Yellow Magic Orchestra Jun 20, 2008
Japan, the home of technology, was naturally going to produce its own Kraftwerk ... Where Kraftwerk's music could be solemn and, well, Teutonic, YMO's was often funny and fast, more bullet train than trans-Europe express. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Brian Eno treads softly in sprucing up Coldplay's 'Viva La Vida ... Jun 12, 2008
After two hit albums, Coldplay put the focus less squarely on Martins wistful balladry and more on band dynamics for its 2005 release, X&Y. Seasoned with Kraftwerk and art-rock references, the album brought the rest of the band --- drummer Will Champion, guitarist Jon Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman --- more prominently into the mix. It was an earnest attempt at tinkering with the formula if not upending it. (Chicago Tribune)
Does my band look big in this? Jun 6, 2008
Their social influence remains uncertain: we'll know more when we all have the technology and skills to follow Kraftwerk and make robotic duplicates of ourselves. And were they any good. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Kraftwerk's Trans-Europe Express Jun 5, 2008
sseldorf, Germany band Kraftwerk used emerging electronic technology to create commentaries about contemporary European life. Kraftwerk s 1974 album Autobahn possessed a title song which captured Germany s motorways as being serene and even sunny ... In the words of Rolling Stone writer Pat Blashill from October 22, 2002, Autobahn showed Kraftwerk being more than able to 1977 s Trans-Europe Express further extended Kraftwerk s theme of traveling through Europe: this time by the near-obsolete... (Suite101.com)
Sylvia Patterson interviews the Zutons May 17, 2008
Dave was a Kraftwerk and Talking Heads obsessive. Today, he's besotted with Neil Young. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Houston Based Keyboardist, Composer and Tech Whiz, Antherius, Breaks Into ACQB's Top 20 With His Single ``Centrifuge,'' Alongside Heavy-Hitters Colbie Caillat, Matchbox Twenty and John Mayer May 16, 2008
According to Mish Mash Music Reviews, Composer/musician Antherius takes a classic approach to his brand of electronica, harkening back to the days of Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, Vangelis, and Jan Hammer. There is definitely a pop and rock undercurrent [as] Antherius doesn't overload his tunes with extraneous beats and instrumentation, opting for a more simple and sparse texture that has a very open feeling, relying more on melody than a wall of sound. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Have Cut Copy made the album of the year? Tony Naylor thinks so. May 10, 2008
Dan: "When I first started writing electronic music I listened to Krautrock, stuff like Kraftwerk and Can. From there I discovered Tangerine Dream - which I revisited during this record. As soon as you start accepting what other people tell you is cool, you're uncool. That's the whole point. I like Tangerine Dream's film soundtracks and early stuff like Rubicon, but even their cheesy, New Age meditation period is interesting.". Rave on, down under With In Ghost Colours debuting at No 1 in... (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Klaus Dinger May 5, 2008
German rock drummer who played with Kraftwerk and Neu ... An early member of Kraftwerk, and then half of the duo Neu ... After dabbling in experimental theatre, LSD and touring with cover bands, the No and the Smash, he joined an early incarnation of Kraftwerk, recording the drums on the second side of their eponymous 1970 debut. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Celebrity stalkers pose real threat to famous May 3, 2008
Late-night TV hosts joke about them, but obsessed fans can turn deadly. May 2: Uma Thurman testifies in court against her alleged stalker, Jack Jordan. (MSNBC -- News)
Runaway flying concert pig found in pieces May 2, 2008
Everyone from Prince to Kraftwerk to The Verve rocked the festival from April 25-27. more photos. (MSNBC -- Music)
Prince rocks Coachella with passionate show May 2, 2008
Everyone from Prince to Kraftwerk to The Verve rocked the festival from April 25-27 ... Many more played, as well, among them the Raconteurs, Death Cab for Cutie, Kraftwerk, Vampire Weekend, Fatboy Slim, MGMT and Aphex Twin. (MSNBC -- Music)
