The Oodmood: Kraftwerk-like groove
Analogue Solutions Telemark triggered by a Doepfer Analog/Trigger Sequencer A-155.
Man or machine…
…the new teaser from System’s upcoming album
System-Pitch Black by ProgressProductions
As reporeted earlier this week System are back with a new album
– It has been taken to a point where you no longer can tell if it is a human machine or a robotic human singing, System says.
Dupont and The Pain Machinery have made remixes for the limited edition of the album which also will, for the first time, feature a song with vocals – real vocals that is.
Hyperdust performs the Model
A live cover of the track The Model by Kraftwerk. Performed by Hyperdust – James Bragg at a small musical gathering in a pub in Bristol UK. I’ve just bought myself a new synth – Mopho by Dave Smith instruments. Very pleased with it – small, great sounding, well feautured, very easy to control live. People seem to respond very positively to early 80’s electro covers – they don’t get performed often. I might try some Numan next time.
Hyperdust joined by the excellent singer, Joy O’Lena Hyde — performing a live cover of Sweet Dreams by The Eurythmics. At an open mic night called Musically Inspired in the Halo Cafe, Gloucester Road, Bristol UK. I’ve just bought a new synth which I am very pleased with — Mopho by Dave Smith Instruments. He invented so many classic synths including the legendary Prophet 5.
Documentary on Kraftwerk
Made by Malik Bendjelloul for Swedish TV:s Pop i fokus in 2001. Interviews with Karl Bartos, Wolfgang Flur, Bjork, Moby, Karlheinz Stockhausen and Peter Saville.
The sounds of Kraftwerk on your iPhone/iPad
iVoxel (App Store link) is a vocoder for iPhone/iPod and iPad, designed to be a “singing machine going far beyond the capabilities of traditional and software vocoders on any platform.”
iVoxel lets you:
- Speak or sing into your head set mic transforming your voice in a wide variety of ways.
- Record words, syllables or other sounds into the voxel dictionary for later reuse.
- Play different voxels live on the keyboard with ingenious pitch bending.
- Arrange and play melodies with the built in sequencer and add the lyrics from a user expandable dictionary of voxels.
iVoxel is a combination of a voice optimized synthesizer and a vocoder with an unprecedented intelligibility. The vocoder part is based on the Matrix vocoder from VirSyn used by Kraftwerk.
iVoxel is $11.99 in the app store.
Note: Preview video is not for the latest update of iVoxel. Version 1.3 details below.
New version 1.3 available !
- Compatible with Akai SynthStation25
- Improved GUI workflow
- Uses Modwheel to modulate Gender/Vibrato
- Modulate Gender/Vibrato with finger movement up/down
- Hold parameter – holds Voxel at defined moment
- Edit voxel – hear the sound while editing the hold position
- Volume increased for about 12dB
- Many bugs fixed
Via our friends at Synthopia
Trans Europe Express
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRCGSGh3ZiM
Kraftwerk
Minimum Maximum Disc 1.
Trans Europa Express
via vj19870330
The effects of Karftwerk reborn
Mode Machines has introduced the KRP-1 Krautrock Phaser, a phaser effect that uses a unique analog circuit design, based on the famous phaser used in the 1970s “Gerd Schulte Audio Technik Berlin – Compact Phasing A Number 1″.
The Krautrock Phaser is handmade in Franconia, Germany and features all discrete circuitry. The phasing amplitude is created by two lamps and 8 photo-couplers to generate a unique phasing effect.
According to Mode Machines, “You will get an idea of the impressive sound if you listen to Kraftwerk´s Autobahn. (You know – that one part. -ed)
The Krautrock phaser can be used as a guitar pedal or as a studio synthesizer processing tool. There is an input for CV pedals to control the amplitude. There is one mono 1/4″ input and two stereo 1/4″ outputs.
Famous users of the original unit include: Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze and Tommy Bolin.
Controls:
- Modulation
- Feedback
- OSC-Period and Phasing/ Amplitude
The Krautrock Phaser should be available in November for $589 from Big City Music.
Prodigy named the best dance act of all times – here’s the complete listing
The Prodigy, above, have been named the most influential dance act of all time, according to a GlobalGathering survey of UK club goers released today.
