Kraftwerk Covers, Clones, and Tributes
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*''YAMO "Time Pie"
*''1997, Cleopatra records
*''Wolfgang Flür has released his first solo album "Time Pie" by YAMO.
Its musical style has definitely evoluated to modern music, which is
less "electronic" and minimalist and more melodic ambient techno with
complex rythms. The compositions are very interesting and beautiful.
This successful debut album shows the real talent of Wolfgang Flür.
rating: ***** *''ELEKTRIC MUSIC "Esperanto"
Karl Bartos has released a solo album "Esperanto" in 1993, in
collaboration with Andy McCluskey from OMD and with Emil Schult. The
project was signed "ELEKTRIC MUSIC". To my personal opinion this album
lacks of originality, it just sounds like Kraftwerk mixed by OMD.
rating: **
*''TRANCEWERK EXPRESS "vol I & II"
*''This a tribute to Kraftwerk from some rather unknown techno
musicians. The original songs are turned to classic techno with simple
rythms, many acid TB-303 sounds and also vocoded voices. Interesting
interpretations, some of these covers are even very good but in my
opinion the whole potential wasn't expored.
rating: *** *''BALANESCU QUARTET "Possessed"
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*''This string quartet performs five of Kraftwerk songs in very
interesting way and still close to original tunes. Imagine violins
make the sounds of cars on "Autobahn"...
rating: **** *''TERRE THAEMLITZ "Die Roboter Rubato"
This album features only piano interpretations of Kraftwerk songs. In
fact it's more a new "avant-garde" music album inspired by Kraftwerk
rather than simple covers of their songs. Sounds strange and
completely different from the original, but still some interpretations
are amazing!
rating: *** *''MUSIQUE NON STOP - A Tribute to Kraftwerk
1998 TOSHIBA / EMI (TOCT 10455) *''A rather funny japanese tribute.
Some songs sound totally different and really surprising. Good ideas
inside, but the production is quite poor and that's a bit
disappointing. Click for a preview...
rating: ** *''TRANS SLOVENIA EXPRESS
*''A tribute compilation by Slovenian artists, leaded by Laibach.
There seem to be completely different interpretations of the original
songs. I haven't heard it personally, so no rating here.
*''KRAFTY MOVE *''ENERGY REKORDS (ERCD111)
*''As far as I know this is a 2CD tribute to Kraftwerk by various
electronic artists such as Apoptygma Berzerk. Must be interesting
although I've heard people say it was a bit disappointing.
*''OMD "Sugar Tax"
*''Features a cover of "Neon Lights". Cool version in a very OMD
style. However for me it's the only good song of that album.
*''CLONES *''DOPPLEREFFEKT "Gesamtkunstwerk"
*''1999, DeeJay Gigolo Records *''This fake german band comes from
Detroit. It plays with the image of Kraftwerk making a parody of an
other kind than "Komputer" does, with some humor and direct references
to KW. Here "The Model" becomes a pornostar, a showroom dummy
(mannequin) becomes a Sex-Object and phones are cellular. The music
itself sounds very Werky, really cool listening. I made available a
sample song Plastiphila in mp3.
rating: ***** *''KRAFTWELT "Electric Dimension"
*''1996, Cleopatra/Hypnotic Records *''A band from Danemark who's name
clearly claims a devotion to Ralf & Florian. Their album "Electric
Dimension", though inspired by Kraftwerk, is a very personal work,
with nice and achieved compositions. The style is electronic of
course, but pretty ambient with light percussions and really cool
sounds. Could be compared to Orbital, FSOL or the recent Yamo album.
rating: **** *''KOMPUTER "World of Tomorrow"
*''1997, Mute Records [more infos] *''This english band is a pure
musical clone of Kraftwerk. Every song from their album is similar to
any of well known Kraftwerk songs. It could be called a parody, but
the songs itself are quite well produced and have a good feeling. I
think it's an interesting stuff for any Kraftwerk fan, yet they cannot
be really compared with "masters".
rating: ***
*''NICO DEMONTE "Man Machine"
*''1996, Genesis Project Records
*''It was Kraftwerk's masterpiece, The Man Machine (1978), that formed
the inspiration for Nico Demonte's cover of Kraftwerk's "Man Machine"
classic. Kraftwerk's "Showroom Dummies" also formed the inspiration
for Nico Demonte's "Mannequins in Alleys" singles.
