I recently heard someone playing a track which I'm pretty sure is Kraftwerk.

It's a really minimal synth track, with someone softly saying 'computer' over the top.

Any ideas what's it's called? A brief look at their back catalogue shows about 5 tracks with computer in the title...

Sounds like Computer Love, which was a double A side with The Model and got to No.1 in the early 80s.

Marvelous. Heard it at Dirty Cheese but didn't ask what it was.

Muchos gracias

Yeah Computer Love - samples here (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000002GYI/102-7043202-8141759)

for all things kraftwerk

http://www.kraftwerk.com/

enjoy:)

I love the kraftwerk

I liked 'Tangerine Dream' better :)

Not that I'm old enough to remember Tangerine Dream...... I just liked them more. OK? :suspect: :hihi:

Lots of wonderful Tangerine Dream albums on Amazon below. Not that I would remember any of them, of course.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/external-search/202-9578124-5574213?field-keywords=tangerine+dream&mode=blended&tag=mozilla-20&sourceid=Mozilla-search

Ahhhh, delving deep into the past here. I feel a goth/electronica/synth Dirty Cheese coming on.....

Originally posted by Agent Gypo
Ahhhh, delving deep into the past here. I feel a goth/electronica/synth Dirty Cheese coming on.....


Ooooooh tell me when and where !! :D

has anyone got the new kraftwerk dvd ?

Draggletail liked Tangerine Dream more than Kraftwerk. They represent two different 'schools' in my view. Tangerine Dream were closely allied to neo-classical progressive rock, such as Yes, ELP etc in terms of 'romantic' expression and emphasis upon form and technique. Kraftwerk were influenced by the German avant gardists such as Karlheinz Stockhausen, the American minimalists such as Steve Reich and Philip Glass [though the latter may have had a lesser impact upon 'the Tangs'], and the 'art school', 'low fi' experimental approach of The Velvet Underground. It might be possible to distinguish between the 'expressionist' Tangarine Dream, and the 'minimalist' Kraftwerk.

In my view, Kraftwerk are more original and certainly more influential. Their influence upon contemporary popular music is actually incalculable. Without them, a whole universe of artists from The Human League to David Bowie might have sounded quite different or maybe never existed at all. Actually, The Human League originally wanted to take some of the elements of Kraftwerk's music and style, but to challenge the idea that electronic music had to be associated with robotic 'coldness'. Whether they succeeded is another matter. Perhaps Cabaret Voltaire [whom I have had the pleasure to work with, when they were together] are the finest artists to have emerged from the influence of German electronic minimalism. Brian Eno, often credited as a massive contributor to the incorporation of electronics into modern musical styles, and with 'building bridges' between pop and the avant garde has always acknowledged the influence of Kraftwerk. Their influence upon the so-called 'Intelligent Dance Music' of The Aphex Twin etc is not to be underestimated. In simple terms, without Kraftwerk, modern 'popular' music would sound very different. As far as popular musical culture is concerned, Kraftwerk are as important in terms of originality and influence as Elvis Presley and The Beatles. Were they British or American, one rather suspects that this might be acknowledged by the panjandrums of the music press.

Caberet Voltaire....... ahhhh, Sheffield had some really great, original stuff once.

Kraftwerk definitely influenced the electronic era of pop music, they had some real beauties, Autobahn, their first UK hit was way back in '75. Another fave was Showroom Dummies around '81 during the New Romantic times when they become really popular. All good stuff:thumbsup: