Josh Davison <yoshi@enteract.com> wrote:
quoted 24 lines On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, Dave Segal wrote:
>On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, Dave Segal wrote:
>
>> I've said it before and I'll say it again: Kraftwerk's
>> most innovative/interesting music happened before they
>> released _Autobahn_. Seek out _Tone Float_ (rec. under the Organisation
>> moniker and recently reissued on vinyl), _Kraftwerk_, _Kraftwerk 2_,
>> _Ralf And Florian_. That's IDM--Innovative Dazzling Music.
>> Nobody has really touched what they did on those albums
>> (though Stereolab ripped off a track from _2_).
>
>well, Kraftwerk, Kraftwerk 2, and Rolf and Florian are definitely their
>most interesting albums, but really--the most *innovative* stuff ?? I
>think that historically there had already been plenty of jammy,
>metronomic, psychedelic bands when Kw1 and Kw2 came out, and sure their
>use of electronics on those records put them ahead of the curve ... but in
>terms of defining the forms and aesthetics of techno/electro, Trans Europe
>Express or Man Machine would have to rank as their most innovative (or at
>least their most influential) work(s).
>of course, historical importance does not a Great Album make (or does it?)
>... I'll still listen to "Kraftwerk" before any of their more computerized
>releases. There's something about the human element in those first three
>(I don't really count Tone Float since it wasn't a true Kraftwerk
>release), before they deliberately purged it from their later music, that
>transcends everything else they ever did.