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Description: Exuberance/Ebullience, banter, possibly an interview, context and connection, the familiar, the strange.



Find: Symphonies of Treble, Words Of Expectation, stab, skronk, shimmer, sheen, The New Sound of Now, Ideas for Walls, pleasure, pith, Flutter and Wow, Motorik, cowbells, disco akimbo, at least one Cantankerous Singer, The German Language, shards of glass, Ethiopian Punk, organic, synthetic, sawtooths & squarewaves, Library Riffage, yesterday's recipes, the wrong speed, intentional static, floating, ethereal, time and timelessness.

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Artist Track Album Label Year Comments Approx. start time

Music behind DJ:
Neu! 

Im Glück (Intro only / Faded)   Favoriting

Neu! 

Brain / Grönland Records / Astralwerks 

1973 / 2001 

The legendary Krautrock duo of Michael Rother and the late Klaus Dinger originally released this track on their 1972 self-titled LP. "There are many terms that always crop up during discussion of the bewildering variety of leftfield rock and electronic music that came out of Germany in the late 60s and 70s. The most commonly occurring nomenclature is the only partially useful and slightly disagreeable umbrella name of Krautrock. Probably the second most popular term is the much more useful motorik. The word, which literally means 'motor skill' in German, was originally coined by journalists to describe the minimal yet propulsive four four beat that underpins just a small amount of the music from this time and place. However, if this non-existent genre has anything approaching a definable quality, then this beat is it. It was a hallmark of Klaus Dinger's drumming for Neu!, although he rejected the term, preferring to call the rhythm the 'Apache beat'. This metronome was first used in this context by Kraftwerk on tracks such as 'Ruckzuck', and Can on the blistering 'Mother Sky'. //// This beat was the war drum of modernity, pushing the listener forwards into the future. It is often associated with the great transport networks of Germany, the railway lines and the autobahns. In fact the rhythm even mimics that of a car speeding along the open road or a train clattering along the rails: fast, measured, travel never ending. It was the rock beat stripped back to a glittering chassis. It was the minimalist framework on which improvisation could take place. //// Michael Rother "was recruited between the release of Kraftwerk's first and second eponymous album. He explains "Ralf Hutter was the first musician I had met who was on the same harmonic and melodic wavelength as me. We really understood each other without talking." It was then that he met drummer and future musical partner Klaus Dinger. It was during this intense period of creativity that the motorik beat was created - the thumping rhythm that would power the new German sound out of art galleries, universities and communes into the charts and the global consciousness. There was a hint of it in the aforementioned 'Rucksuck', which featured on Kraftwerk's 1970 debut album. The song is barely recognisable as being by today's synth titans with its heavily phased flute solo and fuzzy freak-out guitars. But the metronomic beat is unmistakably taking form. The first clear cut example of this rhythm however is on 'Hallo Gallo', the opening track of Neu!'s debut album. (Kraftwerk would later complete the circle by adapting the rhythm back for the closing section of their break-through song 'Autobahn'.)" //// "This said, the young musician felt that Kraftwerk lacked the necessary drive and direction and he left soon afterwards, taking Dinger with him to form Neu!: "When the atmosphere wasn't right, the sound wasn't right. I think it was quite terrible and apart from those good times on stage there were a lot of arguments, especially between Florian and Klaus. They were arguing a lot. So we tried to do the sessions for the second Kraftwerk album in summer of '72 and that failed because it was quite clear that we were dependent on some rough live atmosphere to make us create that enormous noise and heavy beat that we did. So it was just natural for us to separate. Klaus and I, we had the idea that our aims were closer so we should carry on together. So we got in touch with Conny again and so in December we recorded the first Neu! album." The name Neu! was suggested by Klaus whose girlfriend was working in advertising. It fitted neatly with their relatively stark modernist sound and broke from all of the rock traditions of the past. But after the release of their fantastic debut, which sold 35,000 copies on release, and a poorly received follow up, things started to disintegrate. (The pair ran out of money recording 'Neu 2' and the B-side is made up of tracks from the A-side recorded at different speeds. The techniques used to make the second side can retrospectively be claimed as far-sighted but at the time people felt a joke was being played on them.) The arguments that had spoiled their time in Kraftwerk were now beginning to affect Neu! Whatever fueled the animosity between Klaus and Michael (it was arguably drugs as Michael is fairly clean living and Klaus has gone on record saying that he is proud of his consumption of over a thousand LSD tabs) it caused him to seek a hiatus and while visiting "Kosmische" electronica band Cluster (his friends Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Dieter Moebius) at their studio in Forst, Rother had such a good time he ended up moving in with them. It was during this period that the trio conceived of the group Harmonia. This would all but signal the end of Neu!" 

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Snakefinger  The Model   Favoriting Chewing Hides The Sound  Ralph/Klanggalerie  1979  "Philip Charles Lithman (17 June 1949 – 1 July 1987), who performed under the stage name Snakefinger, was an English musician, singer and songwriter. A multi-instrumentalist, he was best known for his guitar and violin work and his collaborations with The Residents... His first album on Ralph was Chewing Hides the Sound in 1979, featuring original material co-written with The Residents as well as esoteric covers like Kraftwerk's "The Model". The songs showcased Lithman's distinctive slide guitar playing and often surreal imagery... On 1 July 1987, Snakefinger and his band, The Vestal Virgins, arrived in Linz, Austria, on the European Night tour. The next morning, he was found dead in a guestroom of the Posthof Club, where the band had been due to perform. He had suffered a heart attack. His single "There's No Justice in Life" was released the same day."  0:03:04 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
La Düsseldorf 

Silver Cloud   Favoriting

La Düsseldorf 

Decca / Telefunken / Warner Brothers 

1976 

"Striking up a stylistic compromise with Michael Rother, the other half of Neu!, Klaus Dinger had recruited his brother Thomas and friend Hans Lampe to play on side two of Neu! '75, taking the band in a more rocking direction than the ambient-inclined Rother cared for. With the split up of Neu! after Neu! '75's release, the remaining members recorded this LP with Neu!/Kraftwerk producer Conny Plank. The result is an album reminiscent of Neu!'s characteristic motorik beat set under atmospheric swathes of keyboard and guitar, but with more emphasis on vocals than the mostly instrumental Neu! had made room for."... ..."In La Düsseldorf’s eponymous debut, Dinger poked his head into disco and punk and opened himself in ways previously unheard in the more art-focused Neu!." 

