Autobahn by the German experimental group Kraftwerk was a breakthrough album that began decades of electronic music. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote.
At least there's the music. Kraftwerk, German experimental group widely regarded as the godfathers of electronic pop music. But I love it either way What the purchaser gets here is a paper sleeve the CD jewel case slips into with a logo that must stand for an approaching overpass on the roadway the album is titled after (it's lifted off some of the album artwork in the literature). the best Kraftwerk album in my opinion ， and perfect pressing
Years later (how many I prefer not to admit), I tracked the song down on youtube (yes, there is an official video). Fun fact: the lyrics for the song actually mean drive on the autobahn not as some may think fun on the autobahn. A fabulous pressing lets you hear this special album as never before.
All I will say is the word Kraftwerk stands for much more than a progressive rock or pop group. Even Disco owes a debt to the drum machine beat of Kraftwerk. this is a great album, but posting it in a small padded envelope meant that the jewel case was cracked so badly that I had to replace it. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 12, 2016 Before "Autobahn" the band was fairly popular in Europe, but this one was the breakthrough for the world.
This is probably the best you will ever hear the record on a format outside of higher resolution.More rhythmically oriented than their contemporaries Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Got this latest remaster of the pivotal masterpiece Autobahn by the pioneering German technocrats Kraftwerk (2009 for this edition, but you know there's one or two in the future coming down the pike), and it sounds fine and dandy.
All of their music is great, but this one is the "must have" recording. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Kraftwerk (from left to right): Ralf Hütter, Karl Bartos, Wolfgang Flür, and Florian Schneider, 1976. What else is there to say about this legendary album? I was a teenage kid when I first heard the edited single version of 'Autobahn' in 1975.
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Get exclusive access to content from our 1768 First Edition with your subscription. The classic. There is also the selection of tone colors too - Kraftwerk seems to favor the colder synth textures instead of the warmer tones of (for example) the mellotron as used by Berlin School electronic composers such as Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze. You can trace or blame Kraftwerk for rock genres like Eurotrance, dance, techno, hip-hop and house etc. I have always been an Kraftwerk fan and this delivers musical bliss. Learn more about Kraftwerk’s history, sound, and career. The model takes into account factors including the age of a rating, whether the ratings are from verified purchasers, and factors that establish reviewer trustworthiness.Sorry, we failed to record your vote. This was the album that introduced them to the world, ad to me. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations Autobahn by the German experimental group Kraftwerk was a breakthrough album that began decades of electronic music. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations
In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading.This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. Plank and Kraftwerk painstakingly created Autobahn from numerous audio sources, field recordings and primitive samples. By signing up for this email, you are agreeing to news, offers, and information from Encyclopaedia Britannica.Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. Obviously the CD sound quality is superior to the cassette version and it's been great to get reacquainted with this classic Kraftwerk masterpiece, It means even more now i can play it in the car on the Motorway! Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article.The foundation for Kraftwerk’s music was the sounds of everyday life, a concept first fully realized on the 22-minute title track of the The group resumed a limited touring schedule in the early 2000s and released Even Disco owes a debt to the drum machine beat of Kraftwerk. Even Disco owes a debt to the drum machine beat of Kraftwerk. Get kids back-to-school ready with Expedition: Learn! Its easy to pick up their trademark sound which is futuristic and robotic to some degree, anyway they had a lot of success with their albums over the years making them a very popular as well as a Live act..
You can trace or blame Kraftwerk for rock genres like Eurotrance, dance, techno, hip-hop and house etc.
The other four tracks on the album are considerably shorter than the title track, although "Kometenmelodie 1" ("Comet Melody 1") and "Kometenmelodie 2" ("Comet Melody 2") are the longer of the other four tracks at 6:26 and 5:48 respectively - "Mitternacht" ("Midnight") and "Morgenspaziergang" ("Morning Walk") are around the 4-minute mark. What could have been for this listener pining away for what was carelessy left out. Their influence runs far and wide, but few have come close to matching the masters 3-D: The Catalogue (2LP 180-Gram Vinyl w/Digital Download) Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote.