Re: (idm) Kraftwerk@tribal Gathering

From thomas m weibrecht
Sent Thu, Oct 23rd 1997, 18:21

On Thu, 23 Oct 1997 11:14:17 -0500 "Mark Bowen" <xx@xxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxx>
writes:
>Sorry to repost this to the list but I lost the original post.
>
>Anyone wanting to hear Kraftwerk's set at Tribal Gathering can point 
>their
>browsers to
>
>http://www.andreas.de/kraftwerk/index.html
>
>The sound quality isn't the best but it gives you the flavor.  
>Personally I
>found it kind of dissapointing.  I was a big Kraftwerk fan years ago 
>and it
>seemed more like a tired rehash.  Its not musically bad in some 
>absolute sense,
>and at times is really good.  Its more like watching people try to 
>recapture
>something from the past rather than press on.  These were the 
>innovators that
>really made modern techno happen (via early hip hop and detroit).  Are 
>these
>the Rolling Stones of techno or can they recapture it?
>
based on all the commentary on the kraftwerk list regarding their two
recent concerts, the consensus seems to be that they cannot....sad but
true....

tom w

np: matmos - s/t