*Artist: Kraftwerk
*Album: Ralf & Florian
*Year: 1973
*Genre: Krautrock/Experimental
*Country: Germany
*Format: mp3@CBR320kbps
*Size: 88MB
Tracklist:
A1 Elektrisches Roulette 4:24
A2 Tongebirge 2:52
A3 Kristallo 6:19
A4 Heimatklänge 3:44
B1 Tanzmusik 6:37
B2 Ananas Symphonie 13:55
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Total playing time: 37:51
Extended info
Companies etc
Published By – Kling-Klang-Verlag
Recorded At – Klingklang Studio
Recorded At – Cornet Studio
Recorded At – Rhenus Studio
Recorded At – Studio 70, Munich
Mixed At – Klingklang Studio
Mixed At – Cornet Studio
Mixed At – Rhenus Studio
Mixed At – Studio 70, Munich
Lacquer Cut At – Phonodisc GmbH
Pressed By – Phonodisc B.V.
Credits
Design [Musicomix] – Emil Schult, Florian*, Ralf*
Engineer – Conrad Plank*
Music By, Producer, Design [Cover] – F. Schneider*, R. Hutter*
Photography By [Colour Photo] – Barbara Niemoller
Photography By [Front Cover] – Robert Franck
Vocals, Keyboards, Strings, Wind [Wind Instruments], Drums, Electronics, Performer [Realisation] – Florian Schneider, Ralf Hutter
Notes
Initial copies included a free "musicomix" cartoon poster designed by Emil Schult.
Recorded & mixed May to July 1973 at Kraftwerk-Studio, Dusseldorf; Cornet Studio and Rhenus Studio, Cologne and Studio 70, Munich.
All compositions & comic published by Kling-Klang-Verlag ©1973.
At the runouts appears > side A: E > side B: H
Both literals are turned 90° to usual appearance.
Beware of fake copies of the musicomix cartoon poster.
The original shows, when folded, on the front a traffic cone in grey with the Kraftwerk logo also in grey. On faked copies, the cone shows the red stripes and the Kraftwerk logo is in solid black. Above this, in the original, the colour drawing is smooth and not grainy. On faked copies, it looks grainy. In the original "IN DUSSELDORF AM RHEIN" appears in orange. In the fake, in red.
Original: glossy cover. No re-issues are official.
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Ralf & Florian is Kraftwerk, but not as many would know it. After Kraftwerk 1 & 2, Hutter and Schneider shrunk the band to just themselves, and moved away from the drawn-out experimentation that dominated their previous work, instead concentrating on more song-based and indeed melodic work with a strong romantic and pastoral feel that would surface a year later with Autobahn, the song that projected the band into the stratosphere.
There's a playfulness in this LP that perhaps seems rather melancholy especially as the Kraftwerk that emerged from this period Ralf Hutter deems "archaeology" was keen to stretch out songs, but not in the concise rhythmic manner that dominates their later work. There is also, interestingly enough, a hint of the dancefloor direction, albeit perhaps accidental, that they would eventually create for themselves in the hauntingly icy and baroque "Kristallo". This is Kraftwerk still experimenting, but with stronger, more structured concepts that would within a couple of years be fully realised. Amusingly, the back cover features both Hutter and Schneider in a rather frugal-looking Kling Klang studio, replete with more traditional instruments.
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Great album! Early, unique effort to create very special German athmospheric, little gothic, ancient, ambient textures. Romantic, yet technocratic in some ways, mostly by the usage of the drummachine. This is their first synthesizer featured album. Well, there were some on the Kraftwerk-1 but that was more like an effect source. Here you hear now complete melody-lines, chords, and even the vocoder appears as a fully functional instrument in the Ananas symphony. There's a very-very special athmosphere in the entire lenght, like nothing else. Obscure landscapes, dreams of a remote German hometown, hidden places of the planet, are are lying within the flows of the tunes... Simply loveable!
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"Tanzmusik" sounds freakin' awesome considering the fact it's over 40 years old! You can't that too often for tunes that are even 20 years old. Heck, a lot of the crappy stuff released in the present is a bloody insult to Kraftwerk themselves. This track sounds less conceptual compared to the other tracks in this EP. A pity that this wonderful track is one of the lesser known tracks composed my them. Classic piece of art and a nice EP overall.
