Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Kraftwerk - Autobahn (Remaster)

The release of Autobahn in 1974 saw the band moving away from the sound of their earlier albums. They invested in newer technology such as a Minimoog, helping give them a newer, disciplined sound. Autobahn would also be the last album that Conny Plank would engineer. After the commercial success of Autobahn, the band invested money into updating their studio. At this time the painter and graphic artist Emil Schult became a regular collaborator with the band, working alongside the band. Schult designed artwork in addition to later writing lyrics and accompanying the group on tour. The now regarded classic line-up of Kraftwerk was formed in 1975 for the Autobahn tour. During this time, the band were presented as a quartet, with Hütter and Schneider joined by Wolfgang Flür and Karl Bartos, hired as electronic percussionists. This quartet would be the band's public persona for its renowned output of the latter 1970's and early 1980's. Flür had already joined the band in 1973, in preparation for a television appearance to promote Kraftwerk's third album.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

1974 Kraftwerk - Autobahn
@320 Remaster
http://lix.in/-59114a

Desertico said...

Link is down :(

TheSeeker said...

@Desertico:
Yes I know the link is dead now. I've recieved complains about it. So I can't upload it again.

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