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Re: [Kraftwerk] EMI Group news
by muziknut2＠juno.com 01 Mar '02

01 Mar '02

>>> Does this mean that Kraftwerk will be dismissed from EMI? <<< Probably. EMI hasn't renewed the contracts of several established acts. The most prominent is David Bowie (and the only one I can recall right now). Even though Bowie owns all the copyrights of his work, I think that he's allowed EMI to retain distribution rights of all his work. In the past, his catalog went with him (as in the move from Rykodisc to Virgin/EMI), but his relationship with the company must be decent to allow EMI to continue to manufacture and distribute his albums, up to the last one released through Virgin. KW, however, is a different story. It'll probably be a territory-by-territory decision. EMI released "Expo 2000" in Europe, but the independent distributor that they own in the US, Caroline, home of Astralwerks, licensed the CD-5 from EMI Germany, rather than it going directly to Virgin or Capitol. Astralwerks usually works autonomously from the rest of EMI, even though it's a subsidiary of Virgin, so their US distribution's probably not in any danger. Peace.

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Re: Sad news
by Oh Jay 28 Feb '02

28 Feb '02

----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Reetze" Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 5:33 PM > According to 3sat teletext, our friend OSKAR SALA passed away > this morning at the age of 91. > > We will never forget you. > > R. I. P. > > jan oh dear ... the maestro & one of the last livin' legends of electronic music & only owner & player of the still highly enigmatic mixturetrautonium has died today at such a biblical age !!! *very_deep_&_sad_sigh* :-o fyi : i've visited & interviewed him several times over the past years in his studio in berlin & i'll surely NEVER_EVER forget this indeed incredible personality ... & friend of mine !!! may he rest in eternal peace !!! sincerely , oh jay ( who's very sad right now ... :-((( ) *~\^/~*

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Sad news
by Reetze＠t-online.de 28 Feb '02

28 Feb '02

According to 3sat teletext, our friend OSKAR SALA passed away this morning at the age of 91. We will never forget you. R. I. P. jan

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RE: [Kraftwerk] Delayed by two years, but...
by Rob Evans 28 Feb '02

28 Feb '02

>I would disagree somewhat...... I think they have something left to >say!! :) Let's remember that Dirk Mitten posted here months ago stating >that he had visited with Ralf & Florian........ but was it to build new >equipment?!?! I think this all speculative wishful thinking, it is more likely they had a coffee and discussed the bad weather that we have been having recently. Rob. _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com

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Re: [Kraftwerk] Delayed by two years, but...
by Rob Evans 27 Feb '02

27 Feb '02

>Come on Ralf & Florian, Faust are still playing the game, why aren't you? Because there is too much sound pollution, apparently Rob. _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com

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Kraftwerk on Rough Trade / Mute compilation
by richard marston 27 Feb '02

