On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, Dave Segal wrote:
quoted 7 lines I've said it before and I'll say it again: Kraftwerk's
> 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.
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