Electric Cafe - Kraftwerk

Advantages: Great atmospheric work
Disadvantages: what they were once capible off

...This is Kraftwerk’s first album since 1986’s Electric Café, released to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the famous bike race of the same name. The lethargic work rate has been in part responsible for the disappearance of the two electronic percussionists Wolfgang Flur and Karl Bartos and the as a result their influence on the music is obvious more of that later. Since their inception Kraftwerk have been obsessed with the merger of Man and Machine, and this album is fitting tribute to that concept, what purer merger between man and machine is there than cycling. The album starts off with a prologue then 3 different new versions of Tour de France, a superb mixture of Trance and European techno, which sets the mood for the rest of the album with each song paying reference to another aspect of cycling. Throughout the album... Read review

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Advantages: Truly Beautiful
Disadvantages: None.

...hard to reach parts of your mind???? 'A man called adam' produce a very chilled out track titled Estelle, again the song just forces you to take time out and listen, and most importantly in todays hectic world, relax. You will know alot of the tracks from the tv, almost all have been featured on holiday programmes. If you can find a copy then get one, you have to have this cd in your collection! This is music at its best and im sure alot of people have chilled out or cheered up whilst listening to this cd. Track listing is as follows... 1. Agua. by Jose Padilla. 2. The Story of light. by William Orbit. 3. Smokebelch II (beatless mix) by Sabres of Paradise. 4. Music for a found harmonium. by Penguin cafe orchestra. 5. Sundance. by Sun electric. 6. Fanfare of life. by Leftfield. 7. The hypnotist... Read review

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Advantages: Simply fantastic
Disadvantages: none.

...to it and I don't mean that badly, its nice to be soothed so much by one cd. The theme on this cd is mostly a natural rythmic feeling, guitars and classical sounds, but with some electric influence, but as i have said, nothing shocking, I have heard alot of these tunes on BBC 1's Holiday programme and i'm sure most people would recognise a few of the tunes at least. There are 13 tracks on this cd, and as usual, they range from different era's, most are from 1996, one from 1991 and track 3, Sueno con Mexico, a classical guitar piece is from 1979. On almost all of the Cafe del mar cd's you will find one track from about 30 years ago, but it will fit in, and its age won't show, infact you will probably find it to be the best track on the cd and will want to find more music by the artists. Volume 3 also boast's the best and most fragile cover... Read review

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