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Thread started by newarkhouse at 10.20.10 - 8:29 am
I love techno.
I love bikes too.
Some are lame, some are cool but If you love bikes then you'll enjoy this thread.
I'll be posting some new bike techo that I've come across, feel free to post stuff that you've found too.
Kraftwerk had long been obsessed with the relationship between people and machines as seen in preceding works such as Robots, Man Machine, Trans Europe Express, Autobahn, Numbers ... etc
Its only natural that cycling would capture their interest as a sport where people are so closely married to a machine. I imagine the cadence and repetition of cycling let them contemplate the connections between their mechanical past time and their mechanical music.
Later Kraftewerk went on to revisit Tour De France song, with a more modern trancy/ housey feel ... (I'm not a fan) and they revisited their classic (which had only appeared as a single) by building a whole album around it with related topics such as vitamins (because proper nutrients are so important to high performing cyclists)
back to thr original Tour de France...
Kraftwerk has always been sampled a lot, but Tour de France seemed to take it to a new level almost single handedly inspiring the musical aesthetic of Electro Funk especially here in L.A. (most of which have nothing to do with cycling and seem mostly to love the heavy breathing sounds and percussive chain sounds.
here's a mixtape i did with a buddy of mine last summer. all vinyl. lots of rare records. electro. hi-nrg, italo and ebm. something to keep those pedals in motion.
song / artist / label / year
1 - Don’t Stop / Digital Emotion / Break / 1983
2 - Disco Baba & The 40 Thieves / Electronic Disco Boogie Band / Music Master / 1984
3 - You Are A Danger / Gary Low / Break / 1983
4 - Eckhardts Party / Robert Göl / Mute / 1983
5 - Cause I Love You Cause I Need You / De-De-Mo / Queen’s Club / 1984
6 - My Forbidden Lover / Tapps / Blow Up / 1983
7 - C’mon Girl / Break 3000 / Meuse Muzique / 2002
8 - Big Ideas (Babytalk Remix) / LCD Soundsystem / DFA / 2008
9 - English ARP / Legowelt / CEM / 2002
10 - I’m Ready / Kano / Emergency / 1980
11 - Soho Phaze / Elixia / Record Shack / 1983
12 - Nice N Soft (Uptown Version) / Wish / Perspective / 1981
13 - Countdown (Here I Come) / Kofi & The Lovetones / BMC / 1984
14 - Theme From American Flyers / Lee Rittenour & Greg Mathieson / GRP / 1985
15 - Ultrawarp (The Final Conflict Mix) / Laser Cowboys / ZYX / 1984
16 - Aerodynamik (Kling Klang Dynamix) / Kraftwerk / Astral Werks / 2004
17 - Headhunter (v1.0) / Front 242 / Wax Trax / 1988
18 - Accelerate / Kode IV / Kk / 1992
19 - Sin (Long) / Nine Inch Nails / TVT / 1989
20 - Take A Chance / Mr. Flagio / Squish / 1983
21 - Believe In Yourself (Special Remix) / The Creatures / Full Time / 1983
22 - Electricity / Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark / A&M / 1988
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