From Michael Upton Sent Wed, Nov 4th 1998, 22:06
From Michael Upton Sent Wed, Nov 4th 1998, 22:06
On Wed, 4 Nov 1998, dis2 wrote: | Also, could someone describe Terre Thaemlitz - Die Roboter Rubato for | me. I heard one of his tracks on a Wire sampler and want more. It was | sort of like a more electronic Ch-vox era seefeel. Is this release in | the same vein? No, it isn't at all similar. It's a bunch of Kraftwerk covers done on (from memory) solo piano rubato. Rubato, for those not up on ye old classical music terms, means something along the lines of "free timing". I don't quite understand what Terre was attempting to do with this recording, except maybe deflate Kraftwerk's sacrosanct status in the eyes of many. Michael ____________________________________________ "Also, he has automatic evasion devices" http://www.vuw.ac.nz/~michael/jj.html