Kraftwerk
Kraftwerk (German pronunciation: [ˈkʀaftvɛɐk], "power station") are a German electronic music band formed by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider in 1970 in Düsseldorf. The band was fronted by both Hütter and Schneider until Schneider's departure in 2008.
The signature Kraftwerk sound combines driving, repetitive rhythms with catchy melodies, mainly following a Western classical style of harmony, with a minimalistic and strictly electronic instrumentation. The group's simplified lyrics are at times sung through a vocoder or generated by computer-speech software. Kraftwerk was one of the first groups to popularize electronic music and are considered to be pioneers.
In the 1970s and early 1980s, Kraftwerk's distinctive sound was revolutionary; the band has had a lasting effect across many genres of modern music. According to The Observer, "no other band since the Beatles has given so much to pop culture" and a wide range of artists have been influenced by their music and imagery. In January 2014, the Grammy Academy honored Kraftwerk with a Lifetime Achievement Award.
Kraftwerk (album)
Kraftwerk is the first album by German electronic band Kraftwerk. It was released in Germany in 1970, and produced by Konrad "Conny" Plank.
Background
Chief Kraftwerk members Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider used two drummers during the recording of the album; Andreas Hohmann and Klaus Dinger. Their playing provides the music with a rock edge. This proves to be quite distinct from Hütter and Schneider's previous band Organisation, or the following pair of Kraftwerk albums, Kraftwerk 2 and Ralf und Florian which were both recorded entirely as a duo by Hütter and Schneider. According to later interviews with Dinger, he plays on side two ("Vom Himmel hoch"), while Hohmann plays on side one ("Ruckzuck", "Stratovarius"), which was completed before Dinger joined the sessions.
The other instrumentation features Hütter on Hammond organ and a modified electric organ called a tubon (made by Swedish factory Joh Mustad AB), whilst Schneider supplied manipulated flute. The song "Ruckzuck" is driven by a powerful multi-dubbed flute riff, along with electric violin and guitar; these instruments often connected to further electronics via an Electronic Music Studios pitch-to-voltage converter.
Kraftwerk 2
Kraftwerk 2 is the second studio album by German electronic band Kraftwerk, released in January 1972.
Background
Kraftwerk 2 was entirely written and performed by founding Kraftwerk members Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider in late 1971, with the sessions produced by the influential Konrad "Conny" Plank. Hütter later said of the album's recording:
Perhaps the least characteristic album of their output, it features no synthesizers, the instrumentation being largely electric guitar, bass guitar, flute and violin. The electronics on display generally belong to the realm of 1960s tape-based music more usually produced in academia, with heavy use of tape echo (for example the massed looping flute layers of "Strom"), and reverse and altered speed tape effects. Overall, the sound has a rather muted, twilit, dusky feel, similar in feel to "Megaherz" on Kraftwerk's debut album, as Hütter and Schneider explored the possibilities for electronic and auto-mechanical enhancement of their music.
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ALBUMS
- Kraftwerk: Man-Nature-Technology released: 2013
- The Catalogue released: 2009
- The Best 5.1 released: 2008
- Greatest Hits released: 2008
- Minimum-Maximum released: 2005
- 1974-2004: The Singles Collection released: 2005
- 2004-05-01: Coachella Music & Arts Festival, Indio, CA, USA released: 2004
- Tour de France Soundtracks released: 2003
- Electronic Hits released: 2001
- Expo Remix released: 2001
- Expo 2000 Remix released: 2000
- The Man-Machine Recreated released: 1999
- Der Robotmix released: 1999
- Re-Werked Remix released: 1999
- Computersinfonien released: 1998
- Vor uns Metropolis released: 1998
- Dynamo Deutschland released: 1998
- The Model * Showroom Dummies released: 1996
