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From:
alex rozet
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Mxyzptlk
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Date:
Fri, 7 Jul 2000 16:45:55 +0100
Subject:
Re: [idm] Kraftwerk goes Calypso/Latin/Mambo/Cuban...
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thanks for all the info! VERY INTERESTING! do you have some RI contacts? what else was released by RI? thanks! lexo -----Èñõîäíîå ñîîáùåíèå----- Îò: Mxyzptlk <jpklein@dsl.telocity.com> Êîìó: ID est, Menudo <idm@hyperreal.org> Äàòà: 07 èþëÿ 2000 16:18 Òåìà: Re: [idm] Kraftwerk goes Calypso/Latin/Mambo/Cuban...
quoted 55 lines .net wrote:>.net wrote: > >> It\'s hard >> to believe that the record was created in that >> way! >> > > > >Agreed. Some people were expressing their disappointment that the new >one was "all-acoustic" (as indeed I thought as well). Uwe corrected us, >saying that it was - in fact - all sampled, oversampled, tweaked and >reworked. I find it all that much more amazing in light of that. I >thought the most charming aspect of the first Coconut was the nearly >seamless transition between acoustic/electronic sounds...when in >actuality it is, in fact, Uwe's manipulation which gives the aural >appearance of either facet. I always thought he could give Ae lessons in > >programming (e.g., Schnittstelle) for the obvious timing/drum >programming feats, but this kind of stuff really demonstrates that he >stands head and shoulders as a programmer/manipulator above a lot of >what's out there. Not to mention that he has his fingers in MANY pies >with reference to styles (or that he's been around for a relative coon's > >age). He's just released one called "xxx" (on RI) which has a porno >theme - in tandem with "Geez and Gosh" which is his "house" lp dedicated > >to Jesus. There's also a single floating around with different mixes of >'Tour de France'. I've also caught wind of something in the works which >is some type of Michael Jackson "homage" (dangerous ground as Jackson >has a history of not appreciating unsolicited references). In addition, > >he mentioned recently that he was working on something with a more >'classical' motif...he was lamenting that no one really "composes" >anymore (i.e., creates electronic music with motifs and symphonic >thematic repetition) like Kraftwerk does and that he was/is/has been >working on doing something of the ilk.The man is truly prolific. > jeff > > jeff > >"10,000 people all screaming the same thing at the same time are wrong, >even if they're right." > >dancing/about/architecture "...with wandering steps and slow..." >ICQ904008 > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org >For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > > >
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