Published By – Kling-Klang-Verlag
Recorded At – Klingklang Studio
Recorded At – Cornet Studio
Recorded At – Rhenus Studio
Recorded At – Studio 70, Munich
Mixed At – Klingklang Studio
Mixed At – Cornet Studio
Mixed At – Rhenus Studio
Mixed At – Studio 70, Munich
Lacquer Cut At – Phonodisc GmbH
Pressed By – Phonodisc B.V.
Credits
Design [Musicomix] – Emil Schult, Florian*, Ralf*
Engineer – Conrad Plank*
Music By, Producer, Design [Cover] – F. Schneider*, R. Hutter*
Photography By [Colour Photo] – Barbara Niemoller
Photography By [Front Cover] – Robert Franck
Vocals, Keyboards, Strings, Wind [Wind Instruments], Drums, Electronics, Performer [Realisation] – Florian Schneider, Ralf Hutter
Notes
Initial copies included a free "musicomix" cartoon poster designed by Emil Schult.
Recorded & mixed May to July 1973 at Kraftwerk-Studio, Dusseldorf; Cornet Studio and Rhenus Studio, Cologne and Studio 70, Munich.
All compositions & comic published by Kling-Klang-Verlag ©1973.
At the runouts appears > side A: E > side B: H
Both literals are turned 90° to usual appearance.
Beware of fake copies of the musicomix cartoon poster.
The original shows, when folded, on the front a traffic cone in grey with the Kraftwerk logo also in grey. On faked copies, the cone shows the red stripes and the Kraftwerk logo is in solid black. Above this, in the original, the colour drawing is smooth and not grainy. On faked copies, it looks grainy. In the original "IN DUSSELDORF AM RHEIN" appears in orange. In the fake, in red.
Original: glossy cover. No re-issues are official.
-----------------
Ralf & Florian is Kraftwerk, but not as many would know it. After Kraftwerk 1 & 2, Hutter and Schneider shrunk the band to just themselves, and moved away from the drawn-out experimentation that dominated their previous work, instead concentrating on more song-based and indeed melodic work with a strong romantic and pastoral feel that would surface a year later with Autobahn, the song that projected the band into the stratosphere.
There's a playfulness in this LP that perhaps seems rather melancholy especially as the Kraftwerk that emerged from this period Ralf Hutter deems "archaeology" was keen to stretch out songs, but not in the concise rhythmic manner that dominates their later work. There is also, interestingly enough, a hint of the dancefloor direction, albeit perhaps accidental, that they would eventually create for themselves in the hauntingly icy and baroque "Kristallo". This is Kraftwerk still experimenting, but with stronger, more structured concepts that would within a couple of years be fully realised. Amusingly, the back cover features both Hutter and Schneider in a rather frugal-looking Kling Klang studio, replete with more traditional instruments.
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Great album! Early, unique effort to create very special German athmospheric, little gothic, ancient, ambient textures. Romantic, yet technocratic in some ways, mostly by the usage of the drummachine. This is their first synthesizer featured album. Well, there were some on the Kraftwerk-1 but that was more like an effect source. Here you hear now complete melody-lines, chords, and even the vocoder appears as a fully functional instrument in the Ananas symphony. There's a very-very special athmosphere in the entire lenght, like nothing else. Obscure landscapes, dreams of a remote German hometown, hidden places of the planet, are are lying within the flows of the tunes... Simply loveable!
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"Tanzmusik" sounds freakin' awesome considering the fact it's over 40 years old! You can't that too often for tunes that are even 20 years old. Heck, a lot of the crappy stuff released in the present is a bloody insult to Kraftwerk themselves. This track sounds less conceptual compared to the other tracks in this EP. A pity that this wonderful track is one of the lesser known tracks composed my them. Classic piece of art and a nice EP overall.
Technical info
Input File: 05 Tanzmusik.mp3
Channels : 2
Sample Rate : 44100
Precision : 16-bit
Duration : 00:06:37.13 = 17513301 samples = 29784.5 CDDA sectors
File Size : 16.0M
Bit Rate : 321k
Sample Encoding: MPEG audio (layer I, II or III)
Comments :
Title=Tanzmusik
Artist=Kraftwerk
Album=Ralf & Florian
Tracknumber=05/06
Year=1973
Genre=Electronic
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