I think Kraftwerk did a good job of making sure the same emotions come across in this remake as in the original, while adding to it; nonetheless, I prefer the more minimal nature of the original. A voice synth replicates the sound of the original voices (which were apparently two people in unison, for the Japan single release) while keeping the energy constant. Inspired by the publicity for the band's recent concerts in London, I decided it was time to take a chance, so I went for 'The Mix' as the nearest there is to a sampler. This proved to be an ongoing task, as new upgrades and equipment were continually made available in the years following the album project.

Autobahn: Cut down from 23 minutes to 9 minutes, this song often seems like it's rushing forward, compared to the slower-paced original. Still, that is mostly speculation, and the only thing that is clear is that this album marked a turning point in their career. a revised history of the band, throbbingly danceable and one of the best party records of the past decade . I've got no idea how this could happen and why nobody else has noticed it before - it's clearly audible, now that I know it. One of the best things about this album is actually that we don't have to listen to the ridiculous Synth Pop of The Model!I was pleased to find that, although the extended remixes smack more of the early 90s period (with all the acid synth bass and drum machine blip-blops one might expect) in which they were created rather than the 70s era which people tend to remember them for, the tunes I remembered still survived fairly intact and the CD fulfilled its purpose of making me want to hear more, if in the music's original form next time. The Sleeve When we describe the sleeve we are describing the printed paper cover or booklet that is included inside the case. What exactly caused this to happen is mostly unknown, even though you can easily pinpoint it to obvious conflicts within the group and a feeling of exhaustion hanging over them. Home Computer: An almost seamless combination of Home Computer and It's More Fun To Compute, with some new ideas mixed in as well. The level difference stays like this for the rest of side 1 and repeats on side 2 during the "Dentaku" section of "Taschenrechner".

Giving the tone arm a very slight push forwards made it continue playing and the rest of the track played fine. Karl Bartos said in a 1998 interview with Sound on Sound that the original idea for The Mix was to release a "best of" compilation, a suggestion from Bob Kratzner at the band's U. I'd go so far as to say that if you're a fan of 90s dance music, this would be a solid introduction to the band that influenced much of it.These are the versions of these tracks that the boys play live the most, because they are way more danceable and kinetic, and even though the mysterious robotic atmosphere of their originals disappears along the way, the songwriting and tight melodicism stays very much intact. Many were disappointed at the lack of new compositions and, moreover, the production values of the re-recorded tracks did not strike many listeners as particularly cutting edge, something which Kraftwerk had previously been renowned for. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. And look, I’m not gonna rip this album a new one or anything since it is still the same old good Kraftwerk songs but done in a far more boring and drawn out way, but I just don’t give a shit about this.

Also, there is just a certain charm in them updating their classics to a style that they themselves helped start. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. However, he singled out elements of "Autobahn" as what the album "could have been if Kraftwerk had elected to really work these tracks over in a radical way, rather than essentially updating them to dance music's early- Nineties industry standard". By revisiting their past, the band somehow stopped walking entirely after putting out the most danceable project in their career. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

While Andrew Harrison of Select awarded the album five stars out of five, his opinion was that "Hütter and Schneider threw themselves into techno as if they'd invented it (which they had), but updating Kraftwerk was always rather pointless, as their music has never dated at all". Very sad, if I had listened to this before listening to the original versions I could’ve possibly given it a 4, but unfortunately I didn’t, and doing this to such masterpieces feels like a crime. Bartos claimed in later interviews that much of his programming work was still featured on The Mix, uncredited. Some of the songs, such as "The Robots" and "Radioactivity", have new additional melodies and/or lyrics.