*''SPACELAB
more infos *'' *''This band from Sweden seems to have produced some
songs directly inspired by Kraftwerk. Also the band's name is a title
of a Kraftwerk song. Unfortunately I haven't heard to their stuff so
no rating here.
*''Copyright © 1997-1998 by Timour Jgenti
ARTIST: Balanescu Quartet
ALBUM: Possessed DATE: 1992 This CD contains renditions of The Robots,
The Model, Autobahn, Computer Love and Pocket Calculator done with
classical instruments. They sound surprisingly good. Luca Dassi
informs me that they performed The Model live and that there is a
video for their rendition of this song. *''ARTIST: Big Black
According to a Scott Woods article in Eye magazine (Toronto), this
artist once covered The Model. THANKS TO: Coorchack. *''ARTIST: The
Cardigans
ALBUM: For What it's Worth Contains a cover of Das Model. THANKS TO:
Mark J Stagg. *''ARTIST: Lloyd Cole
Apparently did a live cover of Pocket Calculator at a concert in New
York once. It was later included in a boxed set of live and bootleg
stuff that Lloyd collected. THANKS TO: Arnaud de Bonald. *''ARTIST:
Dance Robots
Have done a cover of The Model. THANKS TO: Coorchack. *''ARTIST: Data
Bank
ALBUM: Nuclear Winter (v/a compilation, Subtronic Records) DATE: 1995
This group performed a cover of Radioactivity that ended up on this
nuclear protest album. THANKS TO: Der Automat. *''ARTIST: Daybehavior
*''ALBUM: Hello! Contains a cover of Tour de France. THANKS TO:
Coorchack. *''ARTIST: Derivando
ALBUM: Duemila e oltre DATE: March 5, 1999 (Milano 2000 label) This
Italian group has a cover of Computer Love on this compilation.
*''ARTIST: DJ Dero
TRACK: La Modelo This track is a cover of The Model. THANKS TO:
Coorchack. *''ARTIST: The Divine Comedy
ALBUM: National Express DATE: 1999 This album contains a cover of
Radioactivity. THANKS TO: Coorchack. *''ARTIST: DMX Krew
Have covered Showroom Dummies. THANKS TO: Coorchack. *''ARTIST:
Eläkeläiset
TRACK: Poro This track is apparently a short ska version of The Robots
sung in Finnish. THANKS TO: Squibb Squirrel. *''ARTIST: Empire State
Human
ALBUM: Alpha & Omega LABEL: Ninthwave Records This album contains a
cover of Hall of Mirrors said to be a bit more cheerful than the
Kraftwerk version. THANKS TO: Der Automat. *''5ARTIST: Das Erste
Wiener Gemueseorchester (First Viennese Vegetable Orchestra)
ALBUM: Automato (Automate) Includes a cover of Radio Activity played
on prepared vegetables. THANKS TO: Jan R. *''ARTIST: Fink
*''ALBUM: Mondscheiner This album contains a cover of Autobahn. THANKS
TO: Coorchack. *''ARTIST: Galaxy Sound Orchestra
ALBUM: Synthesizer Hits, vol. 1 DATE: 1991 This album contains
renditions of a number of electronic songs by various artists, all
rendered with rather blah, ordinary-sounding synth patches. Sort of
like elevator muzak. The Kraftwerk songs covered are Autobahn and The
Model. *''ARTIST: Garden Eden
Has done several different remixes of The Model. THANKS TO: Coorchack.