There are plenty of choices Apr 21, 2008
Headliners: Prince, Roger Waters, Jack Johnson, Portishead, Kraftwerk. San Diego bands: Grand Ole Party, Slightly Stoopid. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Moms decry child-care aid cuts Apr 18, 2008
This week, the A&E staff of the Pioneer Press talks about "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," "88 Minutes," Kraftwerk, Carlos Santana, the Soap Factory's 20th anniversary show, new theater productions, and the secret word. Send comments to. (Yahoo News -- Child Welfare)
Summer Music Festival Business Heats Up Apr 16, 2008
headlined by Prince, Roger Waters and Kraftwerk, as well as June s Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn. headlined by Pearl Jam and Metallica. (Forbes -- Business)
Mix a little doom with the gloom... Apr 13, 2008
Just to hammer the point home, the first single from Third is 'Machine Gun', a startling eruption of metal machine music that feeds off Kraftwerk, hardcore techno and industrial punk ... It soon comes round to Kraftwerk, with two motorik drummers and Utley's retro-futurist keyboards tootling away. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Prince to headline Coachella festival Apr 11, 2008
Also slated to perform: the Raconteurs, Kraftwerk, Portishead, My Morning Jacket, M.I.A., Death Cab for Cutie and the Verve, among others. On the Net. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Music icon Klaus Dinger dies at 61 Apr 10, 2008
and Kraftwerk, died in late March of heart failure in Dusseldorf ... Dinger was part of the Dusseldorf scene which also spawned electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk ... The duo briefly joined Kraftwerk in a transitory phase, but apart from a TV recording never appeared on a regular Kraftwerk disc. (Variety)
Prince To Headline Second Night Of Coachella Apr 10, 2008
This year's Coachella will also feature performances by Kraftwerk, Portishead, the Verve, Aphex Twin, My Morning Jacket, Spiritualized, the Breeders and Serj Tankian, among many others. "In this year of a lot of festivals, we think we ve dug pretty deep," Coachella booker Paul Tollett tells Billboard. (MediaWeek.com)
Jarre gives another Oxygene dose Apr 3, 2008
RELEASED in 1976, Oxygene was a sensation: futuristic Continental machine music, not so very different from what Kraftwerk were up to in Dusseldorf at the time, but a whole lot more popular ... Punk, when it eventually gave any time to synths, favoured the coldness of Kraftwerk, which translated into the glacial posturing of Cabaret Voltaire, Gary Numan and early Human League ... Kraftwerk became the godfathers of electro and techno, two permanently cool genres. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Your Turn: Engage! Apr 3, 2008
What should be a deep, echoing announcers voice in a bloodsoaked stadium yellowing out "GET READY!" at the start of the ball toss has become a pimply teenage european geek with english as a second language squeaking out "get ready" in a voice that sounds like it would be more at home in a kraftwerk filmclip. Posted by: Steve on April 3, 2008 12:00 PM. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Are all video games doomed to irrelevance? Apr 2, 2008
Take the German band Kraftwerk, for example. No doubt very revolutionary for its time. (Globe and Mail)
Goldenvoice, Amtrak Link For Coachella Train Stop Mar 20, 2008
Other acts scheduled to perform include the Verve, Kraftwerk, Aphex Twin, Goldfrapp, Death Cab For Cutie, My Morning Jacket, Spiritualized and the Raconteurs, among others. Miami rapper Rick Ross scores his second straight chart-topper on The Billboard 200 as "Trilla" (Slip-N-Slide/Def Jam) debuts at No. 1. (Billboard.com)
Cheap thrills from a little music-maker Mar 17, 2008
RETRO has the perfect cheap-o gift for New Music nuts: an updated version of a tiny electronic organ, which has been appearing in Bowie and Kraftwerk songs since the late 1960s. I would also be surprised if the moaning, whining, warbling organ, called the Stylophone, has not been put to use by Arcade Fire, the eclectic ensemble that looks like a pack of kids who just stocked up at the annual RISD Sale. (Boston Globe)
