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kraftwerk

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❝ As self-described ‘super fans’ of the German uber-group, David and Jennifer at first happily embraced getting tangled in the mythos of Kraftwerk. Now they unashamedly encourage and propagate it. If this were one of those movie ‘expanded universes,’ you’d have to now refer to their contributions to the Kraftwerk story as canon. ❞ *

Radioactivities: The Life and Times of Mr. and Mrs. Kraftwerk

https://memora8ilia.com/index.php/2022/06/20/radioactivities-the-life-and-times-of-mr-and/

Song of my father: On the Trans-Europe Express to India

❝ At his funeral, confronting this furious emotional disquiet, attempting to fill the blanks in the tabula rasa of my father’s early life, I found the tracks that led to a hall of mirrors. The details of his life and mine, separated by a generation but united by a similar yearning. They were on a tattered vinyl record, one of his few remaining possessions: Kraftwerk’s 1977 album Trans-Europe Express. ❞ *

https://memora8ilia.com/index.php/2022/06/19/song-of-my-father-on-the-trans-europe-express-to/

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Behold the rare Joh Mustad AB ‘Tubon’ monophonic bass keyboard, seen above in the hands of Paul McCartney. Remarkably, it was patented in 1967, predating the ‘keytar’ by at least a decade.

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❝ The instrument was battery-powered, monophonic and came with a strap so it could be slung like a guitar. It made its mark in the Swedish folk scene of the 60s and 70s and had four presets sounds to choose from: contrabass, saxophone, electric bass, and woodwind. Few made it beyond the Scandinavian frontier, except into the hands of the Beatles and Kraftwerk. ❝ *

https://memora8ilia.com/index.php/2022/06/08/behold-the-rare-joh-mustad-ab-tubon-monophonic/