Tuesday, 27 October 2009

Kraftwerk, 1970-1973. Pre-Autobahn

Kraftwerk, 1970

A

  1. "Ruckzuck" – 7:47
  2. "Stratovarius" – 12:10

B

  1. "Megaherz" – 9:30
  2. "Vom Himmel Hoch" – 10:12


Kraftwerk 2, 1972


A

  1. "Kling-Klang" ("Ring Sound", although something like "Tinkle-Tone" might capture the alliteration of the German title better) – 17:36
  2. "Atem" ("Breath") – 2:57

B

  1. "Strom" ("Stream" or "[Electric] Current" - the same wordplay as is possible in English) – 3:52
  2. "Spule 4" ("Reel 4") – 5:20
  3. "Wellenlänge" ("Wavelength") – 9:40
  4. "Harmonika" ("Harmonica") – 3:17


Ralf und Florian, 1973



A

  1. "Elektrisches Roulette" ("Electric Roulette") – 4:20
  2. "Tongebirge" ("Mountain of Sound") – 2:50
  3. "Kristallo" ("Crystals") – 6:20
  4. "Heimatklänge" ("The Bells of Home") – 3:45

B

  1. "Tanzmusik" ("Dance Music") – 6:35
  2. "Ananas Symphonie" ("Pineapple Symphony") – 13:55

Saturday, 24 October 2009

Loop, Heaven's End, 1987



1. Soundhead
2. Straight to Your Heart
3. Forever
4. Heaven's End
5. Too Real to Feel
6. Fix to Fall
7. Head On
8. Carry Me



Brian Eno, Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), 1974


1. Burning Airlines Give You So Much More
2. Back in Judy's Jungle
3. Fat Lady of Limbourg
4. Mother Whale Eyeless
5. Great Pretender
6. Third Uncle
7. Put a Straw Under Baby
8. True Wheel
9. China My China
10. Taking Tiger Mountain





Brian Eno Curious Fact 1

In 1994 Microsoft corporation designers Mark Malamud and Erik Gavriluk approached Brian Eno to compose music for the Windows 95 project. The result was the six-second start-up music-sound of the Windows 95 operating system, The Microsoft Sound. Windows sucks, anyway.

Thursday, 22 October 2009

The Modern Lovers, 1976



Side one

1. "Roadrunner" – 4:04
2. "Astral Plane" – 3:00
3. "Old World" – 4:00
4. "Pablo Picasso" – 4:15

Side two

1. "She Cracked" – 2:53
2. "Hospital" – 5:31
3. "Someone I Care About" – 3:37
4. "Girl Friend" – 3:51
5. "Modern World" – 3:40

2003 CD reissue bonus tracks

1. "Dignified & Old" – 2:29
2. "I'm Straight" – 4:18
3. "Government Center" – 2:03
4. "I Wanna Sleep in Your Arms" - 2:32
5. "Dance With Me" - 4:26
6. "Someone I Care About" (alternative version) - 2:58
7. "Modern World" (alternative version) - 3:16
8. "Roadrunner" (alternative version) - 4:55

Sunday, 20 September 2009

Boards of Canada, Boc Maxima, 1996


  1. "Wildlife Analysis" – 1:08
  2. "Chinook" – 4:25
  3. "Rodox Video" – 0:40
  4. "Everything You Do Is a Balloon" – 6:54
  5. "Boc Maxima" – 1:35
  6. "Roygbiv" – 2:23
  7. "Nova Scotia Robots" – 1:20
  8. "June 9th" – 5:14
  9. "Niagara" – 0:54
  10. "Skimming Stones" – 2:04
  11. "Sixtyniner" – 5:09
  12. "Red Moss" – 6:21
  13. "Concourse" – 1:42
  14. "Carcan" – 1:47
  15. "Nlogax" – 5:11
  16. "M9" – 3:43
  17. "Original Nlogax" – 1:09
  18. "Turquoise Hexagon Sun" – 5:11
  19. "Whitewater" – 6:18
  20. "One Very Important Thought" – 1:04


BOC Curious Fact 1

Original footage sample for "One Very Important Thought"

...and the final result on "Music Has the Right to Children"

Saturday, 19 September 2009

Caribou,The Milk Of Human Kindness, 2005


  1. "Yeti" – 5:01
  2. "Subotnick" – 1:05
  3. "A Final Warning" – 7:15
  4. "Lord Leopard" – 1:37
  5. "Bees" – 5:23
  6. "Hands First" – 0:29
  7. "Hello Hammerheads" – 2:42
  8. "Brahminy Kite" – 5:22
  9. "Drumheller" – 1:33
  10. "Pelican Narrows" – 3:50
  11. "Barnowl" – 5:50

Friday, 18 September 2009

Galerie Stratique, Horizzzons, 2003


1
Été Éphémère (2:37)

2
Train Sous La Pluie (3:39)

3
Jolie Cycliste Sous La Pluie (3:32)

4
Smog Urbain (4:02)

5
Horizons Lointains (3:11)

6
Toundra (2:23)

7
Ciel Infini (1:34)

8
Souvenirs Maritimes (3:57)

9
Kaléidoscope (1:03)
10
Cyclotourisme (1:10)

11
Scorbut (1:47)

12
Éclaircie (3:53)

13
Duel (4:21)

14
Confort (2:44)

15
Engourdissement (3:10)

16
Grand Kaléidoscope (4:02)