September 2003 - Kraftwerk - mailman.xmission.com

austrian album charts
by Georg Jajus 03 Sep '03

03 Sep '03

"Tour de France Soundtracks" goes up: 61 > 46 / 3rd week Gruesse aus Wien, Georgie ===> "You're a very nosy fellow, kitty cat. Huh? You know what happens to nosy fellows? Huh? No? Wanna guess? Huh? No? Okay. They lose their noses." ( Man with Knife / 'Chinatown' )

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Kraftwerk: Japanese edition + bonus now in pre-order
by Der Automat 03 Sep '03

03 Sep '03

From: | Kraftwerk | kraftwerk(a)side-line.com: Kraftwerk: Japanese edition + bonus now in pre-order "Tour De France Soundtracks" is the title of the brand new Kraftwerk album. Released on August 5th, the album comes in several different editions. Below you can purchase all the different editions that will be available: Japanese, USA, EU, vynil, etc.! Also available for order is a new 12" from Karl Bartis which comes in import only and features remixes by eg. Orbital or yet Felix Da Housecat. KRAFTWERK Tour De France Soundtracks + 1 Japanese Edition Toshiba EMI CD Japanese CD album of the new Kraftwerk album "Tour De France Soundtracks". Features enhanced section with the video for the recent "Tour De France 03" single. Released 10th September 2003. Kraftwerk - "Tour De France Soundtracks + 1" Japanese version CD ALSO AVAILABLE: Kraftwerk - Tour De France Soundtracks CD (UK) Kraftwerk - Tour De France Soundtracks CD (German) Kraftwerk - Tour De France Soundtracks 2LP Kraftwerk - Tour De France Soundtracks + 1 Japanese Edition CD. Kraftwerk - Tour De France Soundtracks US Edition CD Kraftwerk - Tour De France 2003 ( UK CD Single ) Kraftwerk - Tour De France 2003 ( German CD Single ) Kraftwerk - Tour De France 2003 12" Kraftwerk - Tour De France 2003 ( US CD Single ) Kraftwerk - Tour De France 2003 ( US 12" Vinyl ) Kraftwerk - Tour De France 2003 ( Euro 2 trk CD Single ) http://www.musicnonstop.co.uk/ KARL BARTOS - " I'm The Message Home" 12" German Import vinyl only 12" single lifted from Karl Bartos' impending and eagerly awaited new album "Communication". Featured remixers include Orbital and Felix Da Housecat, while Karl's original delivers a classic dark, vocodered slice of electropop in the style of the masters KW themselves....Released 18th August 2003. Karl Bartos - " I'm The Message Home" 12" presented by http://www.side-line.com © 2003

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(OT) Florian Schneider
by Der Automat 03 Sep '03

03 Sep '03

German net.artist Florian Schneider is showing throughout Europe his project 'Everyone is an expert' http://expertbase.net DER AUTOMAT

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Kraftwerk at Madrid's subway
by Der Automat 03 Sep '03

03 Sep '03

In Madrid (Spain) railway underground stations have recently been installed large TV monitors that show news and advertising. Sometimes when an information about technology is broadcasted Kraftwerk's music (The Telephone Call, Autobahn, etc.) can be heard. http://www.canalmetromadrid.es/ http://www.canalmetromadrid.es/metro/metro.htm DER AUTOMAT

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Polysics
by Der Automat 03 Sep '03

03 Sep '03

Quoted from the UK recordshop Music Non Stop 15/08/2003 newsletter: POLYSICS Neu Asian Man CD £13.95 After three years of pestering the band's Japanese label, the Asian Man label has secured the rights to this amazing record that will certainly turn heads within the new wave, electro and synth pop scenes. Hailing from Tokyo, Japan, the band plays electronic wizardry combined with raw guitars, drums, and intense rhythms to boot. The band makes it no secret that they are heavily influenced by DEVO and KRAFTWERK. Regardless, POLYSICS has created quite a buzz already in the U.S. Released 11th August 2003. http://www.musicnonstop.co.uk/store/erol.html DER AUTOMAT

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KW @ NME
by Der Automat 03 Sep '03

