Description
Kraftwerk – Trans Europe Express
Kraftwerk celebrate Europe’s romantic past and shimmering future (even more so now post Brexit) with a glistening panorama of elegance and decadence, travel and technology. The infinite vistas of Europe Endless and Endless Endless‘ bookend the album, which includes the unsettling kafka-esque fable The Hall of Mirrors‘ and Showroom Dummies – Kraftwerk’s elegantly ironic reply to critiques of their deadpan manner. But it is the streamlined rhythmic locomotive of Trans Europe Express’ which dominates with its doppler-effect melodic swerves and hypnotic, pneumatic, piston-pumping rhythm. along with its sister track, Metal on Metal‘ which New York DJ Afrika Bambaataa would re-construct five years later for his own seminal Planet Rock, this milestone in avant-pop modernism later becomes a crucial influence on the early pioneers of hip-hop and sampling, electro and industrial music. Poetry in motion.
Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Special Edition, Clear, 180g
Tracklist
A1 | Europe Endless | 9:41 | |
A2 | The Hall Of Mirrors | 7:57 | |
A3 | Showroom Dummies | 6:15 | |
B1 | Trans Europe Express | 6:32 | |
B2 | Metal On Metal | 2:12 | |
B3 | Abzug | 4:54 | |
B4 | Franz Schubert | 4:26 | |
B5 | Endless Endless | 0:55 |