Browse by Artist: KRAFTWERK

Artist:	KRAFTWERK
Title:	Expo Mixes
Label:	ASTRALWERKS
Format:	CD
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	ASW 38768CD

"A US-only remix edition of the Kraftwerk single Expo 2000. Universally known as the Godfathers of electronic music, Kraftwerk's incredible ability to blend electronics, emotion and soul have placed them apart from nearly everyone in the genre. Expo 2000 again takes metronomic rhythms and melds them seamlessly with lush, layered melodies. Kraftwerk's 1981 vision of a computer-centered world community (Computer World) have now come to fruition and their ongoing interest in exploring Man and Machine picks up right where it left off. In addition to Kraftwerk's own Kling Klang mixes are re-mixes by Orbital, Francois K, DJ Rolando and Underground Resistance." Contains 9 out of the 10 tracks found on the European EMI releases ("Expo 2000" and "Expo Remix" EPs).

Artist:	KRAFTWERK
Title:	Aérodynamik
Label:	ASTRALWERKS
Format:	CD
Price:	$7.00
Catalog #:	ASW 48204CD

"In keeping with the French theme of the Tour De France concept, Parisian dance luminaries Alex Gopher, Etienne de Crecy and Francois K (who remixed the original 'Tour De France' single in 1983) were commissioned to remix brand new versions with a house edge, while Kraftwerk have rewired the song themselves to great effect. The Gopher/de Crecy mix transforms the track into an acid-flavored tech-house jam, while Francois K's version adds some superb, butt-shaking, deep house flavor to the original composition, making Aérodynamik Kraftwerk's most dancefloor friendly single package to date."

Artist:	KRAFTWERK
Title:	Minimum - Maximum
Label:	ASTRALWERKS
Format:	4LP
Price:	$47.00
Catalog #:	ASW 60611LP

"Astralwerks released Kraftwerk's first ever official live recordings, a 2CD set entitled Minimum-Maximum, a milestone event in the band's illustrious career and one which has galvanized Kraftwerk fans, both young and old. Recorded with the band's customary attention to detail and sonic perfectionism, this collection is now available as a 4LP deluxe boxset featuring all of the band's classic compositions and effectively serving as a vinyl 'best-of,' culled from the band's 2004 world tour."

Artist:	KRAFTWERK
Title:	Trans-Europe Express
Label:	CAPITOL
Format:	LP
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	CAP 16301LP

Classic album from 1977, the sixth Kraftwerk album, originally issued by Kling Klang. This is the English-language, U.S.-cover art version. One of the inspired electronically-based pop records of all time. Performed by the quartet of Hütter, Schneider, Flür & Karl Bartos, this is the quintessential Kraftwerk sound recording experience. Tracklist: Side One: A1. Europe Endless; A2. The Hall Of Mirrors; A3. Showroom Dummies. Side Two: B1. Trans-Europe Express; B2. Metal On Metal; B3. Franz Schubert; B4. Endless Endless.

Artist:	KRAFTWERK
Title:	Radio-Activity
Label:	CAPITOL
Format:	LP
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	CAP 16380LP

LP version of their 5th album from 1975. The centerpiece inbetween Autobahn and Trans Europa Express -- a trilogy of masterworks that found Kraftwerk at their artistic pinnacle, in the midst of rearranging the musical universe. The sweeping synth melodies are in full futuristic force, surrounded by weird bleepage and a static pulse -- this is a mesmerizing album in every way. Tracklisting: Side 1: A1. Geiger Counter; A2. Radioactivity; A3. Radioland; A4. Airwaves; A5. Intermission; A6. News; Side 2: B1. The Voice of Energy; B2. Antenna; B3. Radio Stars; B4. Uranium; B5. Transistor; B6. Ohm Sweet Ohm.

Artist:	KRAFTWERK
Title:	Ralf and Florian
Label:	GERMANOFON (WORLD'S LEADING TERRORIST STATE)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	GERMAN 941023

