Tag: Kraftwerk
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RC 248: 8-Bit Music Machine
In the 1980′ and 90’s I like most of my friends spent many hours programming, creating rudimentary digital pictures (I had a mouse for my Spectrum!), playing games and trying to get something vaguely musical from said microcomputers. So in honour of my 8-bit and 16-bit music days, here is a 8-bit/16-bit music special of…
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Petula Clark – Cut Copy Me (Compuphonic Remix / Instamatic Video)
https://vimeo.com/59339070 I love the new haunting Petula Clark single, and love this remix of it by Compuphonic too. But unlike the original song it didn’t have a video and I wanted to play it at Kleptonite (the theme of my sets were ‘Computer Love’ – topically combining Kraftwerk and Valentines Day) so I made (well…
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Kraftwerk Kovers Kollection 8
How could I avoid this week without mentioning Kraftwerk (I know I tried) but then DJ Food in honour of the Tate shows and 25th anniversary of Solid Steel released a new version of Kraftwerk Kover Kollection – oh frabjous day! Warning: contains jazz. I decided not to go to the Tate shows or try…
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I Remember Donna Summer
More than remember Donna Summer, she was an influence on me and the music I love – from the seminal I Feel Love onwards, to helping create Blue Monday with that drum line (nicked off a Donna remix) and kickstarting Moroder’s career into the stratosphere. RIP Donna. And we have to play out with the…
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Synth Britannia
People have been mentioning this for AGES saying ‘Have you seen Synth Britannia?’ and I was wary since I thought it might be another 80’s nostalgia fest with the usual faces. Not at all – and I was blown away how indepth they went, even visiting my old alma-mater at Psalter Lane (my claim to…
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Kraftwerk Kover Kollection 7 (and 1-6)
I’d posted about the many talented Strictly Kev aka DJ Food before and his Kraftwerk Kover Kollection long mixes for Solid Steel Radio last year, and was sad then that I couldn’t find the other mixes. Well Kev decided March was Kraftwerk month, blogging about them every day and my birthday came early he posted…