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RADIO-ACTIVITY [AKA: RADIO-AKTIVITÄT]

Kraftwerk

 

Progressive Electronic

3.21 | 236 ratings

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alainPP
4 stars KRAFTWERK or the vintage regressive return of electronic music of yesteryear! 1.Geigerzahler for the meter here you had to dare and this vocoder is a precursor of Daft Punk, an appetizer which highlights the computers 2. Radio-activity for the most avant-garde title there is in the middle of the 70s, in fact the most beautiful intro there is; afterward it's rather poorly aged even though it still remains in my musical heart as a reference 3. Radioland for the encore tinkering of the previous title, slowed tempo, monolithic, archaic tune, 4. Airwaves which follows, most 2 pieces linked together; notes recalling some of VANGELIS then those of the future JM JARRE, were they in the same studio? the voice is to be taken as an instrument more than anything else, imprinting some sort of refrain, a framework for the monolithic piece, where the most is to be put on the incursions of the buttons to turn for a spatial rendering 5. Sendpause with this white noise setting, yellow, seals the end of side A

6. Deaf vocal news on a primary piano, new basic flight 7. Die Stimme der Energie continues with the voice of a robot, a computer, what can it speak? 8. Antenna for the radio edit side B which takes the brushes on an atonal redundant sound 9. Radio Sterne continues to explore Bontempi 3-key sounds; avant-garde; but it really is simplistic and lacking in soul, repetitive and borderline annoying; precursor of disco groups, later trance 10.Uran follows with the particularity of eyeing the first TANGERINE DREAM even more on the POPOL VUH of old times 11. Transistor follows... yes a touch of Mike OLDFIELD sounds now, but much more basic, monolithic 12. Ohm Sweet Ohm for the finale with a Bontempi again refrain.... you had to dare to do it there, yes the sound has aged atrociously and we will remember the flagship title exclusively.(3 for the album, 5 for the title)

alainPP | 4/5 |

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