Tag: Kraftwerk

Kraftwerk to bring 8-night 3-D ‘Retrospective’ to London's Tate Modern in February

Kraftwerk to bring 8-night 3-D ‘Retrospective’ to London’s Tate Modern in February

Reprising a show staged earlier this year in New York City, German electronic collective Kraftwerk will bring its ground-breaking 3-D multimedia presentation “Kraftwerk – Retrospective 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8” to London’s Tate Modern museum, performing each of its eight albums in its entirety across nine nights in February.

'First Time I Heard' e-books spotlight The Smiths, Joy Division, New Order, Kate Bush

‘First Time I Heard’ e-books spotlight The Smiths, Joy Division, New Order, Kate Bush

The series launched this summer, and, so far, titles are available on Joy Division/New Order, The Smiths, Cocteau Twins and David Bowie. Next month sees publication of a title on Kate Bush, with books due in spring and summer 2013 on Abba, My Bloody Valentine, Kraftwerk, PIxies, R.E.M. and Roxy Music.

Video: 'Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany' — watch full hour-long BBC Four documentary

Video: ‘Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany’ — watch full hour-long BBC Four documentary

‘Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany’ spans 1968 to 1977, examining ‘how a radical generation of musicians created a new German musical identity out of the cultural ruins of war.’ Check out the full hour-long doc, posted here, which features music and interviews from Kraftwerk, Can, Faust, Popol Vuh, Neu! and more.

The Week in Rock: Feb. 12-19, 2012

The Week in Rock: Feb. 12-19, 2012

Our round-up of this week’s Slicing Up Eyeballs headlines includes news about The Jesus and Mary Chain, Squeeze, Elvis Costello, Kraftwerk, Simple Minds, Colourbox, Morrissey, Lloyd Cole and Paul Weller — plus the first new Public Image Ltd. song in 20 years.

Kraftwerk to perform 8 albums in 8 nights for 3-D 'Retrospective' at New York's MoMA

Kraftwerk to perform 8 albums in 8 nights for 3-D ‘Retrospective’ at New York’s MoMA

Kraftwerk will perform eight of its studio albums in their entirety at New York City’s Museum of Modern Art over eight consecutive nights this spring, a ground-breaking multimedia presentation dubbed ‘Kraftwerk – Retrospective 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8’ that will include new 3-D visual accompaniment.

Download: Auto Reverse — Slicing Up Eyeballs Mixtape (February 2012)

Download: Auto Reverse — Slicing Up Eyeballs Mixtape (February 2012)

This month’s Auto Reverse mixtape includes new music from The Wedding Present and Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo, plus new remixes of The Cure and Depeche Mode and plenty of old faves by the likes of The Chills, Kraftwerk, Squeeze, Oingo Boingo, The Go-Betweens and many, many more.