Tag: Kraftwerk
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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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RC 317: Europa Mon Amour / Royal Flush
There Aint No Party Like A Brexit Party! Friday 31st of January, in the next day or so the UK will be exiting the European Union which it has been a member of since 1973. Europa No More! Longer than I’ve been alive. So this podcast isn’t a fusty dusty talk about the Ins and…
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The Lloydbrary Sample Sessions 1 – Better Living Through Chemistry
Ian Fondue from the Lloydbrary Podcast has a really good idea for a show/mix series called the Sample Sessions, where as he says “Take a sample based album, then do a mix of the sampled tracks in album track order.”. The first one is a favourite album of mine, Fat Boy Slim’s ‘Better Living Through…
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Shit Robot – Do It (Right)
DFA shows how to do a lyric video, with a nostalgic journey through record covers. Trax, Strictly Rhythm, DJ International (which is the one I usually bought, Jackmaster compilations!), C & C Music Factory, House Sound of… series and Jack Your Body cover, Streetsounds, and even nods to Peter Saville (Happy Mondays Hallelujah cover and…
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Enjoy the Science – 8-bit Operators tribute to Depeche Mode
It was last year that I first heard Bacalao’s version of Depeche Mode’s But Not Tonight and it’s become one of my favourite covers OF ALL TIME. It’s great, honestly. So I’ve been waiting for the full compilation since then – it was going to be ‘coming soon’, and that seems to have stretched out…