Re: Re[2]: some more new stuff

Carlos Mondesir (mondesc@gov.on.ca)
Tue, 22 Oct 1996 15:26:15 -0400 (EDT)


On Tue, 22 Oct 1996 ghurd@mcgraw-hill.com wrote:

> I have a friend who has been a hardcore hip-hop fan/DJ/producer since
> we were both around 11 years old and he still talks about Kraftwerk.
> That original electro sound really crossed over and affected people
> living in totally different scenes and circumstances.

So true... I got into Kraftwerk when Man Machine came out, but the people
I knew them from were Beavis n' Butthead/ Dave's World suburban basement
rockers who nonetheless dug Kraftwerk. They just filed them next to Dark
Side Of The Moon as prog rock. Brings back memories...

'We are the...KA-CHUNK (sound of an 8-track switching programs) robots...'

As also mentioned, CAN was also brilliant and pretty fresh sounding
especially for the time.

Carlos Mondesir