*''ARTIST: Generator
TRACK: Das Model Cover of The Model. THANKS TO: Coorchack. *''ARTIST:
God
ALBUM: 2001 Live Concert (double VCD) Disk 1 track refers in some way
to Tour de France. THANKS TO: Georges van Kriekinge. *''ARTIST: Dirk
Ivans
ALBUM: Extended Play (MCD) Contains a cover of Hall of Mirrors. THANKS
TO: Robert Kolk. *''ARTIST: Kevin Kane
ALBUM: Timmy Loved Judas Priest This limited edition (500 copies)
album contains a smooth cover of Neon Lights. THANKS TO: Georges van
Kriekinge. *''ARTIST: Komputer
TRACK: Oh Synthesizer This track serves as evidence for those who say
Komputer rip off Kraftwerk. Although it doesn't use any samples and
has different lyrics and slightly different rhythm and melody, it
sounds exactly like Kraftwerk's Neon Lights. The instruments sounds
are not identical to Kraftwerk's, but have obviously been deliberately
tuned to be sound similar. Although this song is nice to listen to, it
is impossible not to notice its huge similarity to Neon Lights.
Several other Komputer tracks (notably We Are Komputer and Komputer
Krash) also sound very much like Kraftwerk. This fact combined with
rumors that Komputer refuse to acknowledge any Kraftwerk influence
have given them a very bad image with many Kraftwerk fans. However,
there is reason to believe that Komputer's apparent refusal to
acknowledge their Kraftwerk influence was actually a tongue-in-cheek
joke; given how obvious it is, they were having a little fun with the
interviewer and audience by pretending to deny it. *''ARTIST:
"Kraftwerk"
*''ALBUM: Tribal Gathering
This album is a commercially released bootleg of Kraftwerk's
performance at Tribal Gathering '97. In addition to the genuine live
Kraftwerk tracks, it contains remixes titled Tour de France (Tribal
Remix), Electric Cafe (Mix-It Remix), Das Model (Razormaid Remix) and
Re-Werked (Music Factory Remix). *''ARTIST: Kröger
*''This German band covered Das Model on an album that came out some
time in 1990 on the Hansa label. THANKS TO: Erik Jälevik. *''ARTIST:
Koto
ALBUM: Koto Plays Synthesizer World Hits DATE: 1990 The first track on
this album is a cover of Trans Europe Express. THANKS TO: Joshua
Kassel. *''ARTIST: Laether Strip
ALBUM: Self-Inflicted DATE: 1997 This album contains a cover of
Showroom Dummies. THANKS TO: David from Spain. *''ARTIST: Los Ninos
Del Brasil
TRACK: The Model DATE: 1991-ish A cover featuring Spanish guitar.
THANKS TO: rs. *''ARTIST: Love Tractor
According to a Scott Woods article in Eye magazine (Toronto), this
artist once covered Neon Lights. *''ARTIST: Kevin Lux
Kevin Lux has covered several Kraftwerk songs, including Europe
Endless, It's More Fun to Compute and Expo 2000. *''ARTIST: The
Manatees
ALBUM: Snackin' with the Manatees This album includes a cover of The
Model. THANKS TO: Nat Heidler. *''ARTIST: Melt Banana
*''This Japanese hardcore/noise/punk band has covered Showroom
Dummies. THANKS TO: Huub Clout. *''ARTIST: Miss Kitten and the Hacker
TRACK: Uno This track is a cover of Numbers. THANKS TO: Coorchack.
*''ARTIST: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
*''ALBUM: Sugar Tax DATE: 1991 This album has a cover of Neon Lights
with the lyrics sung by Christine Mellor. THANKS TO: Rob Holman and
Der Automat. *''ARTIST: Papa Dee
ALBUM: The Man Who Couldn't Say No This album contains a ska version
of The Model. THANKS TO: Stefan Norman and Coorchack. *'' ARTIST:
Rammstein
ALBUM: Brachialste Gewalt Rammel 2 Contains an unsual cover of The
Model. THANKS TO: Luis Tames and Joshua Kassel. ADDENDUM: Squibb
Squirrel adds that this album is actually a Rammstein bootleg, and the
Rammstein cover Das Modell was originally released on a maxi-CD.
