This is one of my favourite krautrock albums: made by KRAFTWERK long before they became a widely known band (and long before hits like "The man machine"), "2" does not sound so different fron other german bands of the time as POPOL VUH, with those eastern-influenced melodies and mantras. More importantly, it is an album where the machine is still part of an organic ensemble and does not have the lead on it (unlike the KRAFTWERK of second half of the seventies), so guitars and flutes and such are not more important than drum machines or synthesizers.
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4 comments:
thank you so very much. i have always wanted to hear this recording but have never seen it anywhere. could you post the first one if you have it please?
have only heard their later work and would love to get a better idea of their sound when they started out.
FYI this file seems to be inaccessible now.
I don't have any problem on my end. And yes, if you could post the first one as well...much thanks!
I tried again and got it this time. Thanks so much - I've wanted to hear this for many years.
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