‘Kerry’s spoken verse needed 39 takes spread over several months because she’d had her tonsils out’
People never believe me that Kraftwerk created Atomic Kitten. In 1996, my band OMD released Walking …
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‘Pictures unite!’: how pop music fell in love with socialist infographics ⊖
When Austrian philosopher Otto Neurath invented the visual language of Isotypes, it was to democratise education. As a new exhibition shows, it ended up influencing pop art, graphic design and electr…
Hi-fi society: how sound system culture took over UK art and fashion ○
Starting in Jamaica in the 1950s, sound system culture has become a feature of artistic spaces
When visitors make their way into Peter Doig’s House of Music show at the Serpentine, they’re confronted …
5 months ago
Florian Schneider’s Kraftwerk equipment to go on sale, expected to fetch up to $650,000 ⊕
Auction in US includes late musician’s vocoders, flute, sunglasses and bike he rode in Tour de France video
He was a pioneer of electronic music whose band Kraftwerk redefined the sound of pop and inf…
6 months ago
Das Update zu den Drohnen-Vorfällen über Deutschland ○
Drohnen über dem Nord-Ostsee-Kanal, über Kiel und auch über Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: Ausgespäht wurden mutmaßlich eine Marinewerft, ein Kraftwerk, Gebäude der Landesregierung von Schleswig-Holstein un…
The late DJ Chris Hill galvanised funkateers, brought Black music to the clubs – and got Mick Jones dancing ○
The legendary Essex DJ, who died earlier this month, was a cultural influencer before there was such a thing. He democratised the dancefloor, fearlessly blended genres and understood the power of per…
9 months ago
‘The best song to have sex to? Kraftwerk has good beats’: Mel Giedroyc’s honest playlist ○
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The comedian, presenter and podcaster was haunted by Eleanor Rigby and can’t really handle Abba at karaoke, but which 90s dance banger makes her pine for the good old days?
The first song I remember h…
12 months ago
Scottish rappers, deaf composers and an AI song called Zygotic Washstands: the biggest hoaxes in pop ○
Ex-Kraftwerk member Wolfgang Flür was conned into believing he was collaborating with a member of Daft Punk – but it’s far from the first time musicians and audiences have been fooled
It all started a…
How the Beatles helped my autistic son find his voice – podcast ○
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John Harris on how music helped him connect with his autistic son James
When James was a child, he loved playing songs over and over. I Am the Walrus, by the Beatles. Autobahn, by Kraftwerk.
“He hears …
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