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Kraftwerk: Man, Machine and Music
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This is a portrait of this mysterious band's career.
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Paperback, 222 pages
Published
September 1st 2004
by SAF Publishing
(first published 1993)
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This is the most informative book I've been able to find on this group thus far. Has a lot of pics and talks about the beginning when Florian and Ralf initially met and conceived the notion for th music. I love the ambient movement because I find it to be very ecclectic and diversified. My only complaint is that the book really does tend to center around the heyday of their career.
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Hay pocos relatos o articulos sobre Kraftwerk y su proceso creativo.pese a ser una influencia muy grande en toda la musica de los años 80 (depeche mode, gary numan,...) el techno de los 90 y toda la electrónica desde los 70.
Pascal Bussy tuvo relaci con ellos en sus frecuentes visitas a francia y es de los pocos reporteros que ha visitado los estudios Kling klang.
Cada capitulo se centra en uno de sus discos anlizando los diferentes interesea de RAlf y Florian, pues cada uno estan construidos alre ...more
Pascal Bussy tuvo relaci con ellos en sus frecuentes visitas a francia y es de los pocos reporteros que ha visitado los estudios Kling klang.
Cada capitulo se centra en uno de sus discos anlizando los diferentes interesea de RAlf y Florian, pues cada uno estan construidos alre ...more
A very enjoyable read. Well rounded and informative. The book covers both the member's musical lives and also their seemingly equally important leisure pastimes, therefore providing a well balanced picture for the reader.
The member's of Kraftwerk are notoriously private individuals, so this level of insight is no mean feat.
Unfortunately I recently sold my copy of this book, just prior to the death of Florian Schneider. The value of the book has since tripled. If you get a copy. Hold on tight t ...more
The member's of Kraftwerk are notoriously private individuals, so this level of insight is no mean feat.
Unfortunately I recently sold my copy of this book, just prior to the death of Florian Schneider. The value of the book has since tripled. If you get a copy. Hold on tight t ...more
Kraftwerk's notorious high level of secrecy, an integral part of the band's underlying concept and a source of amusingly surreal anecdotes from the author, results in this being a decidedly odd read compared to every other band biography I've read so far. The little interviewing the author has done of Kraftwerk's central members are cryptic and sparse, the bulk of testimony coming from either former members or previous interviews if not outsiders the band has interacted with.
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"A biography of a band as non-disclosing as Kraftwerk can of course not be expected to contain any major revelations or surprises and this book really doesn't. Instead it is more of a extended album review covering the entire back catalogue, interspersed with some anecdotes and hypothesis. Recommended if especially interested."
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This is an objective and modest approach to the inside world of Ralph and Florian. If the end results are not all that informative for a follower of the Düsseldorf duo, the reason is simple. This book is something of a semi official biography, written with the support of Kling-Klang, the clique that dwell’s in secrecy and concealed creativeness.
This is a very insightful and interesting read. I didn't know much about Kraftwerk before but I always knew they had influences a lot of my favorite bands, so I thought I'd give this book a try when my mom gave it to me. I really enjoyed it and had to start tracking down Kraftwerk albums shortly after finishing it.
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More music. Kraftwerk are kind of an enigma--super secretive, rarely releasing music as they haven't released anything of great worth since '82! I liked reading how totally into the ideology they are and how their views on music and image interconnect. I just loved reading how their early stuff was made and the ideas that were behind them.
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Not terribly illuminating, but interesting nonetheless. Made me listen to all my Kraftwerk records...!
while written mostly from an almost hearsay point of view, an interesting look into the lives and music of the pioneers of electronic modern music.
The most depth study about the top electronic band ever. Including interviews with Hütter and Schültz. Interesting if you're a big fan.
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