From: "Rob Evans" <robert_evans1@hotmail.com>
I think, that as Kraftwerk get older, they become more and more obssessed with perfectionism. That is why they can no longer make an album, they are perhaps driving themselves crazy trying to achieve the impossible? I think that the Radio-Activity album marked the beginning of their intention to be perfect. The emphasis on production is greater with every album.
agreed ... & as i already wrote here some months ago : holger czukay of the german band can once said in an interview about kw : "they once were pioneers of electronic (dance)music , but by now they are only 'sound designers' !!!" :-/ jus' look @ their latest "werks" : "expo 2000" - a jingle that turned into a single ... mainly for financial reasons , rather than to leave another historic mark in electronic music & "zero landmine" - a jingle ( or intro ;-) that was only used in a song twice ... as the intro & outro !!! *sigh* :-o what's next ??? :-o maybe only another jingle ... like "kling klang ... ausgang" , to finally say goodbye to us all & close down their famous studio in d-dorf forever !? *sigh* :-o oh well ... :-/ From: Lord Ruthven <dasfestistzuendeaus@yahoo.de>
yeah, the meanwhile about 370 Joe Meek tracks I own.
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as Joe Meek, another heroe of mine, always used to say: If it *sounds* right, it *is* right!
well ... i like joe meek as well & as i know by now that u have about 370 songs or trax by him , jan , i suppose that we should come together & produce a 2 ( or even more !? ;-) hours "joe meek special" for one of my own radio shows !!! *G+* ;-) okay ... seriously , what do u think about it , jan ??? *pure_curiosity* changin' the topic to "stockhausen vs. sala" ...
Well, I'm not his spokesman, but first let me say: I'm sure, Stockhausen is neither senile nor has any sympathies for terrorists.
i haven't said that he's senile - jus' a tad bit insane ;-) - , but what he said @ that press conference about the terrorists' attack on the 11th of sept. 2001 was indeed ... erm ... mostly UTTER_RUBBISH & also VERY_DISAPPOINTIN' , because his music is mainly ( if not already completely !? ) "intellectual ( or mathematical ) music" or "music for the mind" & the total opposite to "pop music" or "music to dance to" !!! so what i wanted to say with it , is that if somebody like - only for instance !!! ;-) - britney spears would have uttered such a nonsense , i wouldn't be surprised @ all , but if such an intellectual person like mr. stockhausen simply WASN'T_ABLE to give a much more adequate statement to that happenings , then i'm indeed VERY_DISAPPOINTED , sorry !!! *sigh* :-o
He said: "Wasn't it a terrible crap what occurred to me here?"
yes INDEED ... it was !!! :-/ sad , but true !!! *sigh* :-o
and finally he asked the journalists not to use the material.
*LOL* ;-))) as if ANY true journalist could have resisted that temptation & would refrain from doin' JUS'_THIS_!!! *still_LOL* ;-))) btw : i would have done the same , simply because who uttered such a nonsense in public also has to face the consequences of it , sorry !!! well ... i suppose that even "a musical genius" as mr. stockhausen could learn some things from time to time !? *slyest_grin* ;-))) p. s. : has stockhausen EVER used or tried to use subharmonic sounds in one of his "werks" , jan ??? *pure_curiosity* wouldn't that be interestin' for him to use those possibilities of the mixturetrautonium for one of his compositions ??? *jus'_curious* ;-) however ... many greetinx , oh jay ;-) ~*~ jvr network program - may 2002 : http://mitglied.lycos.de/cybernetx/program.html ( incl. live stream via internet !!! ;-) studio webcam - live : http://stream.ok-bremen.de/studio.html *G+* ;-) - brand new !!! - radio show archive : http://friends.schallreflektor.com/ohjay/alien_disco ;-) *~\^/~*