Kraftwerk-The Story and the Sound!

Kraftwerk are the most influential electronic groups in history. Inspiring artists such as David Bowie, OMD, Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, Vince Clark, Orbital and many more. Their groundbreaking use of technology paved the way for many artists to follow in their footsteps in creating electronic music for the masses.
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[@Standbackforscience]

Please please please do more of these, these in-depth historical studies are amazing.

[@mixingmasteringonline]

Thank you! Definitely going to be many more to come..

[@Standbackforscience]

@@mixingmasteringonline I'm working my way through your videos now, and I love how you focus on not just people, but also equipment and technological context of the day. Seeing how musicians or producers found creative ways around limitations f.ex is still very relevant and inspiring today. It's also a welcome break from the usual type of documentaries that focus on talking head soundbites and gossip. Thanks for making these.

[@mixingmasteringonline]

I'm really pleased you appreciate it, its definitely the intention to show the technology in context with the times. It really makes me feel lucky to have some of that original old equipment plus at least sone means of emulating it.

[@regplasma7906]

Very well put together and not one factual mistake throughout .Thank you.

[@cameronplatts9630]

Excellent presentation. Thank you very much. 👏👏👏

[@mixingmasteringonline]

Thank you!

[@Patrick-bm6ih]

Excellent

[@mixingmasteringonline]

Thank you!

[@eancurtis9333]

Legends!

[@theqrm]

Excellent! Where do the Florian quotes come from??

[@mixingmasteringonline]

Thank you. I think it was from a Computer Music magazine article.

[@Vankraut]

The Picture at 0:30 is Krefeld, Ostwall at the Train-Station (approx. 1965-68). The original Hometown of Ralf and myself. The City where it all began. First with The Phantoms, then with Rambo Zambo Bluesband / Bluesology (together with Rüdiger Bogusch and my Father Jürgen Karpenkiel). In 1969 when Ralf started Organisation, he did this mainly out of Düsseldorf, together with Florian of course, and other changing musicians like Basil Hammoudi and others, and when they changed to the Kraftwerk Thing, with Klaus Dinger for Live-Drums etc...

[@jeshkam]

Is this somewhere near Remsheid?

[@Vankraut]

@@jeshkam Yes, Krefeld is on the left side of the Rhein, above / or in the north of Düsseldorf, and Remscheid is, like most of Düsseldorf, on the right side of the Rhein, 30 kilometers east from Düsseldorf. Krefeld is the original hometown of Ralf. He started studying in Aachen approx in mid/late 1968, teamed up there with Basil Hammoudi and Florian, doing some Gigs and the Tone Float LP as "Organisation". Just a bit later the name was changed to Kraftwerk, and the new HQ was becoming the famous Kling-Klang Place/Studio at Mintropstrasse near the trainstation in Düsseldorf.

[@jeshkam]

@@Vankraut Yes, *Remscheid, sorry for the typo. Thank you.

[@user-er8si8gz5w]

I.m collecting kraftwerk since 1976
All kind of vinyl cd dvd video and more.....but at least the last 25 years
No new record and live always the same tracks......i miss bartos and flur......only 1 original member left
This kraftwerk has nothing new anymore......they are robots of their self.......😢

[@BoltRM]

Tangerine Dream is a German electronic music band founded in 1967

[@soriac2357]

Yes, but like Kraftwerk themselves, they were mainly a "Krautrock" band in the late 60's, with conventional instruments and a Farfisa being the most "electronic" one. Like Kraftwerk, they started first steps into electronic in 1972 with a VCS3, but still mostly rely more on effects to create their cosmic landscapes. The big brake came in 1974 when they purchased a huge Moog modular. But even after TD music became massively synth driven, they still used acoustic instruments, too, most prominently Edgar Froeses guitars. In comparison, "Autobahn" really was pure electronic and tape splicing music, they even ditched Florians flute in the title track (replaced it with a flute like sound from the Minimoog). So, technically, Kraftwerk was the first german band going full electronic 🙂
Most notably, the music differs quite, there is a reason why TD is called the forerunner of the "Berlin school" of electronic music (long sequence driven passages, with artists like K.Schulze or AshRa), and Kraftwerk for the "Düsseldorf school" (focused more on the motorik beats), with artists like Neu! and producer Conny Planck being the central point of focus there.

[@Vankraut]

There is no Klaus Rother !!! There is Klaus Dinger, playing live drums and on Kraftwerk I, till starting NEU!, and Michael Rother, playing live with a lineup without Ralf (Ralf finished his studies), till starting NEU!, together with Klaus Dinger...

[@mixingmasteringonline]

Thanks for the info.

[@Vankraut]

Now I know which Guy you maybe meant. His Name is Klaus Röder / Roeder, he helped out playing the "Guitar" on the Autobahn-Album. Ralf & Florian wanted Michael Rother for the Production, but he declined the job, because he was doing the second Harmonia Album at that time. Instead Klaus Röder was doing the guitar-work on the Autobahn-Album. @@mixingmasteringonline

[@mixingmasteringonline]

I see, sounds like I got mixed up a bit there. thanks again!

[@lowandodor1150]

@@Vankraut Mmmhhhh.... _Harmonia_

[@top-ten.music_and_more]

@@Vankraut Thats right. Roeder was on the album cover too.The long haired guy between Florian and Wolfgang, thats him.

[@cyclesgoff9768]

Whaaaaat. He put the Vocoder up on eBay and it only got 12k😱. Fk me my wife spends more on that on handbags per year.. Bargain of this and last century.