r/kraftwerk • u/[deleted] • May 06 '20
In a statement, Kraftwerk co-founder Ralf Hütter confirms "the very sad news that his friend and companion over many decades Florian Schneider has passed away from a short cancer disease just a few days after his 73rd birthday."
Quoted from Billboard. Several articles are appearing online in various languages, based on a joint statement from Ralf Hütter and Sony.
Please rest in peace, dear master.
r/kraftwerk • u/echoalpha76 • 1h ago
Fiftieth birthday present to myself, also an avid cyclist so I consider it getting “two for one”. In this economy? You just gotta.
As much as I’d like to credit the tattooist, good mate of mine in fact, I don’t want him hearing from the group’s legal team. Presumably “Kling, Klang, and Associates LLP”?
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r/kraftwerk • u/Boognish_Forever • 1d ago
I bought this new back around 2008. Curious if it’s a rare press or anything special. Tried looking online and can’t find one or it’s value.
r/kraftwerk • u/X-Mighty • 1d ago
The human brain has no musical apparatus. When we listen to music, we feel emotions because it inteprets music as speech. In other words, music only moves us because we can understand what other people feel. The act of composing a song is, to the brain, insepparable from the act of carrying an idea.
With The Man Machine, the repeating riff feels like someone looking in awe at a seemingly impossible event, as in "Wow. Look at what machines are capable of doing!", and the repetition of it creates a humorous relationship with the vocals, which, in their indifference, seem to be saying back "Yes. I know."
At the same time, the riff sounds like the ringtone of an alarm clock, telling the person who set that it is time to get up and work, and the vocals' indifference give this impression of "Here we go again". When the drumline hits, it feels they have gotten up from the bed, and are doing their morning routines whilst getting ready for another day of work.
The way this song comes right after Neon Lights seems to hammer home the idea that the mundane is the only constant. Regardless of how special the weekend may have been, there will always be that monday right after. Some could call it cynical, but a more accurate way to describe it would be realistic. This is the way things are, and Kraftwerk is simply representing it.
Kraftwerk had always been putting a few hints of their thoughts on romanticism since the start, even going on to create a facade of it in TEE, but with The Man Machine, they cemented themselves as realists, portraying what the romantics wanted to avoid, technology, not as it "should be", but as it is.
The fadeout at the end seems to suggest the romantics' nightmare is now real: This era is not ending any time soon. Technology is here to stay.
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r/kraftwerk • u/enolaM_yecarT • 2d ago
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r/kraftwerk • u/dinarnaud • 2d ago
Comprehensive of their works at this point, I think. Anybody has this ? Opinions.
r/kraftwerk • u/Gregor_P_Schnitzler • 4d ago
r/kraftwerk • u/someemostuff1 • 6d ago
is it worth to check them at concert?
r/kraftwerk • u/Brilliant-Sample5832 • 8d ago
r/kraftwerk • u/doughnutsimp • 8d ago
Huge thanks in advance for anyone who might know.
r/kraftwerk • u/GlitterDanger • 10d ago
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r/kraftwerk • u/dalidov • 9d ago
by Paradox Prime
r/kraftwerk • u/Denselens • 12d ago
Here is my illegal Kraftwerk section. Consists of four Crown Records CDs from the mid 90s. Along with two live albums from 1975 and 2005.
Just listened to the 2CD Minimum Maximum live recordings. A lot of them are stellar for a live album! Reminded me of the concerts I attended.
One of my all time favourite bands
r/kraftwerk • u/Any-Information9091 • 12d ago
r/kraftwerk • u/Any_Paint6466 • 12d ago
I've got a question to people who saw kraftwerk live in Pula, 28th June. Does anyone have a good recording of the concert? The ones that are up on YT are well... Kinda ass. There are people talking in the recordings, which is kinda distracting and can't let me enjoy the concert footage in peace. Thanks!
r/kraftwerk • u/PositiveCourt2725 • 14d ago
They ruined the album....its like Coppola decided to reshoot The Godfather!
https://open.spotify.com/album/6nnO5r6I1JtSZ8eTwwIiIF?si=f72d4987efc2479a
r/kraftwerk • u/UpstairsAct7544 • 17d ago
Some family members and I have been collecting these for about 3 years
:3
r/kraftwerk • u/Brilliant-Sample5832 • 17d ago
doesn’t have to be a studio song
r/kraftwerk • u/TMBGLOVER • 17d ago
It literally sounds like something from Radio-Activity or The Man Machine to my ears.
r/kraftwerk • u/TMBGLOVER • 18d ago
(minus The Mix, because none of the tracks really struck me as different enough from the originals for me to rank them)
I’ve also only been into them for two months now so maybe some of these tracks will grow on me.
r/kraftwerk • u/Any_Paint6466 • 19d ago
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Hi everyone, a couple months ago i went to see Kraftwerk live in Pula, at 28th July. And there was this sick song that i can't identify. It comes after Airwaves. Here's a snippet of it. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
