"..::=|X|=::.." wrote: in 1986
kraftwerk returned that favor and took a part of hip hop (beatboxing) as an influence for their "boing boom tschak" opening track for their (rerecorded) album "electric cafe" (formerly "techno-pop"). that's it!
---------------------- I guess in 1879 Edison returned the favor of inventing the light bulb to Sir Joseph Wilson Swan, who, in 1860, first produced his first experimental light bulb using carbonized paper as a filament. Both men worked independently and got the same results but with a 19 year difference between discoveries.. How can KW "return the favor" of artists who sampled their original TEE and NUMBERS? KW started it all and custom-built their machines. I think Ralf was rather pissed off, and royalty checks were far and in-between for Planet Rock and other tunes. Furthermore, the earliest popular use of a drum machine (not a beat box) was the #1 "Family Affair" in 1971. I guess KW returned the favor in 1977. amir