03 Sep '03

http://www.nme.com/news/105625.htm FINEST 'WERK SONGS! Kraftwerk - No dummies KRAFTWERK http://www.nme.com/artists/48485.htm have announced the tracklisting for their new album 'TOUR DE FRANCE SOUNDTRACKS', due out on August 4. The 12 songs on the record were written to compliment the French bike race, currently in full force and celebrating its centenary. Alongside brand new recordings, the band reworked a version of the twenty year old 'Tour de France' which was released as a single earlier this month (July 7). The 'Tour de France Soundtracks' tracklisting is: 'Prologue' 'Tour de France Etape 1' 'Tour de France Etape 2' 'Tour de France Etape 3' 'Chrono' 'Vitamin' 'Aero dynamik' 'Titanium' 'Elektro Kardiogramm' 'La Forme' 'Regeneration' 'Tour de France' Published: 20-07-2003-09-30 http://www.nme.com/news/105286.htm SONG CYCLE! KRAFTWERK http://www.nme.com/artists/48485.htm are set to rush-release their new single and album to coincide with the centenary of the TOUR DE FRANCE. The single, 'Tour De France 03', will be released on July 7, two days after the start of the world famous bike race, and will be available on CD and 12" vinyl. 'Tour De France,' the album, will feature all-new recordings of 'Tour De France 03' alongside brand new compositions and a new version of 1983's 'Tour De France.' The album is due for release on July 21 and Kraftwerk are currently working on the final mix at their Kling Klang studio in Düsseldorf. Published: 12-06-2003-10-30

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Return of Kraftwerk vs punk, part 769
by Oystein Moe 03 Sep '03

03 Sep '03

Um, I know we're on overtime for this discussion, but filtre4pole said a couple of things I wish to comment on. Scroll to next message if you could care less. >Arf! arf! :-D yeah.... are you kidding ? Not really, no... but I do take this less than very serious. ;-) >[Putting away and especially *ignore* the fundamentals (indeed, not the >same >world) : easy] then finding out some funny similitudes (*btw* that I don't >contest ;-)) *after* the event is certainly interesting (and more amusing) >for anecdotal thoughts. As you can see, I agree wholeheartedly. >But building any kind of "connection theory" upon >that is much bolder ...and eventually ridiculous: because people who >*absolutely* (I still don't see why) want to put Kraftwerk and the punks >into the same bag must have forgotten (or mistaken...) some major facts: You have this habit of mixing the words "my opinion" with "the facts", it is slightly annoying. Facts, you will agree, are measurable, objective pieces of info, like "Kraftwerk released TEE in 1977" or "punk was big in UK in 1976-7". We can't reconstruct the music scene of 1977 so none of us can claim to know EXACTLY what was going on. Personally, I like my theories, I even prefer them to yours, but I claim no copyright of truth in this matter, and you shouldn't either. >Kraftwerk are subtle *elite* electro avant-garde artists of all time Here is where I disagree with you, because Kraftwerk are not "elite" in any other way than their fans making them out to be so. They have repeatedly reserved themselves from any elitist thinking, they refuse to comment on the influence their music has had on modern popular culture, and as Florian Schneider said in an interview with Norwegian music paper Puls in 1982, "I can assure you our music is not meant for round table conferences". Elite as in very good; absolutely. But elite as in "we do something you couldn't"? No, that's jazz music. Which I dismiss on the whole. I prefer punk. >when punks were just... temporal rock'n punk and jerks! ;-)) Please, how do >you >want to "compare/connect"? Obviously, "punks were (...) jerks" is opinion, not fact, as it would depend who you ask whether it would be agreed upon or not... Though I'm sure all punks would agree to some extent. And I compared and connected enough I think in my previous mail. And I STILL have this funny feeling I forgot what my point was. O well. oystein _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail snakker ditt språk! http://www.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/sbox?rru=dasp/lang.asp - Få Hotmail på norsk i dag

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Chart Entry in USA
by Edimes Cagliari 03 Sep '03

03 Sep '03

Know somebody the correct Position?? Eddy

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Single Chart Entry in Italy
by Edimes Cagliari 02 Sep '03

02 Sep '03

Charts Entry of the Single at 36 ! http://www.fimi.it/classifiche.asp?idtipo_classifica=3 Eddy PS: Is the LP released in Italy?

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RE: [Kraftwerk] Karl Bartos Dates
by Der Automat 02 Sep '03

02 Sep '03

> Electram wrote: > > > Due to problems concerning to the unproperly use of "Kraftwerk" brand > > in the announcing of your shows, Karl Bartos had to cancel all your shows > > at USA. As you know, these shows were announced like Kraftwerk, or > > with the outstanding word Kraftwerk. Of course Bartos have all the > > rights to plays the Kraftwerk musics which he composed, but at his > > last concerts he (or the producers) was using the brand Kraftwerk > > unproperly. > > According to Karl Bartos' manager himself (Thomas Koester) all 3 USA shows > were cancelled because there have had trouble with the promoter. Sorry, I did mean Karl Bartos' agent. Pardon. Apparently, the concerts will be rescheduled eventually. DER AUTOMAT

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