind. During a long pass you establish your own little bubble, where influences from the changing landscape around you float in and out, with both physical influence: a hill! (the tdf03 becomes slightly heavier) and psychological: you keep playing little games which may take your thoughts in new directions and bring about ideas - while at the same time you are engaged in this extremely repetitive activity. Listening to the tdf03 suite captures this sensation - and when in the third "etape" they quickly open the door to that other melody: it's a brilliant moment. And very "realistic" - the sensation of getting an idea... Then, I also think it is their way of saying: yes, we could have done this track totally different, with a majestic melody: we could have done the whole album very differently - but we didn't want to. Respect! As for the rest of the record, funnily enough Vitamin is the track which doesn't really blend into the running. It lacks the "flow", it doesn't go forward, it keeps turning around itself. Like a dancer who stays on his spot. Aero-Dynamik and Elektro-Kardiogram: both perfect. Different sensations, due to different circumstances, but the body is working and the rythms are convincing. But perhaps it is La Forme which is my favourite, because this one captures that feeling of BLISS which you can sometimes reach during a long workout (and which is a motivator like a drug): when you are tired but it doesn't matter any longer because you can go on forever. It's a high, and the way the melody in this track is on the edge of banality... - that's it! It keeps humming in my head. I want to return there. I wouldn't mind a new version much longer. Then many have argued it was stupid to tack on the old tdf at the end. I understand the argument, but I think there was no other possibility. That song (song, not track) has a grandeur which the other tracks have not. But it is not a competition: it's a logical co-existence. The old tdf is like the embellished synopsis or summary of a much more detailed work. It takes all the themes and give them an airing during its short course, but it is in the main text that all the details get worked out, and here the time element is important: if you want to communicate the physical experience of cycling though these passes and on these plains there has to be repetition and slow grinding progress. So there is a nice complimentary effect between the pop-song (the trailer for the race) and the tracks (the race itself). No, I do not only listen to it when I run. But it is a good environment to get into TDF Soundtracks. Man-Machine and TEE doesn't work nearly as well. But their machinery is not muscle driven. Jan

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A contri from Italy
by DIDI 07 Sep '03

07 Sep '03

In italian only... http://www.voilier2000.com/spl80/kraftwerk.htm Didi

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German chart positions Sep 8
by Jan 06 Sep '03

06 Sep '03

TdF leaves single charts Album from #11 to #25 J.

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Re: Kraftwerk Digest, Vol 7, Issue 4
by sintetik t.w.l. 05 Sep '03

05 Sep '03

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TdFS review
by Der Automat 05 Sep '03

05 Sep '03

Unfavourable review of Kraftwerk's Tour de France Soundtracks at Friday 29th August issue nº 514 of the Spanish weekly magazine (which accompanies newspaper El Pais) El Pais de las Tentaciones (http://www.tentaciones.elpais.es/) The record is given 4 out of 10 points. The reviewer is a person who I talked to you about a few weeks ago, musical critic and radio commentator Diego A. Manrique. tentaciones(a)elpais.es http://www.elpais.es/suplementos/tentaciones/tentaciones.htm DER AUTOMAT

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