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