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.
Agreed; as far as overall influence on music goes, _Autobahn_, _TEE_ and
_MM_
had more of an impact, and I respect them for that. You also
have a point about metronomic, psychedelic bands, but few
sounded as distinctive and out-there as Kraftwerk did on those
first 4 albums (why discount _Tone Float_? Ralf and Florian
were at the helm for that album, too, and the sound is
pretty similar to that of _K1_. For my money, _TF_ is
2nd only to _K1_ for sonic inventiveness).
Dave Segal
Managing Editor/Alternative Press
Reviews/BPM/Reissue Redux
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