Additions to Coachella Mar 15, 2008
Jack Johnson, Portishead and former Pink Floyd principal Roger Waters will headline this year's Coachella, with the Verve, Kraftwerk, Death Cab For Cutie, My Morning Jacket, Spiritualized, Cafe Tacuba and the Raconteurs near the top of the bill. In related news, music fans on the East Coast shouldn't expect to see any acts added to the lineup to the first All Points West Music Festival, to be held Aug. 8-10 at Liberty State Park, just across the Hudson River from lower Manhattan. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
The perfect Weapon Mar 2, 2008
On the last track, We Move Away, Weapon sings almost like Kraftwerk romanticism: "I wonder why we mooooove away," stating reasons for staying here. Afterparty Babies is great for clubs, the radio and the mind. (Edmonton Sun)
A difficult record to digest Feb 3, 2008
The new album seems to have taken some influence from the great German electronic band Kraftwerk. Britney's producer however failed to move beyond the synthesized "burps" and "tweeps", falling far short of the heart and soul of the European pioneers. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Coachella festival sets the stage; April event to have 125-plus acts Jan 26, 2008
Coachella founder Paul Tollet yesterday named more than 125 acts for the festival, including former Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters (who will reportedly perform Floyd's landmark Dark Side of the Moon album in its entirety with his current touring band), German electronica pioneers Kraftwerk, Mexico's Cafe Tacuba and Los Angeles' Rilo Kiley. Also on the bill will be Jack Johnson, English trip-hop pioneers Portishead, My Morning Jacket, The Raconteurs, The Verve and The Breeders. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Mini movie reviews Jan 25, 2008
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Coachella Goes Back in Time Jan 24, 2008
Other highlights at this year's Coachella include Kraftwerk, the Breeders, the Verve, Death Cab for Cutie, My Morning Jacket, Rilo Kiley, the Raconteurs and Fatboy Slim. As soon as the official lineup was announced, message boards were jammed with reactions from fans, many disappointed that some of the bands most mentioned by the rumor mill in recent weeks among them Radiohead, , No Doubt and My Bloody Valentine were absent from the bill. (E! Online)
Coachella line-up set Jan 23, 2008
Also near the top of the bill are the Verve, Kraftwerk, Death Cab For Cutie, My Morning Jacket, Spiritualized, Cafe Tacuba and the Raconteurs ... Portishead, Kraftwerk, Death Cab For Cutie, Cafe Tacuba, Sasha ed, Rilo Kiley, Dwight Yoakam, M.I.A., Hot Chip, Cold War Kids, Stephen Malkmus icks, DeVotchKa, Flogging Molly, Mark Ronson, Turbonegro, Scars On Broadway, Islands, Enter Shikari, Calvin Harris, Boyz Noize, Junkie XL, Cinematic Orchestra, Jamie T, The Teenagers, VHS or Beta,... (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
M.I.A., Roger Waters, Portishead Lead Coachella Lineup; East Coast Festival Also Announced Jan 23, 2008
Among the rarely touring acts performing over the course of the Coachella weekend are trip-hop legends Portishead, who are releasing their first album in more than a decade in April, as well as German techno pioneers Kraftwerk and long dormant English psychedelic rockers Spiritualized ... Saturday, April 26: Portishead, Kraftwerk, Death Cab for Cutie, Cafacuba, Sasha & Digweed, Rilo Kiley, Dwight Yoakam, M.I.A., Hot Chip, Cold War Kids, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, DeVotchKa, Flogging Molly,... (VHI.com -- Music News)
Roger Waters to play southern California festival Jan 22, 2008
Saturday's offerings will also feature Kraftwerk, Death Cab for Cutie, Cafe Tacuba, Sasha & Digweed, Rilo Kiley, Dwight Yoakam. Preceding Waters on Sunday will be the likes of Love & Rockets, My Morning Jacket, and Spiritualized. (Reuters)
U2's 3D Concert Film Debuts At Sundance Jan 22, 2008
Also near the top of the bill are the Verve, Kraftwerk, Death Cab For Cutie, My Morning Jacket, Spiritualized, Cafe Tacuba and the Raconteurs. After a career playing to sold-out stadiums, U2 did what their fans have done for years -- stood in line to see U2 perform. (MediaWeek.com)