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Fatboy Slim  Radioactivity   Favoriting Late Night Tales: Fatboy Slim  Night Time Stories Ltd  2013  Late Night Tales is one of the most renowned artist-curated compilation series of all time. Founded in 2001 by the author A.W. Wilde, Late Night Tales prides itself with a unique concept. On top of crafting a night-themed mixtape of the artist’s design, each edition features an unreleased cover song by that artist and a spoken word story read by an actor or musician at the end. This version of Radioactivity was Norman Cook's original contribution. It slaps!  0:12:36 (Pop-up)
Eläkeläiset  Poro   Favoriting Humppakäräjät  Stupido Records  1994  Eläkeläiset (Finnish for "pensioners") are a Finnish humppa band founded in 1993. They specialise in humppa and jenkka music and have been successful in Germany, Finland and elsewhere. Eläkeläiset mainly play cover versions of famous pop and rock hits in a fast humppa or slow jenkka style with Finnish lyrics — the original songs are barely recognizable. They also publish bootleg recordings of their own concerts. Eläkeläiset are very popular among some OpenBSD developers and frequently played at their hackathons, where they claim they are "thwarting evil with humppa and math. This is a most excellent, short and sweet cover!  0:16:09 (Pop-up)
Stereo Total  Tour De France   Favoriting Baby Ouh!  Stereo Total  2020  Stereo Total was a Berlin-based multilingual, French-German[1] duo which comprised Françoise Cactus (born Françoise van Hove and formerly co-leader of the West Berlin band Les Lolitas) and Brezel Göring. Their music is a playful, wildly eclectic mash-up of synthpop, new wave, electronica, and pop music. The most consistent element in their cut and paste compositions is a retro-hip European 1960s style, with references to psych and garage-rock as well as to 1960s French-pop in the vein of Françoise Hardy, Jacques Dutronc, France Gall, and Brigitte Bardot. Some of their most recognized tracks are kitschy lo-fi covers of pop, rock and soul songs, such as their self-consciously trashy version of Salt-N-Pepa's electro rap hit "Push It...and this most charming version of Trans Europe Express...  0:17:06 (Pop-up)
Harry Pussy  Showroom Dummies   Favoriting You'll Never Play This Town Again  Load Records  2008  Harry Pussy was an American noise rock band from Miami, active from 1992 to 1997. The main members were Bill Orcutt on guitar and vocals and Adris Hoyos on drums and vocals. Other members included Mark Feehan on guitar, later replaced by Dan Hosker. They recorded primarily for the Siltbreeze label. The often violent and sexually charged music of Harry Pussy is still well-regarded and highly influential in the noise and noise rock scenes. Following the dissolution of Harry Pussy, Hoyos began playing sporadically in improv groups and Orcutt focused on film-making. Bill Orcutt started playing live and releasing albums again in 2009.  0:19:42 (Pop-up)
Melt Banana  Showroom Dummies   Favoriting Musique Non Stop - A Tribute to Kraftwerk  EMI  1998  Covering Kraftwerk is extremely risky. The task presents a problem that few, if any other music groups in the world do. Their music is so sublime, so perfectly crafted, that it cannot be easily imitated or duplicated, even with the best intentions. It's like painting a Picasso to honor Picasso. Why look at the imitation to remember the original? Because it's FUCKING MELT BANANA THAT'S WHY. The band has shied away from any classification, saying they "don't write music according to genre", and has described their music as "like a chimera". The band is known for playing an "eclectic" selection of cover songs, both live and on studio recordings. Melt-Banana was inspired to do so after touring with Mr. Bungle and seeing them perform several cover songs, and thinking it would be fun for both the audience and the band themselves. Songs that Melt-Banana has covered include "Surfin' U.S.A." (The Beach Boys), "Neat Neat Neat" (The Damned) and "Paint It Black" (The Rolling Stones). In choosing the songs, Melt-Banana simply "play songs that [they] like."  0:21:25 (Pop-up)
Wollita & Stereo Total  Wollmensch- Maschine   Favoriting Ausser Kontrolle  Martin Shmitz Verlag  2005  Wollita, a sort of inflatable doll made of wool, is the main character of the novel "Wollita - Vom Wollknäuel zum Superstar", written by Françoise Cactus (Stereo Total) & Wolfgang Müller  0:22:53 (Pop-up)
The Routes  Pocket Calculator   Favoriting The Twang Machine (Surf Covers of Kraftwerk!)  Topsy Turvy Records  2022  This is the album that inspired this episode! Imagine a bizarre alternate universe in which the Moog synthesizer was invented before the guitar, and visiting thrift stores you'd find records such as THE VENTURES 'Guitar Indigo' and DICK DALE 'Twanged On Bach!?!' Well, here is a record that could well be from that universe! All through the album, Chris Jack and his band are paying a great homage to a clash between 70’s Düsseldorf and 50’s California, a mash-up that surprisingly works so well. Blasphemy and bastardisation or the perfect alchemy? Kraftwerk purists might fall on the former, but that’s sure going to be their loss.  0:25:08 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Señor Coconut 

Tour De France   Favoriting

El Baile Alemán 

NN 

2000 

We can't do this show without Senor Coconut...these versions are widely considered to be the gold standard when it comes to Kraftwerk reimaginings. Señor Coconut is actually German electronic music prankster Uwe Schmidt, better known as Atom Heart. Schmidt is reportedly hiding from the fascist German music underground in sunny South America (Santiago, Chile to be exact), much as his fellow countryman Adolph Eichmann once hid from the Nuremberg prosecutors. While taking in the local culture, Schmidt was struck with a vision: why not take the songs of Florian Schneider and Ralf Hütter and jazz them up to sound like they were performed by Ricky Ricardo's orchestra? And so, we doff our sombreros to Señor Coconut for creating such a fun little diversion: Felicitaciones, Señor Coconut, para un trabajo hecho bien. 

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Music behind DJ:
Ebony Steel Band 

Computer Love   Favoriting

Pan Machine 

OM Swagger 

2019 

Perfection. Utter perfection. This is everything I love. Pan Machine is the fruits of Record Collector editor Ian Shirley’s challenge to the band to cover material from 1973’s Ralf & Floran to 1983’s well versed Tour De France. The results are a joyous revelation of usage of steel drums. The similarity of the synthesizers is uncanny, fitting in with these versions supremely well. The melodies translate expertly throughout the set delivering wonderfully complex soundscapes effortlessly. 

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Music behind DJ:
Ebony Steel Band 

Spacelab   Favoriting

Pan Machine 

OM Swagger 

2019 

I could not think of a better instrument to cover this song. Truly I cannot. 

