Kraftwerk - Kraftwerk 2 Artist_James Blake

Kraftwerk - Kraftwerk 2 Artist_James BlakeKraftwerk 2 is the second studio album by German electronic band Kraftwerk, entirely written and performed by founding Kraftwerk members Ralf Htter and Florian Schneider in late 1971 and released in January 1972. Perhaps the least characteristic album of their output, it features no synthesizers, the instrumentation being largely electric guitar, bass guitar, flute and violin. On the second side, the more rock oriented origins of the group still cling

and the process of committing your song to tape could become a whole adventure unto itself

waiting for men to show up and buy them a drink

and joined Alto Sax legend Charlie Parker on various West-Coast gigs

What emerged was the unapologetically uncompromising

including Best Picture and Best Score

with a sound that is modern but as nostalgic

” The indelible theme is one of five excellent Silver originals (plus the standard “For Heaven’s Sake”) performed by an ace quintet featuring Donald Byrd on trumpet

is the first track

Academy Award® winner Steven Price

He describes the creative process as thinking in images

Haino’s explosively untutored approach to the drumkit will be familiar to some listeners from the radical duo iteration of Fushitsusha heard on Origin’s Hesitation

Analog version available in limited quantities