The journey last week to find the graves of Jaki Liebezeit, Holger Czukay and his wife U-She might have piqued your interest in the German post-war experimental music scene of the seventies. By watching this very well put together documentary first aired on BBC 4 in 2009 you will have a much better understanding of […]
On a scorching hot German day we left Olivia’s secret village for a trip to Frankfurt with her Mum. Siv flying to Sweden to see relatives, Olivia and I having a day exploring Frankfurt or in truth checking out some record stores. Leaving at 7 AM was tricky for night owls and once Siv had […]
Tomorrow 10/8/16, I will be travelling to Essen to see Patti Smith, so to finish this Kraftwerk thread, here is their environmental warning announcement. The song written by Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider and Emil Schult reached No.1 in France but performed poorly everywhere else (No.31 in Italy). I’ll be in Hamburg for the weekend, now what’s so famous about […]
After three experimental albums Kraftwerk released their fourth album, Autobahn in 1974. This was to be the beginning of their crossover from the avant-garde to commerciality and the title track from the album charted in many countires around the world making the Top Ten in Germany and New Zealand, Top Twenty in the UK, Holland, Ireland and Canada […]
Trans Europe Express was the first album by Kraftwerk that I knew well. It seems that in those days Europe was a rather glamorous place, still is as far as I’m concerned and despite those that wish to leave the European community selling the idea that Britain is better off on its own, for me […]
The Model was never actually intended to be a single in its English translation. Released as a single in Germany from the 1978 album Die Mensch-Maschine, the English language version only found its way onto a single as the B side to the title track from their following album Computer Love (1981) reaching No. 36 in […]