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Neu!  Super (Man Man Remix)   Favoriting NEU! – 50! Boxset / NEU! / Tribute Album  Grönland Records  2022  "Neu! is the German krautrock band formed in Düsseldorf in 1971 by Klaus Dinger and Michael Rother, after their split from Kraftwerk. The group's albums were produced by Conny Plank, who has been regarded as the group's "hidden member". Though Neu! had minimal commercial success during its existence, the band is retrospectively considered one of the founders of krautrock and a significant influence on a variety of subsequent rock, post-punk, and electronic music artists."  0:39:49 (Pop-up)
Neu!  Super 16   Favoriting Neu! 2  Brain / Grönland Records / Astralwerks  1973 / 2001  "Neu! 2 is the second studio album by the Krautrock band Neu!. It was recorded in January 1973 and mixed in February 1973, both at Windrose-Dumont-Time Studios in Hamburg, West Germany, and released in 1973 by Brain Records. It was officially reissued by Astralwerks in the US and by Grönland in the UK and Europe on 29 May 2001... Side 2 of the record caused consternation at the time. Neu! had quite simply run out of money to finish recording the album, so the second side consists entirely of their previously released single "Neuschnee/Super", manipulated at various playback speeds on a record player, or mangled in a cassette recorder. Critics at the time dismissed this as a cheap gimmick and a rip-off. While it was indeed an experiment born of desperation and necessity, it was entirely in keeping with Neu!'s pop art aesthetics, taking a "ready-made" sound object and re-presenting it with a series of stylized manipulations, and also quite in keeping with the way Neu!'s music deconstructed and pared down the form of rock music. Dinger subsequently pointed to side 2 as being a prototype of the now ubiquitous multiple remixes which typically accompany any pop single release."  0:44:37 (Pop-up)
Legendary Pink Dots  Super   Favoriting A Homage To Neu!  Cleopatra  1998  At one point the only cover that Legendary Pink Dots recorded? Seems unlikely, 18 years into their career, if not longer. From a Neu! tribute album...  0:48:20 (Pop-up)
Neu!  Super 78   Favoriting Neu! 2  Brain / Grönland Records / Astralwerks  1973 / 2001  ""Super" is a single by German band Neu!, released in 1972. It failed to chart and has never been re-released, but has become a collector's item due to the rarity of the original vinyl 7".[citation needed] After the single's recording both the A and B side tracks were added to the album Neu! 2, which was released the following year. //// Both tracks were recorded quickly at Conny Plank's studio in Cologne during the summer of 1972, six months after the release of Neu!'s debut album. Brain were pessimistic about the single's chances, and had to be convinced to release it by Dinger and Rother. When it was released, it was backed by only minimal promotion, and predictably failed to make any impact on the German music charts (though some Krautrock acts – such as Can – did have successful singles in the early '70s). //// When Dinger and Rother returned to the studio in early 1973 to record Neu! 2, they decided to fill the second side of the new album with tape manipulated remixes of the "Super/Neuschnee" single. There have been several conflicting explanations as to why this was done, the most quoted being Dinger's assertion that: "When the money ran out, I got the idea of taking the single, play around with it and put the results on side 2 of the album." //// However, this has been refuted by Michael Rother, who claims that the second side was made to aggravate their record label, who they felt had insufficiently promoted the original release of the "Super/Neuschnee" single, and not as a result of financial problems. Either way, the second side of the album was ill-met by fans who thought, according to Rother, that "we were making fun of them." This issue contributed to the widening gap between Dinger and Rother, both creatively and personally. Dinger later said of the issue: "[The second side of Neu! 2] was absolutely my idea. I came from that world, Pop Art thinking. Michael did not like the idea. These days he claims that everything in NEU! was 50/50. Financially: yes. Creatively: no. He was always very conventional." //// The single was also released in the UK on the United Artists label with a different cover."  0:52:50 (Pop-up)
Neu!  Super (Mogwai Remix)   Favoriting NEU! – 50! Boxset / NEU! / Tribute Album  Grönland Records  2022  "Neu! 2 is the second studio album by the Krautrock band Neu!. It was recorded in January 1973 and mixed in February 1973, both at Windrose-Dumont-Time Studios in Hamburg, West Germany, and released in 1973 by Brain Records. It was officially reissued by Astralwerks in the US and by Grönland in the UK and Europe on 29 May 2001... Side 2 of the record caused consternation at the time. Neu! had quite simply run out of money to finish recording the album, so the second side consists entirely of their previously released single "Neuschnee/Super", manipulated at various playback speeds on a record player, or mangled in a cassette recorder. Critics at the time dismissed this as a cheap gimmick and a rip-off. While it was indeed an experiment born of desperation and necessity, it was entirely in keeping with Neu!'s pop art aesthetics, taking a "ready-made" sound object and re-presenting it with a series of stylized manipulations, and also quite in keeping with the way Neu!'s music deconstructed and pared down the form of rock music. Dinger subsequently pointed to side 2 as being a prototype of the now ubiquitous multiple remixes which typically accompany any pop single release."  0:54:16 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Zeitkratzer 

Ruckzuck   Favoriting

Zeitkratzer Performs Songs From The Albums "Kraftwerk" And "Kraftwerk 2" 

Karlrecords / zeitkratzer Records 

2017 

An incredible rendering of KW. Reinhold Friedl founded zeitkratzer in 1997 in Berlin. From their website: "zeitkratzer is sound made visible, tangible, bodily—a corporal live music experience. The physicality of sound is celebrated through extended instrumental techniques, a deep understanding of the musical material, and amplified traditional instruments. It will make you expect more from music than you ever did! //// zeitkratzer is perverting musical genres. Keiji Haino meets Karlheinz Stockhausen meets Laurie Anderson meets folk music meets Whitehouse meets Serbian war songs meets Terre Thaemlitz meets Iannis Xenakis meets Lou Reed meets The Shape Of Jazz To Come meets Arnold Schönberg. The joy of the intensity of sound and music: a challenge to both composers and non-academic noise-makers from the most talented performers, improvisers, sound artists and composers around. //// zeitkratzer is a soloist ensemble. Its strength comes from its members. Founded in 1999, it gathers nine musicians and lighting and sound engineers living in different European cities — from Berlin to Palermo, from Belgrade to Oslo — meeting all over the world to work together. zeitkratzer benefits from its outstanding musicians, their advanced and unique playing techniques, their rich and multifaceted musical experience and varied backgrounds: contemporary music, noise, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, improvised music, experimental rock, ambient, folk music, industrial, early music… //// zeitkratzer is independent from music institutions. The ensemble finances itself through free projects and touring internationally. This freedom facilitates the idiosyncratic and groundbreaking repertoire that has made zeitkratzer internationally recognized. Faithful only to their own tastes and beliefs, they have established themselves to be one of the most intriguing ensembles to collaborate with. Musicians who have worked with zeitkratzer include: Lou Reed, Alvin Lucier, Keith Rowe (AMM), Mario Bertoncini (nuova consonanza), Jim O’Rourke, James Tenney, Merzbow, Zbigniew Karkowksi, Keiji Haino, Marcus Schmickler, Alvin Curran (musica elettronica viva), Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth), Laurie Anderson, Elliott Sharp... //// zeitkratzer is driven by unique concert programs. Blocks of repertoire created by the ensemble can function either separately or mixed together. From the Volksmusik of the Danube, reminiscent of waltzes and zithers, to Xenakis [A]Live! an homage to the great composer with a paraphrase of his “Persepolis”; the [electronics] series, including music by and with Keiji Haino, Terre Thaemlitz, Carsten Nicolai and William Bennett of Whitehouse; the [old school] series, dedicated to the new music of John Cage, James Tenney and Alvin Lucier; Noise with Merzbow, Keiji Haino and Zbigniew Karkowski; idiosyncratic songs for soprano and ensemble; and the famous Metal Machine Music by Lou Reed, guitar feedback transcribed for amplified traditional instruments. zeitkratzer is touring worldwide and performing at renowned festivals from Tokyo to Madrid, Rome and London to Vienna, Paris and Budapest to Berlin. //// zeitkratzer is not worried about preserving the “purity” of new music. Music, especially so-called new music, thrives on continuous contamination. The idea of “pure taste” as an independent aesthetic category was revealed by Pierre Bourdieu to be a medium of social distinction. “Thus, pure taste is based on nothing else but a rejection or rather disgust for the objects that ‘force us to enjoy’, such as disgust for such crude, vulgar taste that is also appealing in this forced enjoyment.” //// zeitkratzer is serious music full of joy!" 

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Music behind DJ:
Zeitkratzer 

Spule 4   Favoriting

Zeitkratzer Performs Songs From The Albums "Kraftwerk" And "Kraftwerk 2" 

