Tag: Autobahn
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Christmas Leftovers 2: Last Christmas to Fuck The Tories
Well firstly before the obligatory Wham – Last Christmas mashups (who on earth makes those?) we have to cover The Kunts who are aiming to knock that ‘sausage roll grifter’ off the Xmas #1 with the wonderfully BBC-friendly title of Fuck The Tories. I love the Cassetteboy and Mr B remixes especially. Now I’ve had…
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RIP Florian Schneider
Oh boy…where do you start with an artist like Florian Schneider, of Kraftwerk? Sadly he has died at 73. It’s not hyperbole when you say that Florian and Kraftwerk may not be household names like some, but without Kraftwerk you probably wouldn’t have new wave and new romantics, electro-pop, house, techno and all those influenced…
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Music for Alarm Clocks
Well more accurately from an alarm clock – Jon Brooks has created a whole album from the Dieter Rams Braun AB-30 Alarm clock as a sound source…the results are appropriately germanic motorik but with some lovely melodies more akin to his usual guise The Advisory Circle. In the current mania for Kraftwerk it fits right…
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Radio Clash 105: Musical Influences pt 1
I reveal my musical influences from 1976-1992, tunes that either got me into a certain styles of music or influenced my music-making (thanks to Dog for the idea!). Well it makes a change from Shilpa vs Jade on the fucking TV doesn’t it? But our music has always had a dance direction! (41Mb, 57mins): https://www.radioclash.com/show-archive/rc_105-pt1-remaster.mp3…
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History of Mashups vol. 7 – Kraftwerk
Listen here (11Mb, 16:25) Includes excerpts from: Kraftwerk – RuckZuck (from Kraftwerk 1) Kraftwerk – Autobahn (from Autobahn) Afrika Bambaata & The Soulsonic Force – Planet Rock Ride – The Model (from RubyTrax) Cookie Crew – Got to Keep On Kraftwerk – Boing Boom Tschak (from Electric Cafe) Frenchbloke – Paul Morley: A Dedication (in…