The geek who conquered fashion Jan 20, 2008
Neerpelt has a population of 16,000 now, and back then the only access to popular culture in this rural area came from the local record shop, where Simons bought Kraftwerk and Joy Division records as a teenager. Music has always been important to him and he's referenced Richey Edwards from the Manic Street Preachers, Joy Division's Ian Curtis and Peter Saville's Factory Records artwork in various Raf Simons collections. (Guardian Unlimited)
Kraftwerk: past, present and future of music Dec 30, 2007
Kraftwerk, a small German band from Dusseldorf, are many things: classical, robot-like, sensual, retro, informative, spaced-out -- and light years ahead of any other artists of their time ... Kraftwerk had predicted they future with their computerized crystal ball back in the 1970s; computers are commonplace (they released the album Computer World in 1981) ... Being fans of the bicycle, Kraftwerk released the song Tour de France more than two decades ago as a single. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Culture in 2008 Dec 29, 2007
George Steiner also didn't write a book about sex with robots, but luckily someone else has: artificial-intelligence researcher David Levy, whose excitingly titled Love and Sex with Robots: The Evolution of Human-Robot Relationships (April, Duckworth) makes the following remarkable prophecy: that, by the middle of the 21st century, "love with robots will be as normal as love with other humans, while the number of sexual acts and lovemaking positions commonly practised between humans will be... (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Fraction too much friction Dec 15, 2007
It is as good as any to encompass what is happening on the album - something like Dave Brubeck and Kraftwerk with the shuffle function broken and the headphones playing up. To get to the realms of a malfunctioning MP3 player, the band writes as a group. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Stockhausen Left a Divided Legacy, From the Beatles to Boulez: Mark Beech Dec 9, 2007
By the 1970s, Stockhausen's beats found echoes in long compositions by German bands Can, Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream. Miles Davis and Frank Zappa also hailed his work, though some of those who claimed indebtedness might have been name-dropping just to appear cool and cultured: Stockhausen has long been more spoken about than actually listened to. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
Karlheinz Stockhausen, German Composer Who Stirred Beatles, Dies at Age 79 Dec 8, 2007
His groundbreaking electronic beats found echoes in long compositions by Can, Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream in the 1970s. Of classical composers, Igor Stravinsky was an admirer, though not an uncritical one. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
Berlin Alexanderplatz Dec 3, 2007
Fassbinder tops off the film with a two-hour epilogue, in which he pulls the context out from under the story, puts on Janis Joplin and Kraftwerk, incessantly restages incidents with the wrong characters as textbook examples of Freudian dream displacement and condensation, implicitly compares Hitler to Job, and resurrects Biberkopf on a wobbly cross that appears to be made out of cardboard. The rest, however, deliberately uneven, nearly a stage reading and bare treatment of a mans mostly... (Yale Herald, CT)
Getting buzzed from The Hives Nov 13, 2007
"T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S," produced by Pharrell, sounds like a mixture of Kraftwerk and Prince - it's essentially a Teutonic sex romp, but it works surprisingly well. "Puppet on a String," with a slithery keyboard riff and cabaret-esque vocals, doesn't fare as well. (Daily Orange, NY)
The Playlist Oct 23, 2007
Firecracker, Yellow Magic Orchestra Simple yet melodic music by people who are obsessed with analogue synths - the Japanese Kraftwerk, if you will ... I find that when something first arrives, in this case the electronica of Devo, Kraftwerk and the Yellow Magic Orchestra, it's at its best. (Guardian Unlimited)
The necessary soundtrack to your depression Oct 22, 2007
Runners-up: Many Rivers to Cross by Jimmy Cliff, Hall of Mirrors by Kraftwerk. . (Yale Herald, CT)
Underworld Release New 'Physical' Album Along With Internet Offerings Oct 9, 2007
"I come from a very different background and I admire what they've done and what they've written about. That coupled with a recent experience of doing some shows with Kraftwerk where I felt they were writing about a very German-ness. It was like, 'Well, go out on the street and write about being in East London,' you know? 'That's where you are, that's where you live. Go and write about it.' ". Starting with more than 200 tracks for Oblivion With Bells some of which ultimately became part of the... (VHI.com -- Music News)
Teenage utopias Oct 6, 2007
Today, vastly more of the music made by the members of Joy Division is known through its successor band, New Order, whether it's the chain-store coffee shop standard Blue Monday, or the thundering instrumental adopted as the theme music for Sports Tonight, but much of the legend comes from the two albums the earlier band produced - simplistic buzz-saw guitar songs, re-imagined with the austere, spacey timbre of Kraftwerk. That contrary move made them the quintessential, the last expression of... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Music, Critics, and Crowds Oct 5, 2007
As befitting the vision of someone whose wide-ranging tastes skew connoisseurish (among Anuff's historical faves: jazz pioneer Ornette Coleman and Teutonic synth ensemble Kraftwerk), Critical Metrics scans opinions from mainstream pubs like. Rolling Stone. (BusinessWeek)
Nightlife: Italian producer Gaudi brings Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's vocals back to life Sep 28, 2007
But he admits to being especially inspired by "Dil Da Rog Muka Ja Mahi," which accidentally drew in the bass line from the Kraftwerk classic "The Model.". "They are apparently three worlds that are not connected - Sufism, reggae and German electronic music - and done by an Italian. That sounds strange," says Gaudi. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Joy Division Albums Expanded With Live Shows... Sep 12, 2007
As for the "Control" soundtrack, it balances previously released cuts from the Velvet Underground, Iggy Pop, David Bowie, Roxy Music and Kraftwerk, as well as the Killers' cover of "Shadowplay" and three excerpts from the film's score by New Order ... Here is the track list for "Control": Film Score, Part 1, New Order"What Goes On," Velvet Underground"Shadowplay," the Killers"Boredom" (live), the Buzzcocks"Dead Souls," Joy Division"She Was Naked," Supersister"Sister Midnight," Iggy Pop"Love Will... (Billboard.com)
Underworld; Paul Oakenfold Sep 12, 2007
Kraftwerk and Georgio Moroder's work with Donna Summer ("King of Snakes" main riff is a harsh, pared down lift from "I Feel Love" ). But most striking element of Underworld's show is singer/guitarist Karl Hyde, one of the most compelling frontmen working today. (Variety)
Tekserve Presents: Future of Music 2, Hosted by Harry Allen Sep 8, 2007
Ron St. Germain: Producer for Tool, Muse, Jimi Hendrix, Bad Brains, Whitney Houston, Ornette Coleman, Kraftwerk and many more. Kevin Killen: Producer, engineer, recorded and/or mixed for U2, Peter Gabriel, Shakira, Elvis Costello and many others. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
New Order, Killers for Curtis soundtrack Sep 1, 2007
Further acts included on the soundtrack include Roxy Music, The Velvet Underground and Kraftwerk. The film, which premiered at this year's Cannes Film Festival is titled Control and stars Sam Riley in the role of the Joy Division front man. (Digital Spy)
musika Impressions Aug 21, 2007
I happened to enjoy playing along to my music, such as Tears for Fears and Kraftwerk ... Kraftwerk's "The Man-Machine" is a perfect fit for the electric visualizations. (IGN Wireless Games)
ZibraZibra: 777 Aug 8, 2007
The resulting collision of neon sensibility and cool calculation comes off a bit like a florid and overripe Kraftwerk, especially toward the album's end on more reserved tracks like "Spaceport" and "Cyberland.". ZibraZibra aren't just about blippy electronics and 808 kicks, though; they're equally enamored of that other '80s artifact, hair metal guitar. (City Pages)