Karlrecords / zeitkratzer Records 

2017 

An incredible rendering of KW. Reinhold Friedl founded zeitkratzer in 1997 in Berlin. From their website: "zeitkratzer is sound made visible, tangible, bodily—a corporal live music experience. The physicality of sound is celebrated through extended instrumental techniques, a deep understanding of the musical material, and amplified traditional instruments. It will make you expect more from music than you ever did! //// zeitkratzer is perverting musical genres. Keiji Haino meets Karlheinz Stockhausen meets Laurie Anderson meets folk music meets Whitehouse meets Serbian war songs meets Terre Thaemlitz meets Iannis Xenakis meets Lou Reed meets The Shape Of Jazz To Come meets Arnold Schönberg. The joy of the intensity of sound and music: a challenge to both composers and non-academic noise-makers from the most talented performers, improvisers, sound artists and composers around. //// zeitkratzer is a soloist ensemble. Its strength comes from its members. Founded in 1999, it gathers nine musicians and lighting and sound engineers living in different European cities — from Berlin to Palermo, from Belgrade to Oslo — meeting all over the world to work together. zeitkratzer benefits from its outstanding musicians, their advanced and unique playing techniques, their rich and multifaceted musical experience and varied backgrounds: contemporary music, noise, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, improvised music, experimental rock, ambient, folk music, industrial, early music… //// zeitkratzer is independent from music institutions. The ensemble finances itself through free projects and touring internationally. This freedom facilitates the idiosyncratic and groundbreaking repertoire that has made zeitkratzer internationally recognized. Faithful only to their own tastes and beliefs, they have established themselves to be one of the most intriguing ensembles to collaborate with. Musicians who have worked with zeitkratzer include: Lou Reed, Alvin Lucier, Keith Rowe (AMM), Mario Bertoncini (nuova consonanza), Jim O’Rourke, James Tenney, Merzbow, Zbigniew Karkowksi, Keiji Haino, Marcus Schmickler, Alvin Curran (musica elettronica viva), Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth), Laurie Anderson, Elliott Sharp... //// zeitkratzer is driven by unique concert programs. Blocks of repertoire created by the ensemble can function either separately or mixed together. From the Volksmusik of the Danube, reminiscent of waltzes and zithers, to Xenakis [A]Live! an homage to the great composer with a paraphrase of his “Persepolis”; the [electronics] series, including music by and with Keiji Haino, Terre Thaemlitz, Carsten Nicolai and William Bennett of Whitehouse; the [old school] series, dedicated to the new music of John Cage, James Tenney and Alvin Lucier; Noise with Merzbow, Keiji Haino and Zbigniew Karkowski; idiosyncratic songs for soprano and ensemble; and the famous Metal Machine Music by Lou Reed, guitar feedback transcribed for amplified traditional instruments. zeitkratzer is touring worldwide and performing at renowned festivals from Tokyo to Madrid, Rome and London to Vienna, Paris and Budapest to Berlin. //// zeitkratzer is not worried about preserving the “purity” of new music. Music, especially so-called new music, thrives on continuous contamination. The idea of “pure taste” as an independent aesthetic category was revealed by Pierre Bourdieu to be a medium of social distinction. “Thus, pure taste is based on nothing else but a rejection or rather disgust for the objects that ‘force us to enjoy’, such as disgust for such crude, vulgar taste that is also appealing in this forced enjoyment.” //// zeitkratzer is serious music full of joy!" 

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Drexciya  Aquabahn   Favoriting Journey of the Deep Sea Dweller III  Clone Records  2013  The majority of Drexciya's releases were in the style of dance-floor oriented electro, punctuated with elements of retro and 1980s Detroit techno, with occasional excursions into the ambient and industrial genres. Drexciya, which eschewed media attention and its attendant focus on personality, developed around a nautical afrofuturist myth. The group revealed in the sleeve notes to their 1997 album The Quest that "Drexciya" was an underwater country populated by the unborn children of pregnant African women who were thrown off of slave ships; the babies had adapted to breathe underwater in their mothers' wombs.  1:08:13 (Pop-up)
Beck  Get Real Paid   Favoriting Midnite Vultures  Geffen Records  1999  I loved this record when it came out. It's pure sleazy superfun Beck. The use of the sample from Kraftwerk's "Home Computer" keeps this banger bubbling along in perfect machine synthesis. Beck explained to Request that for this song, "I was trying to make it sound like the Teletubbies>, if they went electro." He added that lyrically it's a goof on the Puff Daddies of the world. Or as Beck put it: "The pervasive R&B entrepreneurial superstar star-maker man-male '90s machine."  1:10:23 (Pop-up)
Ladytron  He Took Her To a Movie   Favoriting 604  Emperor Norton  2000  This chilly little slice of Electrolash/Synthpop borrows heavily from "The Model" "He Took Her to a Movie" was released as the album's lead single. The song was recorded for £50, and features guest vocals from Lisa Eriksson of San Francisco-based electronic duo Techno Squirrels. Upon its release, it was named the "Single of the Week" by NME magazine.  1:14:46 (Pop-up)
Big Audio Dynamite II  Kool Aid   Favoriting The Globe  Sony Music  1991  The Globe is the sixth album by alternative dance group Big Audio Dynamite II, their second album credited under that name instead of Big Audio Dynamite. It was released on 16 July 1991 in the United States, and in August elsewhere else, just after their limited UK-only album Kool-Aid and includes reworked versions of some of its songs. Don Letts on BAD: "When we came out, there was no alternative chart, and they used to file us in all the racks — funk and rap and reggae and rock’ n’ roll. I think they almost created an alternative chart just for Big Audio Dynamite. You’ve got to understand what this shit sounded like in the early ’80s. Especially in America. It was bizarre to them, which is funny now when you look at what’s going on musically in the world today." Sample: Numbers by Kraftwerk...  1:17:57 (Pop-up)
Papa Dee  The Model   Favoriting The Man Who Couldn't Say No  Network Entertainment Group  2001  David Christopher Daniel Wahlgren, better known by the stage name Papa Dee, is a Swedish rapper. Due to his prolific yet flexible imprint Papa Dee has enjoyed a successful career as one of Sweden's most sought after voice artists dubbing cartoons and movies alike. Most of his records are dancehall/ragga/reggae themed...I suspect that this is probably his best song...  1:21:56 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Balanescu Quartet 

Autobahn   Favoriting

Possessed 

Universal Music 

1992 

The Balanescu Quartet is a contemporary music ensemble formed in 1987. Its guiding force has been the Romanian virtuoso violinist and composer Alexander Balanescu, who has led the quartet across musical frontiers into new uncharted territory. This search to push the limits of the string quartet, has revealed an ensemble nearer to a band rather than a classical group, and reflects Balanescu's passionate belief in the intercommunication and fluidity between different musical fields. They have collaborated with many, many artists from Kate Bush to Spiritualized to David Byrne and are alonside Kronos Quartet, the best in 4 piece string ensembles going. 

1:25:39 (Pop-up)
la! NÊU?  Hero '96 (J'Accuse)   Favoriting Düsseldorf  Captain Trip Records  1996  Dinger left Kraftwerk to form Neu! with Michael Rother, later falling in & out with him over the years. He would form La Düsseldorf thereafter, releasing songs "La Düsseldorf" and "Düsseldorf" on the debut of that band. Later he would form La! Neu? (stylized as la! NÊU?) and release a debut album entitled Düsseldorf, which would feature a song that heavily referenced the 1975 Neu song "Hero", titled & reimagined as "Hero '96 (J'Accuse)". Questions? I thought not. ---- "Recorded in the year following the band's formation in summer 1995. The album features several members of the Düsseldorf band Kreidler, and was recorded primarily in the city after which it is named. It was released during a period of intense musical activity for Klaus Dinger, who had just signed to the Japanese record label Captain Trip Records, which he used to market two previously unreleased Neu! albums. It is La! Neu?'s debut album, although of the musicians featured on it only Dinger and Victoria "Wicki" Wehrmeister would form a consistent part of the future La! Neu?" --- "On 9 May 1995 (on his mother's 72nd birthday), Dinger recorded the majority of the track "Hero '96" in his home studio, using drum machines and his 16-track tape recorder. He improvised lyrics using a piece of pop art (entitled "New Dead-Line (12345 Mandela)" and reproduced in the CD booklet) which he was working on at the time. The song title and lyrics refer to the Neu! track "Hero" which he had written twenty years earlier. When he played the track to Reihse at their next meeting, Reihse suggested that a backing vocal track be recorded, using his acquaintance Victoria Wehrmeister. Wehrmester was at that time vocalist and saxophonist for "Superbilk", another Düsseldorf band which had released a joint single with Kreidler ("Kookaï / Bildidee" ) earlier that year. //// Dinger immediately arranged to meet Wehrmeister at a nearby ice-cream parlour. The pair then rode to Dinger's studio on their bicycles and Wehrmeister recorded improvised backing vocals in her trademark ululating style. A few days later Dinger allowed Reihse to record a final improvised synthesizer track for "Hero '96", before announcing the song complete."  1:34:36 (Pop-up)
Siouxsie & The Banshees  Hall of Mirrors   Favoriting Through The Looking Glass  Polydor  1987  he record was also an ode to David Bowie's Pin Ups, a covers album recorded in the early 1970s. After spending more than a year working on 1986's Tinderbox, the Banshees wanted spontaneity, and quickly returned to the studio after the tour, to record their own covers album. Ralf Hütter of Kraftwerk lauded the version of "Hall of Mirrors" and stated: "In general, we consider cover versions as an appreciation of our work. The version of 'Hall of Mirrors' by Siouxsie and the Banshees is extraordinary".  1:56:58 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:52pm
DJ Babs:

Hi Beach Buddies and welcome welcome! Hope you're ready for a bunch of super fun and Krafty tunes tonight!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:59pm
Scott_Oz:

G'day Babs, Derek & Beach-bots!🤖
🌏☀️🍻😎🤙💨🍺🍺🌻
  8:00pm
Robm:

Evening fellow beach bums
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:00pm
ultradamno:

Babs! Derek! Beach Bums!
  8:00pm
Robm:

Hi babs and scott
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:01pm
Scott_Oz:

↳ Robm @8:00
G'day mate!🍻😎🤙💨🍺
  8:01pm
Robm:

↳ Scott_Oz @8:01
Howdy back mate
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:01pm
ultradamno:

Maybe The Residents' Krafty Cheese?
  8:02pm
Robm:

Howdy ultradamno
Avatar 8:02pm
Mr Fab:

Ya, vee love zee Kraftwerk!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:03pm
ultradamno:

Hiya Robm!

Messer Chups do a fine Das Model
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:04pm
DJ Babs:

Hello Hello all! Rob! Scott! UD! Mr Fab! Well y9ou are all in luck tonight!!! There's some great tunes ahead!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:05pm
DJ Babs:

Hope you are all doing super well! :-)
  8:05pm
Robm:

↳ DJ Babs @8:05
Babs so far so good
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:05pm
DJ Babs:

↳ ultradamno @8:03
Oh yeah I forgot about that one!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:06pm
DJ Babs:

So glad to hear that Rob! Always happy oon a Thursday cause it's almost Friday lol
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:06pm
Derek Westerholm:

Hallogallo beachfriends!
Avatar 8:06pm
Mr Fab:

I've heard German people pronounce their name "Kroft-veark." 'veark' rhymes with "bear" or "stair." Cannot vouch for the accuracy of this as I do not sprechen zee Deutch.
  8:07pm
Robm:

↳ DJ Babs @8:06
Yup although i am retired and everyday is friday to me
  8:08pm
Carmichael:

I just retired last week, robm. I definitely get the nub of your gist.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:09pm
DJ Babs:

hello hello Carmichael! You and Rob are living the dream!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:10pm
ultradamno:

twitter.com...
  8:10pm
Robm:

↳ Carmichael @8:08
Sorry did not mean to gloat carmichael
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:11pm
DJ Babs:

not at all it's something to be proud of!
Avatar 8:12pm
laurapanic:

*lies on a towel, with long cool drink, in black clothing and boots*
  8:12pm
Robm:

↳ DJ Babs @8:11
Thanks babs i just am not a gloating type of person
Howdy laurapanic
  8:13pm
Robm:

And carmichael congratulations
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:14pm
DJ Babs:

Hello Hello Laura!!! It's goths on the beach time for sure!
  8:14pm
Carmichael:

👍🏻😎
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:14pm
DJ Babs:

I was at a serious goth fest last night I went to see THE CURE
  8:15pm
Bianca:

This was the pick me up I needed!
  8:15pm
Robm:

↳ DJ Babs @8:14
Wow cool must have been some concert
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:16pm
ultradamno:

Swag arrived today. The cover on Blumin's CD is extra pretty and that single adapter thing has some heft to it...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:16pm
DJ Babs:

Hello Hello Bianca and welcome to the Beach!!!
  8:16pm
Robm:

↳ Bianca @8:15
Hey bianca
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:16pm
DJ Babs:

↳ Robm @8:15
OMG ROB you have no idea it was AMAZING.
  8:17pm
Tyler:

Good evening beachwerkers!
  8:17pm
Robm:

↳ ultradamno @8:16
Nice when the swag arrives
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:17pm
DJ Babs:

↳ ultradamno @8:16
I'm so excited for my swag delivery!!!
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laurapanic:

POLKA, NOW PEOPLE. Hard to do in the sand
  8:17pm
Robm:

↳ DJ Babs @8:16
I am sure it was
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:18pm
DJ Babs:

↳ laurapanic @8:17
we legit were just polkaing and I forgot to publish! LOL
  8:18pm
Tyler:

The Senor Coconut version of this song is my ringtone on my phone.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:18pm
DJ Babs:

ah yes! there might be some senor coconut!!!! I love this version as well!
Avatar 8:18pm
laurapanic:

↳ Song: "Poro" by "Eläkeläiset"
wow, the link to hackthons is CRAZY
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:19pm
DJ Babs:

hello hello Tyler!
  8:19pm
Tyler:

This sounds like the Seven Dwarfs doing Tour De France :)
  8:19pm
Tyler:

↳ DJ Babs @8:19
Hi Babs!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:20pm
DJ Babs:

It is a very cheery tour de france!
Avatar 8:22pm
Alli B:

Hello!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:22pm
Derek Westerholm:

How are you all doing? Scott! Ultra! Robm! Fab! Carmichael! Laura! Bianca! Tyler! Hello hallo hello! What stories have you all?
  8:23pm
Robm:

↳ Song: "Showroom Dummies" by "Harry Pussy"
I guess this song will never get played on regular radio:)
  8:23pm
Robm:

↳ Derek Westerholm @8:22
Hi hi Derek
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:23pm
DJ Babs:

no9pe lol that's what we are here for!
  8:24pm
DJ Nico:

Listening!
  8:24pm
Robm:

↳ DJ Babs @8:23
:) one of the reasons why i love internet only streams, songs like this and the djs can have potty mouths
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:25pm
ultradamno:

↳ Song: "Showroom Dummies" by "Melt Banana"
One of the more head scratching reviews I've ever read complained Jessi Zazu, of Those Darlins, voice sounded like Melt Banana....which even if that were close to true, is bad?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:26pm
DJ Babs:

Hi Nico! Awesome to have you with us tonight!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:26pm
Derek Westerholm:

↳ DJ Nico @8:24
DJ Nico! Yay!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:26pm
DJ Babs:

↳ ultradamno @8:25
Melt Banana are NEVER BAD!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:26pm
Derek Westerholm:

↳ Alli B @8:22
Alli B, Hello!
Avatar 8:27pm
Bianca:

↳ Derek Westerholm @8:22
Hiiii! Thanks for the music you two it's giving me the energy to study for my driver test when I reallllly don't want toooo
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:28pm
DJ Babs:

Thanks Bianca! We are here to inspire and give fun! And yes...studying for a drivers test is a drag but ohhh so worth it!!! You'll ace it I'm sure!
Avatar 8:28pm
anastomosis:

↳ DJ Babs @8:28
Fingers crossed ;P
  8:28pm
Robm:

↳ Bianca @8:27
Buanca good luck and hope you pass
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:28pm
Derek Westerholm:

↳ ultradamno @8:25
I owe Melt Banana some ghostly pictures. If I can find them. I saw them in the winter many years ago & my camera lens was still foggy. The pics were pretty otherworldly. They were very approachable & friendly & autograph-positive.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:29pm
Scott_Oz:

↳ Song: "Pocket Calculator" by "The Routes"
From a pocket calculator to a sea shell abacus.
  8:29pm
Tyler:

Ooop! My phone is ringing... :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:30pm
Derek Westerholm:

↳ Bianca @8:27
Bianca, happy to assist! Perhaps a road to the Autobahn for you one day! Lovely to have you here!
  8:30pm
Tyler:

The 8-Bit Operators tribute album is also pretty excellent!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:30pm
Derek Westerholm:

↳ Tyler @8:29
lol... I was wondering if you would do a "callback" (haha) to your earlier comment.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:31pm
Derek Westerholm:

↳ anastomosis @8:28
Hello anastomosis!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:31pm
ultradamno:

messer-chups.bandcamp.com...
  8:33pm
Tyler:

↳ Bianca @8:27
When I used to be stuck in traffic on highway 401 here in Ontario I would sing to myself "fun, fun, fun on the 401..."
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:34pm
Derek Westerholm:

↳ ultradamno @8:31
Ultra. that looks wonderful!
  8:34pm
Tyler:

This Ebony Steel Band version works so well!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:34pm
Derek Westerholm:

↳ Tyler @8:33
Tyler, haha! Of course you did!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:35pm
ultradamno:

Ralf & Florian is my favorite, shame they disowned it.
  8:37pm
Tyler:

↳ ultradamno @8:35
I love the first 3 Kraftwerk albums & Organisation: Tone Float. I don't agree with their decision to disown them & keep them out of print. You can't get to 'Autobahn' without them.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:37pm
ultradamno:

I like the polka dances with hand flapping gestures...always fun at Oktoberfest with a few beer buckets downed
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:38pm
DJ Babs:

I love Oktoberfest. It's in my genes!!!
  8:39pm
Tyler:

Michael Rother's solo records are excellent. They were recently re-issued separately & as a box set.
  8:40pm
Erik-O-Vert:

Prerhaps Phonetically : “Dole” + “Dinga” = Doldinger !?
  8:40pm
Tyler:

Legendary Pink Dots - NICE!
  8:41pm
Erik-O-Vert:

Where are our German listeners at ?
  8:41pm
DJ Nico:

This is SUPER fun!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:42pm
DJ Babs:

↳ Erik-O-Vert @8:40
Hello hello Erik! Welcome to the Beach!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:43pm
DJ Babs:

I’m German but in Canada!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:43pm
DJ Babs:

Glad you are enjoying Nico! We had a lot of fun putting this episode together…hell they are all fun!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:44pm
ultradamno:

I was wondering earlier if people from Wakanda should be Wakanadians and called Wakanucks in the movies
  8:45pm
Tyler:

↳ DJ Babs @8:43
Germanadian!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:45pm
DJ Babs:

Lol we won’t mind up here in Canukistan
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:46pm
DJ Babs:

Tyler wins the prize for most Canadian shirt EVER tho!
  8:46pm
Kristine:

hi all! what weirdness have i walked into?;)
Avatar 8:46pm
Mr Fab:

↳ Song: "Pocket Calculator" by "The Routes"
Why has this album only now been brought to my attention?!?

Heads will roll!
  8:47pm
Kristine:

yes, atonal Neu! wunderbar
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:47pm
DJ Babs:

↳ Kristine @8:46
You have wandered into some Krautrock strangeness!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:47pm
DJ Babs:

MeepMoop is howling we don’t know if he’s singing along or distressed lol
  8:47pm
Kristine:

↳ DJ Babs @8:47
couldnt be happier!
  8:48pm
Tyler:

↳ DJ Babs @8:46
I don't even need my passport anymore now that I have the 'Relic' shirt :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:48pm
DJ Babs:

↳ Mr Fab @8:46
Fab YOU MUST GET THE ROUTES ALBUM ITS SO GOOD
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:49pm
DJ Babs:

↳ Tyler @8:48
Lol I was always conflicted about Rekic from the Beachcombers he has a strange pedo vibe lol
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:49pm
DJ Babs:

Tho not a pedo lol. He had a heart of gold in the end!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:50pm
Derek Westerholm:

↳ Kristine @8:47
Kristine! Hello!!!! Yay, you stumbled into the atonal Neu! section of the show... Perfect timing!
  8:51pm
Tyler:

↳ DJ Babs @8:49
Let's not pull at that thread of Pedo vibes in 70's & 80's Canadian Television :)
Avatar 8:51pm
Mr Fab:

Motorik = playing drums with German engineering efficiency.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:52pm
DJ Babs:

Lol for those non Canadians unfamiliar with the cultural touchstone that was “the beachcombers” en.m.wikipedia.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:52pm
DJ Babs:

↳ Mr Fab @8:51
Exactly Fab!
  8:52pm
Tyler:

↳ DJ Babs @8:52
Transmissions From Echo Beachcomber :)
Avatar 8:53pm
laurapanic:

↳ DJ Babs @8:52
A staple on our Australian government channel when I was a kid!!
  8:53pm
Kristine:

echo from transmission beach comb over! how many of those guys still have hair now?
  8:54pm
Kristine:

this is super 'geil'! unintentional egg punk,
  8:54pm
Tyler:

↳ Kristine @8:53
Relic was already rockin' the Beachcombover from day one! :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:54pm
DJ Babs:

CRAZY! CRAZY!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:54pm
DJ Babs:

↳ Tyler @8:52
LOLZ
  8:55pm
Kristine:

geil is german for super cool, but it can also mean horny, so you have to be careful with that one. You pronounce it 'guile'. There ya go kids! information you can really use;)
  8:56pm
Kristine:

this neu set is super geil, thank you so much b and d!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:56pm
Derek Westerholm:

↳ Kristine @8:54
Haha... Yes! Proto-Egg-Punk!!!! I never even thought of that... Super 78!
  8:56pm
Tyler:

Mogwai was on just about every remix project for about 10 years around the early 2000's.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:56pm
DJ Babs:

Perfect! One of my favourite German words and expressions!
  8:57pm
Kristine:

extra points for saying it fast! impress your german and german adjacent friends!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:58pm
DJ Babs:

In the south they also say “gell” which kinda is interchangeable with “right!?” Every person from Bayern says it at least 200 times a day I’ve noticed!
  8:59pm
Kristine:

german adjacent-swiss, austrian, possibly amish but probably not
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:59pm
Scott_Oz:

↳ DJ Babs @8:52
It was my favourite! Little did I know then, I'd become 'Old Relic', minus the jet boat!
  8:59pm
Kristine:

well, gell and geil are two different things
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:59pm
DJ Babs:

Yes definitely two different things!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:00pm
DJ Babs:

↳ Scott_Oz @8:59
Haha! Were you a beachcomber Scott!?!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:00pm
ultradamno:

So kind of like Kendall Roy (a character that says 'right' at then of nearly every sentence to discourage contradiction...the hip hop variant is 'know what I'm sayin'')
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:01pm
Derek Westerholm:

↳ Song: "Ruckzuck" by "Zeitkratzer"
I am so intrigued by this outfit... Dying to find out more... Sorry to talk over them soon...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:01pm
Scott_Oz:

↳ Scott_Oz @8:59
& "pedo" vibe... I hope!?
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Bob Barth:

Good evening Babs & Derek! Enjoying all that you do, per usual!
  9:01pm
Kristine:

↳ Derek Westerholm @9:01
this is pretty fantastic!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:02pm
Scott_Oz:

↳ DJ Babs @9:00
A landlocked Nick at heart mate!
  9:02pm
Tyler:

My parents had an older German friend who's new car only had a CD player, so my father had the bright idea of volunteering me to rip all of his German cassette collection to CD. 50+ CASSETTES! My crash-course of German cultural education - several months of hour-after-hour of Marlene Dietrich, Andre Rieu, Heino, and Cowboy songs sung in a very, rigid, militant meter... :)
Avatar 9:03pm
Mr Fab:

I wouldn’t call side two of “Neu! two” remixes. Playing things backwards and speeding them up was a fairly common trick employed by novelty record producers. The A side would be some novelty song, and the B-side would it be playing backwards or sped up. With the song title often be spelled backwards.