Available again, new packaging includes replica insert of the rare poster 'comic book' from the original German album pressing -- a big improvement! "Kraftwerk's third album Ralf and Florian was released in November 1973 and its title is almost synonymous with a nickname for the duo. The front cover was taken by Florian's then-girlfriend Barbara Niemöller. The LP is a continuation of the ideas on the first two LPs, but the music has a much cleaner sound dominated by electric piano and soft electronic percussion. The first track 'Elektrisches Roulette' (Electric Roulette) is a rhythmically repetitive piece and I think that you can trace the later Kraftwerk sound in this song. The track features electronics, violin, electric piano and drums. It is very much a pop song and maybe the best track on the album. Next comes 'Tongebirge' (A Mountain Range Of Tones) and it has closer resemblance to earlier LPs. It has Florian's typical flute arpeggios treated to a heavy dose of echo. 'Kristallo' is also the name of a hotel close to the studio and the song featured clear, repetitive keyboard arpeggios showing Ralf further developing the automation feel to his playing. The track ends like a catalog of various recording tricks including backward tapes. 'Heimatklänge' (The Sounds Of Homeland) demonstrates the duo's increasing grasp of dynamics. 'Tanzmusik' (Dance Music) is a strange song with very simple wooden and metallic noises. The rhythm box is naturally present and actual hand claps appear towards the end of the song. The final track 'Ananas Symphonie' features some slide guitar, but most important is the emergence of a primitive vocoder through which the words 'Ananas Symphonie' are discernable."

Artist:	KRAFTWERK
Title:	Ultra Rare Traxx 1
Label:	KFT (UK)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$25.00
Catalog #:	KFT 001LP

Repress of the first volume in this series. "Superb 2LP compilation of hard-to-find classics by German electronic legends Kraftwerk. Still sounding fresh today, every cut is a killer and illustrate beautifully why this influential band are held in such high regard. All tracks are full 12" versions and cut loud for DJ play. Essential." Track Listing: Side A1. The Model 2. Pocket Calculator 3. Computer World Side B1. The Robots 2. Techno Pop Side C1. Tour De France (FK Mix) 2. Showroom Dummies Side D1. Trans -Europe Express 2. Numbers

Artist:	KRAFTWERK
Title:	Ultra Rare Traxx 2
Label:	KFT (UK)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$25.00
Catalog #:	KFT 002LP

Bootleg compilation of various mixes. "Superb 2LP compilation of hard-to-find classics by German electronic legends Kraftwerk. Still sounding fresh today, every cut is a killer and illustrate beautifully why this influential band are held in such high regard. All tracks are full 12" versions and cut loud for DJ play. Essential." Track Listing: A1. Boing Boom Tschak (Original Mix) A2. Dentaku B1. The Model (Cathonic Mix) B2. The Telephone Call (Razormaid Mix) B3. Cybernetik Interspace (Unreleased Mix) C1. Home Computer (Ext. Remix)/Les Mannequins (Ext. French Mix) D1. Autobahn (Ext. Remix) D2. Radioactivity (Francois Kevorkian 12" Mix)

Artist:	KRAFTWERK
Title:	Ultra Rare Traxx 3
Label:	KFT (UK)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$25.00
Catalog #:	KFT 003LP

"3rd in the huge selling series of Ultra Rare Traxx. Always so hard to find these 10 tracks are sublime from 'Computer Love' to the unreleased demo mix of 'Its More Fun To Compute.' Essential!" Track Listing: 1. Pocket Calculator - East Meets West Mix, 2. The Robots - Unreleased Demo Mix, 3. Computer Love - Original Mix, 4. Showroom Dummies - MCMG Mix, 5. Neon Lights - Original 12" Mix, 6. Computer World - Robotron Mix, 7. The Man Machine - Original Mix, 8. Its More Fun To Compute - Unreleased Demo mix, 9. Trans Europe Express - TEE Mix, 10. Sex Object - Razormaid Mix.

Artist:	KRAFTWERK
Title:	Expo Remix
Label:	KLING KLANG/EMI (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	EMI 8896122

Remixes of the acclaimed 1999 comeback single, "Expo 2000". Tracklisting: 1. Orbital Mix 2. Francois K & Rob Rives Mix 3. DJ Rolando Mix 4. Underground Resistance Mix 5. UR Infiltrated Mix 6. UR Thought 3 Mix. The Orbital mix is a functional track, but the most glossed over mix here. Kevorkian's mix is deep and electro-influenced. But having 4 UR remixes on a Kraftwerk single is what really puts this into the stratosphere. Adding "Jaguar" style splashes and a riveting new vocal line ("They Soul Electric: Detroit...They Soul Electric: Germany"), DJ Rolando's mix is flat out stunning and might take on "Jaguar"-like proportions itself in 2001. Thanks to Florian and Ralf for all the excitement.

