New Kraftwerk music?
Alas no. I got a bit excited to see someone arriving here via a Google search for Kraftwerk champions league music, and thought that maybe they had written some theme music for it, like they did for...
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I love this! The ball is now in Kraftwerk's court to invite Bill along to join them in singing Das Hokey Cokey… somehow I can’t see it happening though.
View ArticleAutobahn
This evening I discovered that the song Autobahn appeared on one of those Top Of The Pops LPs in the 70s. I may have to turn my life into a quest to hear this version, just to hear what a bunch of...
View ArticleBuying the past again: The Beatles v. Kraftwerk
Hot on the heels of the Beatles remasters comes the news that Kraftwerk are also re-releasing all their albums (not counting the Ralf & Florian albums) in a remastered form. The weird thing is,...
View ArticleDer Katalog
Kraftwerk are finally going to release The Catalogue, a box-set of their re-mastered albums. I say ‘finally’ because this was mentioned back in 2004/2005. They even went so far as producing some...
View ArticleKraftwerk on Spotify
Kraftwerk and Spotify are two of my favourite things, so I am predictably chuffed to see that a recent update has seen the whole of Kraftwerk’s remastered catalogue added to Spotify. To be honest I...
View ArticleWhen exclusive really means exclusive
Another Kraftwerk-related post I’m afraid, but how the hell did Mojo magazine manage to get an interview with Kraftwerk?   OK, maybe they overstate it a little when it is only interviews with Ralf...
View ArticleBaïonarena and other recent Spotify highlights
I am already used to Spotify being a good place to hear new music that I have read about, but now I am starting to find that it is the place to discover new releases too. Prime example: Manu Chao has...
View ArticleThe Man Machine speaks
Right now I am listening to an interview from 2003 on the BBC iPlayer – an interview with Ralf Hutter of Kraftwerk. Really. Somebody from the band that famously don’t do interviews and don’t even have...
View ArticleReasons to be cheerful – part two
A couple of other little things made this weekend a little bit special. Firstly a few CDs arrived on Saturday morning. Last weekend was Kraftwerk weekend on 6 Music, and after that I was moaning on an...
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