musika announced Aug 8, 2007
IGN Wireless has downloaded musika and will post detailed impressions of the game as soon as we feed some Kraftwerk through it. Because that's how it rolls over here: Musique non-stop. (IGN Wireless Games)
Rupert Everett's Explicit Sex Comment Stuns BBC Hosts Aug 5, 2007
" Oh. My. God. *Dashes off to YouTube to find the offending clip - unfortunately, it hasn't been posted yet.*One thing's for sure: Rupert's acting career may be in dire straits at the moment, but he'll always have a public profile, given .In other news: Of corset's not Kelly Osbourne's real figger... () Hot Chip and Kraftwerk are collaborating on a single. () Blur bassist Alex James says, "There will always be Blur somehow or other, I think. " () Alex Turner and Richard Hawley trade anecdotes in... (Anglophenia)
Billboard Bits: k.d. lang, Hot Chip/Kraftwerk, Heart... Aug 4, 2007
Billboard Bits: k.d. lang, Hot Chip/Kraftwerk, Heart. Billboard Bits: k.d. lang, Hot Chip/Kraftwerk, Heart ... The members of Hot Chip have remixed the Kraftwerk tracks "Aerodynamik" and "La Forme" for a new single, which will be released on CD, 12-inch vinyl and as a digital download on Sept. 17. (Billboard.com)
Venues: Oppenheimer drops the... Aug 2, 2007
Oppenheimer cites bands like Kraftwerk, Brian Eno, the Like Young and the Spinto Band as influences. "I think we sound pop, with electronic influences," Oppenheimer wrote. (Daily Collegian, PA)
Dancefloor fillers Jun 29, 2007
Thirty years on, Kraftwerk still sound like the future, so they are exempt from any such progression ... This approach works best on the title track which sounds like a punk Kraftwerk with its galloping, undulating rhythm, spiced with some psychedelic modulations and vocal swooning. (Scotsman)
The albums that changed music Jun 25, 2007
KRAFTWERK 'Trans-Europe Express' (1977) Electronicas Rosetta Stone: part cybernetic philosophy, part scientific study, Trans-Europe Express quite simply declared rock dead. The German duos innovative employment of synthesisers, sequencers and assorted studio trickery sculpted an exquisitely urbane ode to technology and travel that prompted Afrika Bambaataa to stumble onto hip hop by sampling the title track on his seminal 'Planet Rock. (iAfrica.com)
Famous five: Why The Traveling Wilburys are the ulimate supergroup Jun 21, 2007
Marr and Sumner reunited in 1996, joined by Kraftwerk member Karl Bartos and released "Raise the Pressure". A best-of album came out last year. (Belfast Telegraph)
You're covered Jun 20, 2007
8-Bit Operators: The Music of Kraftwerk ... The ingenious concept finds Kraftwerk songs interpreted and arranged on lo-bit gaming devices, obsolete video-game consoles and outmoded computers, resulting in tinny, alien soundscapes that beautifully wed '70s tackiness to the cyberworld ... Some tracks are stunners, but 8-Bit is more admirable for its Kraftwerk zeitgeist than its harmonious sonics. (USA Today)
Why do gyms play such crappy music? (65) Jun 18, 2007
-- Kraftwerk ("Tour De France"). -- James Brown. (Salon)
Sun, Jams Shine Brightly As Bonnaroo Gets Going Jun 16, 2007
Hot Chip got the mid-afternoon audience up and moving with infectious synth-rock that tipped its hat to Devo, Kraftwerk and Depeche Mode on cuts like "(Just Like We) Breakdown" and "Boy From School." Several new songs due as part of a fall album impressed as well. Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello transformed his newly reunited band's "Guerrilla Radio" into a solo acoustic protest song during his performance as the Nightwatchman, prefacing it with his hopes that members of the Bush... (MediaWeek.com)
For the Faint, old tricks are working just fine May 28, 2007
"Wet From Birth " was the Omaha rock band's fourth album, and it continued the quintet's move into angular synth-rock indebted to everyone from Kraftwerk to New Order. My, where does the time go. (Boston Globe)
Minute-by-minute review May 26, 2007
Are the new Kraftwerk morphing into U2 ... And the "minimum is maximum", apparently - a nice homage there to Kraftwerk's last live LP there, my dear trainspotters. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