Artist:	KRAFTWERK
Title:	Kraftwerk And The Electronic Revolution
Label:	SEXY INTELLECTUAL
Format:	DVD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	SI 541DVD

Unauthorized bio DVD, sorry. "As innovative as they are influential, Kraftwerk's contribution to the development of electronic music since their formation in 1970 remains unsurpassed. Having inspired everyone from Bowie to Coldplay, Siouxsie to Radiohead, this bizarre collective have also proven partly responsible for entire genres to develop -- electronica, techno and synth-pop to name but three. This DVD reviews the career and music of Kraftwerk, from their inception in the late 1960s (as pre-Kraftwerk ensemble Organization), through their most celebrated period in the mid 1970s, and culminating with their resurgence during the 1980s with the popularity of synth-pop and techno. The film further explores how Kraftwerk both fitted in and pulled away from the electronic wing of what is often lazily referred to as 'Krautrock.' Sparing time also for many of the groups' contemporaries from the same field, and tracing the unfolding of electronics in German contemporary music generally, this program presents a fascinating story previously untold on film. It features rarely seen live and performance footage of Kraftwerk and of other electronic and 'Krautrock' bands -- much from private collections, rare photographs of Kraftwerk and others, exclusive and extensive interviews with ex-Kraftwerk members and other German ambient and electronic musicians, contributions and enlightenment from German academics, writers and journalists, live and studio recordings of many of Kraftwerk's pivotal tracks, plus live and studio recordings of many other bands from the 'Krautrock' movement. Bonus materials: Special feature 'The Dusseldorf Scene vs. The Hamburg Scene,' extended interviews, full contributor biographies." Main feature running time: 180 mins.; NTSC format, All Regions; Screen Format 4:3; Stereo Sound Mix.

Artist:	KRAFTWERK
Title:	Tone Float/Megaherz
Label:	SLOW TO SPEAK
Format:	12"
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	PC 1222EP

"After a short hiatus Slow To Speak returns with a spectacularly eclectic high-quality 12" reissue featuring a chronicle of the esteemed lineage known as Kraftwerk. The group is most recognized for their pioneering of the electronic dance sound emanating from the seemingly boundless parameter's of European synthetic aural experimentation, exploiting the insistent use of controlled & concentrated repetition & harsh melodic rigidness to produce an indisputably new form of funk -- at once owing it's lineage to American black music, and yet strangely alien & singularly unique. But long before their commercial success, founding members & core composers Ralf Hütter & Florian Schneider were humbly at work far from the public eye, busying themselves with the humble task of reinventing modern music as we know it. Of course, they were certainly not alone, as the new wave of post-hippie German experimentalists had, by the end of the 1960s, formed their own underground of anti-composition, disregarding conventionally rigid arrangement in favor of free improvisation & determinately uncharted, expansive liberated sound. As The Organization, Hütter & Schneider produced the mind-bending 20 minute instrumental 'Tone Float,' a controlled chaos of organic instrumentation & sparsely employed melody that stood miles away from the bastard child of post-industrial technological alienation that their later, colder & far-more singular music took on. The aggressiveness of this masterpiece hints at a musical vision far too universal to be tied down by the constraints of cyclical repetition or electronic composition -- a philosophy of the uncharted, unrecognized & completely unencumbered, where the music was both a means & an end to the visceral multitude & psychic multiplicity, leaving the tired realm of the present with all it's endless routines & notions of lineage in the dust. Indeed, 'Megaherz,' taken from their first self-titled full-length as Kraftwerk, takes this refusal to be bound by the historical, material stringencies of cultural or artistic progression further, employing the harsh, factory-like sounds of wage-labor & immediately demolishing it with the heavy weight of delicate, dream-like walls of synthetic melody, once again denying both the physical & social weights of existential dread & subsuming them with the literally boundless possibilities of free sound. 'The Hall of Mirrors,' taken from Trans-Europe Express, reflects the group's later sound, where their preference of free-composition was slowly replaced by the careful & ironic exercise of social reflection -- and yet, their project remained the same, as always: lifting aesthetic expression beyond the ties of the present, pushing it into unexplored realms of experimentation & sound with the conscious insistence on creating something truly autonomous from the boredom of everyday existence." Silkscreened lettering on jacket.

Artist:	KRAFTWERK
Title:	Autobahn
Label:	VERTIGO (GERMANY)
Format:	LP
Price:	$20.00
Catalog #:	VERT 36062LP

Grey-area repro. "Reissue in original picture sleeve of this very hard to find early Kraftwerk album from 1974. Although Kraftwerk's first three albums were groundbreaking in their own right, Autobahn is where the group's hypnotic electronic pulse genuinely came into its own. The main difference between Autobahn and its predecessors is how it develops an insistent, propulsive pulse that makes the repeated rhythms and riffs of the shimmering electronic keyboards and trance-like guitars all the more hypnotizing. The 22-minute title track, in a severely edited form, became an international hit single and remains the peak of the band's achievements -- it encapsulates the band and why they are important within one track but the rest of the album provides soundscapes equally as intriguing."

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