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Sternradio
by Der Automat 08 Sep '03

08 Sep '03

A track called "Sternradio" is included in And One's last album Aggressor edited by Virgin on August 29th. http://www.and-one.de/ DER AUTOMAT

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observations
by Jan Svenungsson 07 Sep '03

07 Sep '03

Am I the only one who find it irritating to see repeated references to the new tdf 03 in all its versions as "remixes" of the old tdf? Is there any way this can be motivated (chord structure?)? I can't hear any similarities. This proves how sloppy many writers are... I've been listening to the album on and off from day one (Germany) and I think it holds up very well. I wouldn't have minded the tdf 03 suite being stretched out even longer! I first realised this when I went running with the album in headphones: the endless doodling variations and repetitions around the very simple riff melt wonderfully into the very repetitive activity of running. I have no experience of biking, but I can imagine it being even better there, of course. But even when you run (I'm preparing for a marathon) you tend to think about your body as a sort of machine, carefully tuning its rhythm. Meanwhile you have to take care of your mind. During a long pass you establish your own little bubble, where influences from the changing landscape around you float in and out, with both physical influence: a hill! (the tdf03 becomes slightly heavier) and psychological: you keep playing little games which may take your thoughts in new directions and bring about ideas - while at the same time you are engaged in this extremely repetitive activity. Listening to the tdf03 suite captures this sensation - and when in the third "etape" they quickly open the door to that other melody: it's a brilliant moment. And very "realistic" - the sensation of getting an idea... Then, I also think it is their way of saying: yes, we could have done this track totally different, with a majestic melody: we could have done the whole album very differently - but we didn't want to. Respect! As for the rest of the record, funnily enough Vitamin is the track which doesn't really blend into the running. It lacks the "flow", it doesn't go forward, it keeps turning around itself. Like a dancer who stays on his spot. Aero-Dynamik and Elektro-Kardiogram: both perfect. Different sensations, due to different circumstances, but the body is working and the rythms are convincing. But perhaps it is La Forme which is my favourite, because this one captures that feeling of BLISS which you can sometimes reach during a long workout (and which is a motivator like a drug): when you are tired but it doesn't matter any longer because you can go on forever. It's a high, and the way the melody in this track is on the edge of banality... - that's it! It keeps humming in my head. I want to return there. I wouldn't mind a new version much longer. Then many have argued it was stupid to tack on the old tdf at the end. I understand the argument, but I think there was no other possibility. That song (song, not track) has a grandeur which the other tracks have not. But it is not a competition: it's a logical co-existence. The old tdf is like the embellished synopsis or summary of a much more detailed work. It takes all the themes and give them an airing during its short course, but it is in the main text that all the details get worked out, and here the time element is important: if you want to communicate the physical experience of cycling though these passes and on these plains there has to be repetition and slow grinding progress. So there is a nice complimentary effect between the pop-song (the trailer for the race) and the tracks (the race itself). No, I do not only listen to it when I run. But it is a good environment to get into TDF Soundtracks. Man-Machine and TEE doesn't work nearly as well. But their machinery is not muscle driven. Jan

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A contri from Italy
by DIDI 07 Sep '03

07 Sep '03

In italian only... http://www.voilier2000.com/spl80/kraftwerk.htm Didi

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German chart positions Sep 8
by Jan 06 Sep '03

06 Sep '03

TdF leaves single charts Album from #11 to #25 J.

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Re: Kraftwerk Digest, Vol 7, Issue 4
by sintetik t.w.l. 05 Sep '03

05 Sep '03

========================================= | Aviador Dro is wonderful !!! and Esplendor Geometrico too ! ! ! | ========================================= _________________________________________________________________ MSN Hotmail, o maior webmail do Brasil. http://www.hotmail.com

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TdFS review
by Der Automat 05 Sep '03

05 Sep '03

Unfavourable review of Kraftwerk's Tour de France Soundtracks at Friday 29th August issue nº 514 of the Spanish weekly magazine (which accompanies newspaper El Pais) El Pais de las Tentaciones (http://www.tentaciones.elpais.es/) The record is given 4 out of 10 points. The reviewer is a person who I talked to you about a few weeks ago, musical critic and radio commentator Diego A. Manrique. tentaciones(a)elpais.es http://www.elpais.es/suplementos/tentaciones/tentaciones.htm DER AUTOMAT

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Re: [Kraftwerk] Return of Kraftwerk vs punk, episode 770: jerksattack the robots!! ;-)
by Der Automat 05 Sep '03

05 Sep '03

Pardon me, if I might interject here. I think Oystein Moe's point is that some musicians who were in a way or another into punk were/are influenced by Kraftwerk. DER AUTOMAT

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Italian interview with Ralf
by Luca Dassi 05 Sep '03

05 Sep '03

The Italian newspaper "La Stampa" published last Friday an interview with Ralf Hutter about TDF2003 (still unpublished in Italy). Contents: the usual stuff. Notable lines follow. "We haven't been inactive during the last 17 years. We restructured our studio and transferred all sounds into a computer, did some computer graphics work (?) with Emil Schult, made a remix album and wrote a track for the Hannover Expo." "The Siouxsie version of 'Hall of Mirrors' is extraordinary, as well as the cover versions by Alex Balanescu. We liked very much the Senor Coconut album too." "We are preparing a multimedia tour due to start at the beginning of 2004. After our experience at la Citè de la Musique in Paris we're looking for other architectonically unusual places. In Italy there's a lot of them. In Turin they have that building with a car race track on the roof - it would be perfect." Full text (in Italian) available @ http://www.lastampa.it/search/albicerca/ng_articolo.asp?IDarticolo=846897&se zione=Spettacoli Ciao, Luca

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Press articles endless
by Klaus Zaepke 05 Sep '03

05 Sep '03

Neuss-Grevenbroicher Zeitung: http://www.ngz-online.de/ngz/news/jungengz/2003-0805/kraftwerk.html Saarbruecker Zeitung: http://www.sol.de/szimnetz/kultur/2822,439286.html?fCMS=bbee8691f9f813af43e… Klaus Zaepke

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RE: [Kraftwerk] Black-backed Computer World
by Christophe Socquet 04 Sep '03

04 Sep '03

As far as I know, every genuine Playstation 1 game is on black CD. Christophe. "Dit e-mailbericht en alle documenten die ermee verzonden worden, zijn vertrouwelijk en uitsluitend voor gebruik door de persoon of de onderneming waaraan ze geadresseerd zijn. Indien deze e-mail verkeerdelijk bij u terechtkomt, gelieve de afzender te verwittigen en deze bestanden van uw computer te verwijderen. Ce message e-mail ainsi que tous les fichiers transmis sont confidentiels et uniquement destinés à l'usage de la personne ou de l'entité à qui ils sont adressés. Si vous avez reçu ce message e-mail par erreur, veuillez en informer l'expéditeur et le supprimer de tout ordinateur."

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