Do we really agree on this 
The Top 10 most influential dance acts are:
- The Prodigy (29%)
- Daft Punk (13%)
- Faithless (11%)
- New Order (9%)
- Orbital (7%)
- Kraftwerk (5%)
- Paul Oakenfold (4%)
- Carl Cox (4%)
- Fatboy Slim (3%)
- Chemical Brothers (2%)
Over 2000 festival and club goers took part in the survey, which was commissioned by the UK dance festival GlobalGathering to mark ten years of the festival. Music fans were asked to vote for the dance act they considered the most influential from a shortlist compiled by the Global team.
About GlobalGathering’s Top 10 Dance Music Acts Of All Time
Here’s what the festival has to say about their top 10 acts:
- The Prodigy continue to both push musical boundaries and garner critical acclaim. From the band’s debut single; Charly whose chart success hooked thousands of new converts to dance music to their recent critically acclaimed album ‘Invaders Must Die’ the band continue to be acclaimed as pioneers of dance music. Blending hardcore rock with drum & bass and techno, the Prodigy have created a truly unique sound which has often been emulated but rarely bettered. Commonly cited as one of the first dance acts to successfully crossover into the live arena, the band remain a festival favourite throughout the UK and Europe.
- French duo Daft Punk, 2006 headliners at the dance festival, came second in the survey with 13% of the vote. Bursting on to the scene in 1995 with their debut album ‘Homework’ the duo have been widely credited with helping to break dance music in the USA and the band’s blend of chart bound yet credible techno-disco continues to both grow in influence and transcend musical genres having been sampled extensively by hip hop stars including Kanye West, Busta Rhymes and Missy Elliot.
- Faithless, famous for timeless club hits such as “Insomnia”, “God Is a DJ” and “We Come 1” took third place in the poll. With over 10 Million global record sales, Faithless continue to be one of dance music’s biggest live draws and the band performed to over 7 million people on their most recent tour proving they are one of the most successful and influential dance groups of all time.
- New Order who came fourth in the poll, currently hold the title for ‘best selling 12-inch single of all time’ for the 80’s hit ‘Blue Monday’. The single release proved to be a defining moment in dance music history appealing to both dance music and indie fans alike. New Order embraced electronica throughout the 80’s and 90’s and also spawned the infamous Hacienda nightclub which was a focal point for the Manchester scene of the late 1980’s.
- The hugely influential electronica duo Orbital came 5th in the poll. The Hartnoll brothers, who have recently re-formed after their split in 2004, will be celebrating 20 years of festival-rousing anthems and cinematic sounds this year. One of the most influential acts in dance music history, Orbital accompany their music with expansive audio-visuals, and their trademark torch-glasses. Orbital were fixed firm at the top of the bill for the festival in 2009.
- Kraftwerk who are widely considered the inventors of Electronic music came in at 6th in the survey. The German band who still tour sporadically have been making music since the 70?s and went on to become a huge influence on the first wave of Detroit house and hip hop producers.
- Ranking in at seventh in the survey is trance DJ, producer and artist Paul Oakenfold, famous for his legendary Ibiza sets and remix work for the likes of The Happy Mondays, U2 and Madonna, Paul was the biggest DJ in the world throughout the 90’s and continues to play to packed dancefloors throughout the world. Fellow UK DJ and producer, Carl Cox ranks at number 8 in the poll, One of the most influential DJs in dance music history, Carl Cox has had a successful career that’s spanned almost 30 years, taking him from acid house veteran to the champion of techno.
- Also featuring in the top ten is Norman cook aka Fatboy Slim. Credited with originating the ‘Big beat’ sound, Cook received a prestigious Ivor Novello Award for ‘Outstanding Contribution to British music’ placing him amongst some of the greatest British music acts of all time.
- Pioneers of the big beat electronic dance genre, The Chemical Brothers, complete the top 10. The world’s favourite psychedelic acid-beat duo have always combined moments of egotistic indulgence and mind-numbing formula with visionary brilliance. This duo were one of the first electronic acts to move from clubs to arena.
The powerplant from Germany
The powerhouse from Germany never seems to fade as an inspirational source
Here are two clips I found yesterday
Hi! I bought apple’s new device iPad.It is fantastic instrument for playing music! It have great possibility.
so I played “The ROBOTS” on this instrument with fun.Please listen!
Gear:
Upper: Emu EMAX II HD
Mid: Roland JP8000Tape Machine: ReVox B77 MKII
Backtrack sequenced on Pro Tools at first, then dumped to tape.
Whitney Houston meets Numbers
This is the most delightful guilty pleasure, Kraftwerk’s anally precise early german electorinca matched perfectly with some Whitney! It shoudn’t work, but it does!
DATAMASKIN
