Showroom Dummies by Kraftwerk
This jam was posted by 11 people
but ThingInABook was first
great beat :)
7
Absolutely jealous for all those living in NY: there'll be a kraftwerk restrospective hosted by MoMa.
How to choose a Kraftwerk song... well it is my favourite LP of theirs, so this one will do. Actually, any off this great album.
The greatest Electronic band ever - Kraftwerk. Tonight at 9pm on FMWT, tune into www.flirtfm.ie/listen for a one hour tribute special.
Muy recomendable también el cover de Señor Coconut (alias "Mr. Cuckoo-nuts = Loquillo-demente).
(early 1977) We are still in the land of soprano synth with reverb, a la Tangerine Dream, Jarre, etc. Still, there's a clipped, rippy baritone they stick with for the rest of the album -- copyright restrictions keep me from posting later tracks from TEE. It's menacing and spare underneath, and if it were 20-30 bpm faster everything from the alto register down would be a fine techno loop. From 1:08 to 1:40 the soprano cuts out. Kraftwerk will jettison soprano reverb entirely by the time they record Computerwelt. An apocryphal Wpedia story claims that for a while there, Ian Curtis insisted on playing TEE for the hour before Joy Division went onstage.
