Sonic Sunset

Part 1: Right-click to download (60 min = 56 mb)
Part 2: Right-click to download (79 min = 72 mb)

Broadcast on the eve of the Kraftwerk tour stop in Chicago, Matt hosts a full career retrospective of their work. Agruably the most forward-thinking and influential pioneers in synthesized electro-pop music, the four composers working from Dusseldorf, Germany have had their music famously described as \”so stiff it’s funky.\” Kraftwerk created sonic blueprints and themes that paved the way for early Hip-Hop, House and Techno to follow in their robotic footsteps. After an intro of Detroit-y downtempo sounds, hear Kraftwerk’s decades of influence still every bit as relevant to modern electronic music today, fusing mechanized beats with emotional melodies and beautifully simple pop arrangements.

Part 1 > chill Detroit warm-up, then Kraftwerk begins

Soul Circuit – Ordinary Mind – Don’t Spoil the Tension (Sirkus)
Soul Circuit – Not Gilded – Don’t Spoil the Tension (Sirkus)
Sean Deason – Interlude – Allegory & Metaphor (Intuit Solar)
Sean Deason – Zig [feat. Claude Young] – Allegory & Metaphor (Intuit Solar)
Art Forest – The Flow – Soul In Motion (IRMA)
Le Car – untitled audiofile #7 – Auto Biography (Ersatz Audio)
Kraftwerk – The Voice of Energy – Radio-Activity (Capitol) 1975
Kraftwerk – Antenna – Radio-Activity (Capitol) 1975
Kraftwerk – Expo 2000 [Kling Klang mix 2001] (EMI) 1999
Kraftwerk – The Man-Machine – The Man-Machine (EMI) 1978
Kraftwerk – Tour De France [Etape 2] – Tour De France Soundtracks (EMI) 2003
Kraftwerk – House Phone – The Telephone Call (WB) 1986
Kraftwerk – La Forme – Tour De France Soundtracks (EMI) 2003
Kraftwerk – Autobahn – Autobahn (WB) 1974

Part 2 > continues…

Kraftwerk – Computer Love – Computer World (Warner) 1981
The Balanescu Quartet – Computer Love – Possessed (Mute) 1992
Kraftwerk – The Model – The Man-Machine (EMI) 1978
The Balanescu Quartet – The Model – Possessed (Mute) 1992
Kraftwerk – Trans Europe Express – Trans Europe Express (EMI) 1977
Kraftwerk – Numbers – Computer World (Warner) 1981
Kraftwerk – Computer World 2 – Computer World (Warner) 1981
Kraftwerk – Schaufensterpuppen – Trans Europa Express (EMI) 1977
Kraftwerk – Showroom Dummies – Trans Europe Express (Capitol) 1977
Kraftwerk – Neon Lights – The Man-Machine (EMI) 1978
Kraftwerk – Musique Non Stop – live recording 2004
Kraftwerk – Radio Activity – Radio-Activity (Capitol) 1975
Kraftwerk – Kometenmelodie – Vor Uns Metropolis (Elektrik Cro-Magnon) 1972