- Computer World / Electric Cafe released: 1996
- Ralf & Florian released: 1995
- Toccata Electronica released: 1995
- The Best of Kraftwerk released: 1995
- Die Mensch-Maschine released: 1995
- Kraftwerk 2 released: 1994
- European Tour 1991-92 released: 1992
- The Remix released: 1992
- Rebuilt in Ninetytwo, Part Two released: 1992
- Rebuilt in Ninetytwo, Part One released: 1992
- Virtu Ex Machina released: 1992
- The Model: Retrospective 1975–1978 released: 1992
- Heute Abend released: 1991
- Düsseldorf Philipshalle 31 10 1991 released: 1991
- Non Stop; Live in Stockholm 1991 released: 1991
- Enregistrée released: 1991
- Arbeiten・Works・Œuvres released: 1991
- The Mix released: 1991
- Autobahn released: 1986
- Electric Cafe released: 1986
- Nippon Numbers - Live at Nakano Sun Plaza released: 1981
- The Model released: 1981
- Computers in Love released: 1981
- Computerwelt released: 1981
- Exceller 8 released: 1975
- Kraftwerk 1 / Kraftwerk 2 released: 1972
- Central Passage released:
- 1981-09-13: Oriental Computer: Koseinenkin Kaikan Hall, Nagoya, Japan released:
- 2008-04-26: Coachella Festival, Empire Polo Field, Indio, CA, USA released:
- Schöne neue Welt ...: Re-Mix, Re-Model released:
- 2008-09-19: Sacrum Profanum Festival, Nowa Huta, Arcelor Mittal Steel Factory, Kraków, Poland released:
- Hyper Cerebral Machine released:
- 1981-09-07: Virtu Ex Machina: Nakano Sun Plaza, Tokyo, Japan released:
- 2002-09-25: Cité de la Musique, Paris, France released:
- 1998-06-11: Live in Detroit 1998: State Theater, Detroit, MI, USA released:
- The First DJ Edition released:
- 1981-07-03: Complete Computer Tour Live: Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK released:
- 1991-07-15: Traffic Jam on Autobahn: Hummingbird, Birmingham, UK released:
- Die Rückkehr der Mensch-Maschine (Return of the Man-Machine) released:
- 1991-10-31: Düsseldorf, Germany released:
- At the Cirkus released:
- Ultra Rare Trax, Volume 02 released:
- Robotronik Übermensch released:
- Brain to Midi released:
- Tribal Gathering released:
- Ultra Rare Trax released:
- Kraftwerk released:
- Trans Europa Express released:
- Radio-Aktivität released:
- ZKM Live October, 18th 1997 Multimediale 5 released:
Kraftwerk: Man-Nature-Technology
Released 2013- The Hall of Mirrors (Black Sand 7” edit)
- Aero Dynamik (The Portal mix)
- Radioactivity (Half-Life mix)
- Pocket Caculator (Black Sand mix)
- Home Computer (disc Error remix)
- The Robots (Deprogrammed edit)
- Music Non Stop (Colorless Sand mix)
- Electric Cafe (Carbo-Hydrate mix)
- The Model (Stretched mix)
- Computer Love (The3rdman mix)
- The Man Machine (Black Sand 7” remix)
- Metal Abzug Metal (A Mash mix)
- Tour de France (La Grande Boucle mix)
- Expo 2000 (Virus 13 mix)
1974-2004: The Singles Collection
Released 2005- Autobahn (single version)
- Radioaktivität (single edit)
- Schaufensterpuppen (edit)
- Europa Endlos (edit)
- Die Roboter (single version)
- Das Modell
- Neonlicht (single edit)
- Die Mensch-Maschine (edit)
- Computerwelt (edit)
- Taschenrechner (edit)
- Computer Liebe (single version)
- Heimcomputer (edit)
- Tour de France (radio version)
- Music Non-Stop (single edit)
- Der Telefon-Anruf (edit)
- Trans Europa Express '91
- Expo 2000 (radio mix)
- Elektro Kardiogramm (radio mix)
- Aerodynamik (Kling Klang radio mix)
- Vitamin (edit)
Tour de France Soundtracks
Released 2003- Prologue
- Tour de France (Etape 1)
- Tour de France (Etape 2)
- Tour de France (Etape 3)
- Chrono
- Vitamin
- Aero Dynamik
- Titanium
- Elektro Kardiogramm
- La forme
- Regeneration
- Tour de France
- Tour de France 03 (Version 1)
- Tour de France 03 (Version 2)
- Tour de France 03 (Version 3)
- Tour de France 03 (Long Distance Version 2)
Der Robotmix
Released 1999- Intro-Uran-Geigerzähler
- Autobahn
- Spiegelsaal
- Radiosterne
- Die Menschmaschine
- Stimme der Energie
- Trans Europa Express
- Musique Nonstop
- Boing Bumm Tschak
- Trans Europa Express
- Transitor
- Europa Endlos
- Die Roboter
- Radioaktivität
- Computerliebe
- Taschenrechner
- Dentaku
- Spacelab
- Metropolis
- Model
- Les Mannequins
- Schaufensterpuppen
- Telephon
- Sexobjekt