*''ARTIST: Ride
This group recorded a cover of The Model for a tape that was to be
included with the 25th anniversary edition of a magazine called the
Melody Maker. Apparently Kraftwerk were also approached to include
something on the same tape but they backed out. THANKS TO: Ian Harper.
*''ARTIST: Robert
ALBUM: Sime Contains a cover of The Model. THANKS TO: Coorchack.
*''ARTIST: Rot Front Trikont
Apparently recorded a cover of The Robots. THANKS TO: Arnaud de
Bonald. *''ARTIST: Anthony Rother
*''ALBUM: Space Night vol. IV (compilation) This album contains a
cover of both Numbers and Computer World 2 within a single track.
THANKS TO: Coorchack and Squibb Squirrel. Squibb adds that the version
on the limited vinyl edition is about 2 minutes longer. *''ARTIST:
Anthony Rother
Covered Trans Europe Express somewhere. THANKS TO: Coorchack.
*''ARTIST: Senor Coconut (AKA Atom Heart)
ALBUM: El Baile Aleman DATE: 2000 This album contains Latin-style
renditions of Showroom Dummies, Trans-Europe Express, The Robots, Neon
Lights, Autobahn, Homecomputer, Tour de France, The Man-Machine and
Music Non-Stop. It's a strange but entertaining twist. *''ARTIST:
Senor Coconut
*''ALBUM: Tour de France This single contains Latin variations of Tour
de France and the Expo 2000 theme. *''ARTIST: Simple Minds
ALBUM: Neon Lights TRACK: Neon Lights DATE: 2001 This track is a cover
of... wait for it... Neon Lights! I bet you didn't see that coming!
THANKS TO: Coorchack. *''ARTIST: Siouxsie & the Banshees
ALBUM: Through the Looking Glass DATE: 1987 This album includes a
cover of Hall of Mirrors. THANKS TO: Handelson and Joshua Kassel.
*''ARTIST: Snakefinger
ALBUM: Chewing Hides the Sound DATE: 1979 This album includes a cover
of The Model. THANKS TO: Jim Lemanowicz and Coorchack. ADDENDUM:
Squibb Squirrel adds that since The Model was first released in 1978,
this could be a contender for the earliest cover of that song.
*''ARTIST: Sopor Aeternus and the Ensemble of Shadows
TRACK: Modela Est This track is apparently a darkwave reworking of The
Model, sung in Latin. THANKS TO: Luis Tames. *''ARTIST: Teddybears
Sthlm
*''A Swedish hardcore group who did a cover of The Robots. THANKS TO:
Joshua Kassel. *''ARTIST: The Technocrats
ALBUM: Ruckzuck DATE: 1991 (Rough Trade) A cover/remix of Ruckzuck. It
was released as a 3-track 12" and a 6-track CD in Germany. The vinyl
version includes a 9'minute version. THANKS TO: Der Doppelgänger and
Squibb Squirrel. *''ARTIST: Telepopmusik
ALBUM: Genetic World DATE: 2001 This album contains a cover of Trans
Europe Express. THANKS TO: Der Automat. *''ARTIST: Terre Thaemlitz
*''ALBUM: Die Roboter Rubato This album contains avant-garde piano
reinterpretations of several Kraftwerk songs. Apparently on his home
page Terre described the album as "Kraftwerk for housewives", whatever
that means. THANKS TO: Shaun Vaughan and Andréas Hagström. *''ARTIST:
Tiao Wu Jie
TRACK: The Mooel (misprint of Model) DATE: 2000 LABEL: Sony Music Asia
This is a complete Chinese cover of The Model. THANKS TO: Georges van
Kriekinge. *''ARTIST: Trans-Am
Have done a cover of The Man Machine. THANKS TO: Coorchack. *''ARTIST:
Trauma
ALBUM: Fractal 1 DATE: 1993 (Machinery Records) Includes a cover of
Radioactivity. THANKS TO: Squibb Squirrel. *''ARTIST: The Treble
Spankers
ALBUM: Araban Includes a cover of The Model performed using only
guitars and drums. THANKS TO: PJ Peeters. *''ARTIST: Tremolo Beer Gut
*''TRACK: Das Modell Another cover of The Model. THANKS TO: Coorchack.