So if that’s a “remix” then Napoleon XIV invented it with title "!aaaH-aH ,yawA eM ekaT oT gnimoC er'yehT" Rewrite the history books!
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 9:04pm
Will thee Sound Guy:

Hi DJ Babs, Derek, and all!!!
  9:04pm
Tyler:

↳ Mr Fab @9:03
The Sisters Of Mercy have also been guilty of employing this 'trick' on their singles & E.P.'s.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:08pm
ultradamno:

And old school hip hop, as I suppose everyone knows.
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Mr Fab:

↳ ultradamno @9:08
I was just about to say. That’s a huge topic in itself.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:10pm
DJ Babs:

It sure it! And I wanted to stay clear of the too obvious...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:10pm
Derek Westerholm:

↳ Bob Barth @9:01
Hello Bob Barth, looking forward to your "One Night Stand" show following us on Sheena's Jungle Room... A fun-filled slate of Sheena's listening!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:10pm
Derek Westerholm:

↳ Will thee Sound Guy @9:04
Hello Will Thee SG! Hope all is lovely in your sound-surrounds.
  9:11pm
Tyler:

First time I saw Kraftwerk live in the early 2000's there were a lot of hip-hop people in the crowd there, I suppose, based on Kraftwerk's reputation of being a fundamental influence to hip-hop culture. They gradually all departed before the set finished when it became clear there would be no breaks to the motorik rhythm and no guest MC's :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:11pm
DJ Babs:

Hi Bob! Hi Will!!!
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Alli B:

👯‍♀️👯💃🕺
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:12pm
DJ Babs:

Hi Alli! Just in time m'dear I gotta tun coming for ya!
Avatar 9:13pm
Alli B:

I’ve been here! But yay!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:13pm
DJ Babs:

yaaaaay!!!
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laurapanic:

How will we get out Fall fix this week? what link can there be?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:14pm
Derek Westerholm:

↳ Mr Fab @9:03
Fab, excellent points! Though, it seems Neu! enjoyed writing some of their own history as they considered it retrospectively... I'm just lazily cutting & pasting over here... Should be more exhaustive in my fact-checking, though I'm glad that you are here to set the record straight!
  9:14pm
Tyler:

↳ laurapanic @9:14
RE-PE-TI-TION!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:14pm
Derek Westerholm:

↳ laurapanic @9:14
Haha, Laura, I was thinking about that, but it would have been pretty forced, haha.
  9:15pm
Tyler:

↳ Derek Westerholm @9:14
Would you settle for XTC's 'Mechanic Dancing'? :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:16pm
Derek Westerholm:

Laura, for you: youtu.be...
  9:16pm
Tyler:

↳ Tyler @9:15
But, please, no Coldplay :)
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laurapanic:

↳ Derek Westerholm @9:16
Phew, thank you
Avatar 9:17pm
Bob Barth:

↳ Derek Westerholm @9:10
Thank you as always sir. I two are moving me! Lovin' every minute!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:17pm
DJ Babs:

Lol Coldplay is a band I guarantee YOU WILL NEVER HEAR ON THE BEACH BANNED FROM THE BEACH
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:17pm
DJ Babs:

THEY ARE VOTED OFF THE ISLAND
Avatar 9:18pm
anastomosis:

This song is queer energy <3
  9:18pm
Tyler:

↳ DJ Babs @9:17
:)
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Alli B:

Voted off 😂
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Alli B:

BANNED FROM THE BEACH (instead of pub) I’m forever going to sing it like that now
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:19pm
DJ Babs:

Hello Anastomosis! Welcome welcome and we are all about the queer energy!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:20pm
ultradamno:

Now that The Beatles have broken ground on a full AI John Lennon, how long before Kraftwerk live up to the promise of being actual robots?
Avatar 9:21pm
anastomosis:

It's Bianca I made a coooool profile for cool kids who listen to cool music
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:21pm
DJ Babs:

Very soon. I think they mentioned recently that they are just going to keep replacing members which I think is kinda cool....
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Alli B:

Plot twist: Kraftwerk ARE actual robots and we’re just catching up
  9:21pm
Tyler:

↳ ultradamno @9:20
I was actually worried about that at the last concert I went to that they would follow through on their idea of just sending the Robots to perform :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:21pm
DJ Babs:

Sweeeet! I love it Bianca/Anastomosis/Future Driver! ;-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:22pm
DJ Babs:

you are officially a young driver of Canada! LOL
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:22pm
ultradamno:

↳ DJ Babs @9:21
I think The Residents beat them to that, though...the 'hidden' identities allowing for interchangeable lineups
  9:22pm
Tyler:

↳ DJ Babs @9:21
I have a very old book in which they mention bequeathing KlingKlang & their algorithms to the next generation so that Kraftwerk will continue indefinitely.
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anastomosis:

↳ DJ Babs @9:21
;P I'm going back and forth on studying because my brain can't just do one thing at a time hahaha

Also yes be afraid for the roads. Buckle in.
Avatar 9:23pm
Alli B:

Never heard this. Loving every second.
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DJ Babs:

no way! you're going to be great! I'd drive with ya!
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Will thee Sound Guy:

↳ Song: "The Model" by "Papa Dee"
A pretty rad cover
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DJ Babs:

↳ Alli B @9:23
thought ya might gyal! ;-)
  9:24pm
Tyler:

You know the songwriting is SOLID when it can be transposed into so many different environments & genres.
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anastomosis:

Babs you're braver than Jorge he says he's not getting in the passenger seat haha
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Mr Fab:

Jazz bands have been doing this forever. There’s still something called the Glenn Miller Orchestra out there. They call them “ghost orchestras.“
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DJ Babs:

waaat! be careful you might end up the official designated driver of Juicebox LOL
  9:25pm
Tyler:

↳ anastomosis @9:24
Jorge is a Showroom Dummy, not a Crash Test Dummy :)
  9:25pm
DJ Nico:

Loving the variety of covers. So cool.
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anastomosis:

↳ DJ Babs @9:25
OH NO I didn't even consider this hahaha
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DJ Babs:

So glad you are lovin it Nico!!!
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anastomosis:

↳ Tyler @9:25
He can wear a helmet
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ultradamno:

And there's actual robot bands like Compressorhead and Trio Fantastique
  9:27pm
Tyler:

Nice Cellobahn!
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ultradamno:

↳ ultradamno @9:27
stevebattle.tumblr.com...

compressorhead.bandcamp.com...
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ultradamno:

↳ ultradamno @9:28
hackaday.com...
  9:30pm
Erik-O-Vert:

