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Kraftwerk: mixes art with music in sell-out shows

submitted by Nick Feb 7th 2013 03:00 pm (news.yahoo.com)

LONDON (Reuters) - German electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk have always aimed to combine music and art so performing at London's Tate Modern was the ideal venue for them after three years of planning. Kraftwerk took over the 800-capacity Turbine Hall at the art gallery on Wednesday to play the first of eight consecutive shows, each focused on a different album, starting with "Autobahn" from 1974 and ending with "Tour de France" from 2003. ...

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Jens Lekman: As Kraftwerk Sings Haddaway As Jen Lekman (And Henrik Ibsen) On Australian … Just Watch It

submitted by Nick Aug 25th 2010 06:00 pm (stereogum.com)

After reminding us “The End Of The World Is Bigger Than Love” (aka the summer is best experienced in 3/4 time), Lekman appeared on the Australian game show Spicks And Specks dressed like Kraftwerk’s Florian Schneider (or Gary Numan’s Swedish cousin) to sing lines from Hedda Gabler set to the tunes of Haddaway&...

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Gorillaz: Hear A Clip Of A New Gorillaz Song With (What Sounds Like) Little Dragon

submitted by Nick Feb 3rd 2010 06:01 pm (stereogum.com)

Gorillaz took the spirit of Kraftwerk (and the voices of Bobby Womack and Mos Def) to the disco on "Stylo," and now the band's animated bassist Murdoc is offering little snippets of Plastic Beach via a "pirate radio" session for AOL. Between songs from the likes of Brian Wilson and DJ patter, Murdoc revealed a bit of an appropriately beachy song...

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