27 Feb '02

ROUGH TRADE SHOPS ELECTRONIC COMPILATION AND FESTIVAL Rough Trade Shops are set to release another compilation on the 18th of March 2002. Electronic 01 is the second in the ongoing series of albums with Mute and features tracks carefully chosen and compiled by the Rough Trade Shops staff. "Rough Trade Shops Electronic 01", is a double CD collection of electronic artists past and present. (See below for full track-listing) The brainchild of Geoff Travis, the first Rough Trade shop opened on Kensington Park Road in West London in February 1976. The next few years saw the shop expand to form the Rough Trade record label and subsequently Rough Trade distribution. A series of special live dates in various venues around London's South Bank are planned for April/May and will be announced in the very near future to coincide with the release of the album. Rumour has it that theres a special Sonar party planned! Disc One: 1. brian eno - signals 2. rod freeman & the blue men (joe meek) - i hear a new world 3. oval - kardamom 4. barbara morgenstern - die liebe (r. lippok: schneekristall mix) 5. throbbing gristle - hot on the heels of love 6. christian zanZ<caron>si - marseille 2 7. bbc radiophonic workshop - dr who (original theme) 8. i-f - space invaders are smoking grass (radio edit) 9. raymond scott - bufferin: "memories" (original) 10. schneider tm vs kpt. michi. gan - the light 3000 11. thomas leer & robert rental - day breaks, night heals 12. autechre - basscadet 13. new order - 586 14. matmos - freak n' you 15. uusitalo - between kate and naomi 16. pierre henry - atelier 17. aphex twin - inkey$ 18. terre thaemlitz - d.c. d.o.a. 19. KRAFTWERK - THE ROBOTS 20. john cage - radio music (edit) 21. non - out out out Disc Two: 1. faust - just a second (starts like that!) 2. to rococo rot - cars (variant) 3. can - i want more 4. stereolab - freestyle dumping 5. pan sonic - arvio 6. arovane - tascel_7 7. lb - superbad 8. d - firspk 9. the human league - being boiled 10. aux 88 - direct drive (edit) 11. bruce haack - mean old devil 12. kevin blechdom - peanuts 13. fischerspooner - turn on 14. thomas brinkmann - trixie 15. the normal - warm leatherette 16. depeche mode - big muff 17. dexter - senderwahl 18. fennesz - 011 19. farben - at the golden circle stockholm vol. 1, 1965 20. elph vs coil - ended It would be cool if Kraftwerk were to do a live set at London's South Bank Centre; its 1950s modernist architecture would be an ideal setting for their retro-futurist musical themes. "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, but teach him to use the Net and he won't bother you for weeks." _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com

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Die Roboter
by Der Automat 27 Feb '02

27 Feb '02

Electronic music festival in Canada. Canada is getting settled as well with a music festival featuring concerts by Covenant, Beborn Beton, Assemblage 23, Melotron, Psyche, Cosmicity, New Clear Sky, Red Flag and Die Roboter (the worlds greatest Kraftwerk cover band). Only 1000 tickets will be available for this very special event. Each ticket is good for all 3 nights of 'Synthpop Goes the World'. Visit the webpage below for exact info + to order tickets. Synthpop Goes The World http://www.synthpopgoestheworld.com DER AUTOMAT

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Manta Ray and Schwarz
by Der Automat 27 Feb '02

27 Feb '02

Manta Ray and Schwarz will be performing their album "Heptagono" (Astro Discos / Sandwich Records), which includes their own special interpretation of the classic Kraftwerk track 'Antenna', on the following dates and places: 28th February, at 21.00 hours (GMT+1). Barcelona, Sala Razzmatazz 2 1st March, at 21.00 hours (GMT+1). Vitoria, Sala Azkena 2nd March, at 21.00 hours (GMT+1). Madrid, Sala La Riviera http://www.muzikalia.com/mantaray http://perso.wanadoo.es/schwarz DER AUTOMAT

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EMI Group news
by Der Automat 27 Feb '02

27 Feb '02

The following is quoted from http://www.emigroup.com/news/index.asp: Alain Levy (EMI Group division's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer) said: "We are now in the middle of a major redesign of EMI Recorded Music which will result in a reduction in our cost base, but will also make us more efficient and more competitive in order to drive growth. "We have made several very important organisational changes in the last few weeks, and more will come in the weeks ahead. Since joining EMI, David Munns and I have grown increasingly convinced that the company has a fantastic collection of people and assets and that performance, in terms of sales and profitability, can be improved quickly. "There's no doubt that some of our difficulties are a function of music industry practices. We're committed to finding new ways to do business and to placing long term, sustainable development at the top of our agenda. "Missing a target is not good news - but most important for EMI is the shape of things to come. We are on a path to reshaping the Recorded Music group and we are very positive about the future." -end of quote- Does this mean that Kraftwerk will be dismissed from EMI? DER AUTOMAT

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(OT) Peru
by Georg Jajus 27 Feb '02

27 Feb '02

Hello, does anybody know if the synthesizer-band PERU (I think their from netherlands) are still active? I couldn't find a URL or so with information. They had a #1 hit with "Africa" in the late 80ies. Gruesse aus Wien, Georgie

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