*''ARTIST: Trio Fratres
This Finnish accordion trio includes the following Kraftwerk songs in
their repertoire: The Model, The Robots, Pocket Calculator, Computer
Love, Transistor. THANKS TO: Mauri Kankaanpää. *''ARTIST: Trylok
ALBUM: Reliance DATE: 2000 This album includes a cover of
Radioactivity as a tribute. THANKS TO: Bernd Nuernberger and
maninglass. *''ARTIST: Miladojka Youneed
ALBUM: Liberta Bloo LABEL: Helidon Records, 1993 ALBUM: Izstekani na
Radiu Student, 1. del LABEL: Dallas Records, Slovenia, 1995 These two
albums contain covers of Pocket Calculator. The second is a live,
unplugged version. Alegedly this track was supposed to appear on the
Trans-Slovenia Express tribute compilation, but was cut due to
offensive lyrics. THANKS TO: Jure Longyka. *''ARTIST: The Ukrainians
Have done several different covers of Radioactivity. THANKS TO:
Coorchack. *''ARTIST: Videosex
ALBUM: Ljubi in Sovrazi DATE: 1992 LABEL: Dallas Records, Slovenia
Contains a cover of Spacelab. THANKS TO: Jure Longyka. *''ARTIST:
Chris Whitley
According to a Scott Woods article in Eye magazine (Toronto), this
artist once covered The Model. *''ARTIST: Wurst 317
This Berlin experamentalist released a strange cover of Ohm Sweet Ohm
on limited edition tapes and CDs. THANKS TO: Squibb Squirrel.
*''ARTIST: Veronika Zemanova
*''This Czech model released a cover of The Model in which she changed
the lyrics to refer to herself. THANKS TO: Erik Jälevik. *''ARTIST:
Zoot Woman
ALBUM: Living in Magazine Contains a cover of The Model. THANKS TO:
Coorchack. *''ARTIST: Unknown
ALBUM: Dark Side of the Autobahn Limited edition 7" picture disk
apparently containing a Pink Floyd/Kraftwerk mashup. THANKS TO: Shaun
Vaughan. *''ARTIST: Various
ALBUM: La Musique de Paris Derniere Vol.2. Contains a Senor Coconut
cover of Radioactivity. This cover was on the original release of
Seonr Coconut's El Baille Aleman album on the Akashic label, but not
on later releases. THANKS TO: Petter Ottosson.
loedown
I am a person who looks at the Kraftwerk news group also
Stick around, you might learn something
Floyd + kraftwerk = fun
Paul
loedown
Paul
Felix Atagong
>I love when people crosspost
Crossposting doesn't matter, my mailreader deletes double posts anyway.
> Stick around, you might learn something
> Floyd + kraftwerk = fun
Finally, a fellow follower of the Floydwerk (or is that Pinkkraft?)
movement. I like both groups and I don't agree with Nick Mason's comment
that Kraftwerk are (were) boring. But I tend to agree with the anonymous
journalist who once wrote that 'at 50 years it is of more importance to be
able to say that you are a member of KW than that you are a member of PF".
> maybe I sent this to the wrong news group, sorry
Nope, I don't follow PF NG closely because there are too many off topic
posts going on there.
Happy New year and all that shit.
Felix
abcdvitamin(MzDe)
@posting.google.com:
Why not just post a link to the websites this material is from?
http://www.robotanz.com/kraftwerk/clones.html
http://www.cuug.ab.ca/~lapierrs/creative/kraftwerk/covers.html
MzDe
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