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utzoo!decvax!harpo!zeppo!wheps!ihnss!mhtsa!mhuxt!pyuxjj!rlr
Thu Apr 15 16:31:08 1982
Kraftwerk
From what I understand, ALL of their equipment is custom-made!
Their "stage set" is actually their recording studio brought on the road with
them (called "Kling-Klang"). They have NO, repeat, NO drum set!!!!! All
"rhythmistics" are electronic, and are triggered by custom percussion
controllers played by Bartos and Flur. They are, as the Keyboard article
stated, repulsed by everyday rhythm boxes. To them, they sounded too
"Latin"; besides, they WANTED their percussion to sound, not like drums,
but like machines! Their credo is not to simulate natural sounds but to
create sounds that are uniquely electronic and, in fact, sound electronic!
(Listen to "Numbers".)
If you liked "Computerworld", give a listen to "The Man Machine",
released in 1978 on Capitol. Capitol, now eager to get on the Kraftwerk
disco-hit bandwagon, has re-released "The Model"/"Neon Lights" as a "disco"
12-inch 45. If they had any brains, they would have used "We Are The Robots"
or "Trans Europe Express" (maybe that wasn't originally on Capitol),
which is already known in some discos from its initial outing. But, Capitol
has never been known as a really far-reaching, leading-edge, chance-taking sort
of company in the forefront of new music (remember the Knack??????)
Rich Rosen harpo!pyuxjj!rlr
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