Kraftwerk

fede · Post by **fede** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 11:13 pm

what do you think about them?

they are simply the parents of the electronic music...

mean · Post by **mean** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 12:44 pm

+++ of course!!!

Magnus Molin · Post by **Magnus Molin** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 2:29 pm

Nah, nothing for me ..

Dragonsand · Post by **Dragonsand** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:02 pm

I've not been influenced by them, but I recently listened to some of their works. I do not regret!

"they are simply the parents of the electronic music... "

and don' t forget the grand parents like Xenakis, Kid Baltan, Raymond Scott, and a lot of others

clubfoot · Post by **clubfoot** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 4:32 pm

Dragonsand wrote:I've not been influenced by them, but I recently listened to some of their works. I do not regret!

you definitely have been influenced by them - even if it's via other artists. we have all been influenced by them. thank god for kraftwerk.

I saw them live last friday in what could arguably be the best possible situation: the concert took place in Krakow on a cold, dark and rainy night in a giant old steelworks workshop (kraftwerk in german) on the edge of the city.

It had been a while since I spent time listening to their stuff. I used to play them a lot at home. but watching that concert reinforced to me how amazing and groundbreaking the group is and have been. the sounds and the themes they present to us are so awesome. Their image is just perfect. the music is like a soundtrack of Europe and modern life. techno music from the seventies. amazing amazing amazing.

I have to say, that for me, it was the gig of a lifetime. absolutely amazing. i feel like a born again fan this week

Red Kite · Post by **Red Kite** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 1:45 am

Damn, I wish I'd been there!

Kraftwerk have influenced everything from early Hip Hop to Electro to Techno to even experimental stuff: Compare the "Radioaktivität/ Radioactivity"-LP to early Sähkö and Mika Vainio and you can hear some striking similarities.

Not to mention that much of their music had a very clear and minimal sound design. Definately the most important electronic music project in history!

0x7f · Post by **0x7f** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 6:00 pm

kraftwerk is one of the biggest influences for everyone in elctronic music. their creativity back in the days (without easy VST's and all) was just awesome. own synths and modified hardware, just pure genius

you should also check out our 8bit remixes of kraftwerk that we did last year for astralwerks -> www.astralwerks.com/8-bit !
ralf and florian loved the mixes and its said (without bragging) to be the most innovative kraftwerk remixes ever

miro pajic · Post by **miro pajic** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:54 am

you need to be a certain age to understand their music/art/game/vision/genius!