- Electric Cafe
- Computerwelt
- It's More Fun to Compute
- Nummern
- Heimcomputer
- Ohm Sweet Ohm
- Kometenmelodie
- Die Roboter (Die Roboter Remix '99)
- Abzug
- Metal on Metal (Noog Na Machine Mix '99)
Re-Werked Remix
Released 1999- Uran / Stimme Der Energie / Radioaktivität
- Die Roboter
- Radioaktivität
- Computerliebe
- Taschenrechner
- Dentaku
- Spacelab
- Telephone
- Sexobjekt
- Electronic Cafe
- Computerwelt
- It's More Fun to Compute
- Nummern
- Heimcomputer
- Ohm Sweet Ohm
- Metropolis
- Model
- Les Maniquins
- Schaufensterpuppen
- Kometenmelodie
- Transeuropa Express / Boing Boom Tachak / Musique Non Stop / Nummern
- Tour de France (Asia'99 Remix)
- Pocket Calculator (Electrovader Mix'99)
- The Model (Modulationen'99)
- Neonlight (C-Tronik Mix'99)
The Model * Showroom Dummies
Released 1996- Radioactivity (single edit)
- Neon Lights (single edit)
- The Hall of Mirrors
- Antenna (single edit)
- The Model
- Trans Europe Express (single edit)
- Metal on Metal (single edit)
- The Robots (single edit)
- The Robots (extended version)
- The Robots (single version)
- Showroom Dummies (single version)
- Les Mannequins (single version)
- Spacelab
Toccata Electronica
Released 1995- Computer World (Robotron mix)
- Tour de France (Kevorkian 12" remix)
- Techno Pop (1983 version)
- Metropolis (Live in Utrecht 10.12.81)
- The Model (Catbonic mix)
- Neon Lights (Ton-Up mix)
- Pocket Calculator (East-West mix)
- Zehn kleine Negerlein
- Radioactivity (Kevorkian 12" remix)
- Die Roboter Demo (Kling-Klang mix)
- Les Mannequins (1978 extended French remix)
- Dentaku (1981 extended mix)
- Tour de France (1983 Kling-Klang version)
- Stratovarius (Live in Bremen 21.6.71)
The Remix
Released 1992- Computerwelt (Razormaid mix)
- Das Model (Razormaid edit)
- Sex Objekt (Razormaid mix)
- Pocket Calculator (Mix-It remix)
- The Telephone Call (Razormaid mix)
- The Mix-Medley (Razormaid mix)
- Re-Werked (Musicfactory master mix)
- Sex Object (Techno Pop version)
- Tour de France (Disconet remix)
- Electric Cafe (Mix-It remix)
- Technopop (demo version)
2008-09-19: Sacrum Profanum Festival, Nowa Huta, Arcelor Mittal Steel Factory, Kraków, Poland
- [intro]
- The Man Machine
- Planet of Visions
- Numbers
- Computerwelt
- Homecomputer
- Taschenrechner (Polish)
- Tour De France 2003
- Tour De France 1983
- Vitamin
- Autobahn
- Computerliebe
- Das Model
- Neon Lights
- Schaufensterpuppen
- [Sellafield intro] / Radioaktivität
- Trans Europa Express
- The Robots
- Elektrokardiogramm
- Aerodynamik
- Music Non Stop
Ultra Rare Trax, Volume 02
- Tour de France (Kervorkian remix)
- Radioactivity (William Orbit remix)
- Techno Pop (1983 version)
- Les Mannequins (original 1978 extended French remix)
- Electic Cafe (Mix-it remix)
- Sex Object (Razormaid mix)
- The Telephone Call (Razormaid mix)
- Computerwelt (Razormaid mix)
- The Robots (Ultimix)
- Pocket Calculator (Mix-It remix)
Ultra Rare Trax
- Computer World (Klick mix)
- Pocket Calculator (East Meets West mix)
- Music - Non Stop (Cut Up mix)
- Trans Europe Express (T.E.E. mix)
- The Robots (Program mix)
- Autobahn (Peoples Car mix)
- Europe Endless (Open Borders mix)
- Man Machine (Space mix)
- The Model (Catbonic mix)
- Neon Lights (Ton-up mix)
- Showroom Dummies (M.C.M.G. mix)
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Radioaktivitat (The Mix Version)
by: KraftwerkTschernobyl, Harrisburgh, Sellafield, Hiroshima
Tschernobyl, Harrisburgh, Sellafield, Hiroshima
Stop radioactivity
Is in the air for you and me
Stop radioactivity
Discovered by Madame Curie
Chain reaction and mutation, contaminated population
Stop radioactivity
Is in the air for you and me
[Morse Code:]
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Radioactivity
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Is in the air for you and me
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Radioactivity
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Discovered by Madame Curie
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[Note: Kraftwerk in Morse Code is -.- .-. .- ..-. - .-- . .-. -.- ]
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