Kraftwerk - Kraftwerk 2 (Philips 6305 117) (GER 1972) (Vinyl 24-96 & 16-44.1)

Kraftwerk - Kraftwerk 2
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Cat#: Philips 6305 117 (original german gatefold) | Country/Year: Germany 1972 | Genre: Krautrock, Electronic

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Kraftwerk - Kraftwerk 2

Label: Philips
Catalog#: 6305 117
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold Cover
Country: Germany
Released: 1972
Genre: Electronic
Style: Krautrock

Tracklist:

A1 Klingklang 17:36
A2 Atem 2:57
B1 Strom 3:52
B2 Spule 4 5:20
B3 Wellenlänge 9:40
B4 Harmonika 3:17

Credits:

Flute, Violin, Guitar, Electronics, Glockenspiel - Florian Schneider
Organ, Electric Piano, Bass Guitar, Electronic Drums [Drum Machine], Glockenspiel, Harmonica - Ralf Hütter
Producer - Florian Schneider-Esleben, Ralf Hütter
Producer, Engineer - Conrad Plank

Notes:

Authentic copies have the cone printed with fluorescent green ink on smooth (but unlaminated) white cardboard.

Recorded September/October 1971 but released January 1972.

Discogs Url: http://www.discogs.com/Kraftwerk-Kraftwerk-2/release/125206
Wikipedia Url: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraftwerk_2

Review

by Ned Raggett

Like its predecessor (similarly designed right down to the traffic cone cover, though green instead of red), Kraftwerk 2 has never been properly re-released, giving it the same lost-classic aura as the first album, or at least lost, period. Thankfully, bootleg reissues in 1993 restored it to wider public listening; even more so than Kraftwerk 1, its lack of official reappearance is a mystery, in that the band is clearly well on its way to the later Kraftwerk sound of fame. Stripped down to the Hütter/Schneider duo for this release, and again working with Conrad Plank as coproducer and engineer (this album alone demonstrates his ability to create performances combining technological precision and warmth), Kraftwerk here start exploring the possibilities of keyboards and electronic percussion in detail. Given that the band's drummers were gone, such a shift was already in the wind, but it's the enthusiastic grappling with drum machines and their possibilities that makes Kraftwerk 2 noteworthy. The nearly side-long effort "KlingKlang," which would later give the name to the band's studio and which predicts later lengthy efforts like "Autobahn," shows how the duo is still working toward its future styles. Steady beats are sometimes sped up and slowed down; more freeform performances on flute, violin, and keyboard remain present (rather than honing in on a core melody); and again, no vocals yet grace the recordings. On the second side, the more rock-oriented origins of the group still cling on, mostly without any percussion whatsoever: the distorted solo guitar start of "Strom," the guitar/bass duets of "Spule 4" (queasy) and "Wellenlänge" (quite beautiful and very indicative of many '90s space rock efforts). Ultimately as with Kraftwerk 1, Kraftwerk 2 isn't the "classic" sound of the band, but it's astonishingly worthy on its own, well worth seeking out.

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