Tag: Kraftwerk

Industrial music hero and founding member of Cabaret Voltaire Richard H. Kirk reveals the albums that helped shape his musical landscape.

Gilles Peterson speaks with CAS founder Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy about the influence of Sun Ra and why he believes “Sun Ra was the man, the ultimate artist for any vinyl collector”.

As the title suggests, this album successfully blends the boundaries between human and robot to the point where it’s unclear quite exactly what Kraftwerk are.

Daniel Miller founded Mute Records over 35 years ago when he released his own production, The Normal’s “T.V.O.D.” / “Warm Leatherette”. Here he reveals why he loves Krautrock and his favourite LPs from the genre.

'We cannot play science fiction music on the guitar - It’s an instrument that was invented in the middle ages in Spain. So, when we want do the spirit of today you have to choose the medium of today to do it." - Ralf Hutter

As the title suggests, this album successfully blends the boundaries between human and robot to the point where it's unclear quite exactly what Kraftwerk are. Listen to the story and music.

Our Patreon Member Subscribers will celebrate this album together at our Album Club on Zoom. You can join for one month only and unsubscribe at any time.

Time and Date: Thursday February 13th at 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM

Kraftwerk, NEU!, King Crimson, The Velvet Underground, Brian Eno and more feature in our playlist of music that inspired ‘Heroes’.