Lookin for a mind expanding Germanic “Doitch-Land” experience… Earlier today - I was pointed towards a 3 hour show of “Neue Deutsche Welle (NDW = New German Wave), DJ’d by Bryce via the archive ! (from March 2021). It’s an absolute ear-blowing rarified trip ! Power Packed wall to wall German fun time. Plus the archived chats included a comment by a German legend: (Moritz R) = Flabbergasted !
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laurapanic:

The Ladytron LP 604 is great
  9:30pm
Tyler:

Definitely would be no Gorillaz without B.A.D.
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ultradamno:

↳ Erik-O-Vert @9:30
You know the Ende Vom Lied comp? www.discogs.com...
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DJ Babs:

↳ Erik-O-Vert @9:30
OH don't get me started on the NDW! We often try to get as many of those artists in when we can!
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northguineahills:

↳ laurapanic @9:30
yes indeed. I used to spin many of 12"s from that album (i have[err, had] a lot of redundant releases)
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DJ Babs:

↳ laurapanic @9:30
Agreed! Such a great record!
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northguineahills:

apropos of nothing, i've been to the club, kraftwerk in berlin, which has nothing to do w/ kraftwerk the band (it was a former east german power plant).
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ultradamno:

Is 'scattered t-storms then isolated t-storms' a distinction without a difference?
  9:37pm
Kristine:

↳ Erik-O-Vert @9:30
that sounds great! wil have to have a look. I also really love the Verschwende Deine Jugend compilation on punk and new wave in 'schland
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DJ Babs:

↳ Tyler @9:30
And yes there would be no Gorillaz without BAD! In fact Don let’s said a possible BAD reunion was a bit derailed by mick jones playing with gorillaz lol
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DJ Babs:

↳ Kristine @9:37
I was just going to mention that comp!
  9:38pm
Tyler:

↳ DJ Babs @9:37
Awww... That's too B.A.D' :(
(I'll see myself out :) )
  9:39pm
Kristine:

it was based on a book which is basically interviews with all the artists.
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DJ Babs:

Haha! So you could also say there’s no BAD thanks to gorillaz!
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northguineahills:

↳ ultradamno @9:37
scattered infers a higher probability of occurring versus isolated (in meteorology parlance).....
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Derek Westerholm:

↳ Erik-O-Vert @9:30
Erik-O-Vert. that sounds marvelous! Bryce is a legend, himself! The world of WFMU just keeps giving...! Also, welcome! Lovely to see you here!
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Mr Fab:

Mike Rogers robotic new show “sounds from space” played “autobahn” in its entirety a few nights ago.
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DJ Babs:

I hear a lot of Lou reed in this!
  9:41pm
Tyler:

@Derek Westerholm - this song could be your Fall lead-in :)
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DJ Babs:

Hello North Guinea!!
  9:41pm
Kristine:

↳ Derek Westerholm @9:40
derek, how would i find this show?
  9:42pm
Tyler:

↳ DJ Babs @9:41
One of the most hilariously tragic things I've ever heard is Lou Reed doing a duet with Luciano Pavarotti of 'Perfect Day' :)
  9:43pm
Tyler:

↳ DJ Babs @9:41
This DOES have a 'Sister Ray' vibe
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northguineahills:

↳ DJ Babs @9:41
Babs!

Derek!
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northguineahills:

↳ Tyler @9:43
aye!
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Derek Westerholm:

↳ Kristine @9:41
Kristine, I suspect it's this one: wfmu.org...
  9:44pm
Kristine:

↳ Erik-O-Vert @9:30
hey erik, how would i find this show?
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ultradamno:

↳ DJ Babs @9:41
It makes the first Dream Syndicate album seem subtle in comparison
  9:45pm
Erik-0-Vert (VT):

↳ Mr Fab @9:41
indeed, new show "Sounds of Space" via Mr.Rogers via "A.I.-Robo-Boy" is another funhouse.
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Derek Westerholm:

↳ Derek Westerholm @9:44
Erik-O-Vert, does that link look like the one? Kristine, does that link look like the one? Awesome show, it looks like!
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Derek Westerholm:

wfmu.org...
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Derek Westerholm:

wfmu.org...
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Alli B:

Oof this is so good
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Derek Westerholm:

Ugh, can't plain text it...
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Derek Westerholm:

↳ Alli B @9:46
Alli, yay! Love that you are enjoying this!
  9:47pm
Kristine:

perfect! thank you derek,
  9:48pm
Erik-0-Vert (VT):

↳ Tyler @9:02
So cool of U to convert all those tapes ! - Yet Dang, sorry to hear that they weren't authentic Teutonic German originals !? (for all that werk, yet still could be funny stuff).
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Derek Westerholm:

↳ Kristine @9:47
Welcome! So many copy/pastes, haha!
  9:49pm
Erik-0-Vert (VT):

↳ Mr Fab @9:03
Impressive mind-funk cryptology Mr. Fab !
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northguineahills:

↳ Song: "Hero '96 (J'Accuse)" by "la! NÊU?"
I remember finding this when it first came out (it would be another two years before I found the original Neu! recs) i was so hungry for anything Dinger related, and loved it. It holds up on its own after all of these years...
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Derek Westerholm:

↳ northguineahills @9:50
I knew nothing of this until yesterday. I LOVE IT!!! Find me the cantankerous singer... I will likely enjoy...
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Derek Westerholm:

↳ northguineahills @9:50
I am also enjoying the push/pull ebb/flow of the production... Vocals overlapping, subsuming, emerging, overtaking... ahhh
  9:53pm
Tyler:

↳ Erik-0-Vert (VT) @9:48
I didn't mind the Dietrich & Heino stuff. Some of the other stuff he had was pretty corny. Unfortunately, being analog, I had to listen to each tape a minimum of 3 times to set the level & get a good rip.
  9:54pm
Tyler:

↳ Tyler @9:53
He & his wife were always good friends to my parents, so I figured I would pay them back in kind.
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northguineahills:

Derek and dj Babs, so many thanksewes! oodles of toodles everyone!
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Scott_Oz:

Thanks for all your fine Werk Babs & Derek!
🌏☀️🍻😎🤙💨🍺🍺🌻
  9:57pm
Tyler:

Thanks Babs, Derek & Meepmoop for another interesting & enjoyable show!
  9:57pm
Kristine:

Vielen dank derek and babs!
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Bob Barth:

Thank you both great show!
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Mr Fab:

auf wiedersehen, Derek und Babs!
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Will thee Sound Guy:

Thank you DJ Babs and Derek!!!
  9:57pm
Tyler:

Thanks also to the Werkers in the chat on the beach! Have a good night!
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DJ Babs:

Thank you so much everyone! Hope you have a lovely lovely weekend!
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Bob Barth:

For those that want to follow me into the next hour.... wfmu.org...
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DJ Babs:

Stay tuned for One Night Stand with Bob Barth!!!!
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Derek Westerholm:

↳ Bob Barth @9:58
Go there! Follow Bob Barth to his realm!
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Derek Westerholm:

Thank you all for your most excellent excellence... We intend to see you again!
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Bob Barth:

you two are the best!
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DJ Babs:

Thanks Bob! We'll see ya over there!
  11:17pm
Erik-0-Vert (VT):

UltraD: If u ever see this(prolly not)Super Thanks for this link to this Germanic Punk & Post-P motif comp. I will def check it out ! Only Know of 2 of the bands: 'Der Expander Fort..' & 'pffft'. Appreciate your cool film & music reco's. I think my taste is a tad less hardcore and leans more toward improv & weirdness & odd-pop, bbut i usta like heavier stuff alot. I sold-off too many of my noisy Lps! Ugh. (MDK, EN's:'Kollapse',Extrabreit, Alfred Harth, etc.) I have a few oddball comps i could reco, but will when we next chat.(may post again when i see U).
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