tour de france Review ofTour De France Soundtracks - Kraftwerkby
philnewall
Advantages: a great hit from a great band Disadvantages: none man
A hit song without an album, this was prized vinyl for many years (Warner Bros. 20146-0 A), until EMI smartly rereleased it on compact disc in 1999 with a little multimedia built in, whose centerpiece was a basic video for "Tour de France," assembled from old film footage of the aforementioned cross-country bicycle race. Fueled by heavy breathing, clicking bicycle spokes, and precise electronic syncopation, this single had all the elements of a breakdancers' ...
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Advantages: Great atmospheric work Disadvantages: what they were once capible off
...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 you are drawn in to the whole sound and as ever Kraftwerk appear to have yet again mastered the art of making electronic music that causes an emotional response, true genius if you ask me. The use of a vocoder for all the vocals ...
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perhaps not surprising thatTour De France Soundtracksis the group's first album for 12 years. Continuing to explore the theme of movement, men and machines that spaw...
perhaps not surprising thatTour De France Soundtracksis the group's first album for 12 years. Continuing to explore the theme of movement, men and machines that spaw...
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