The Mix

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While Andrew Harrison of Select awarded the album five stars out of five, his opinion was that "Hütter and Schneider threw themselves into techno as if they'd invented it (which they had), but updating Kraftwerk was always rather pointless, as their music has never dated at all". Still, that is mostly speculation, and the only thing that is clear is that this album marked a turning point in their career. This is a completely different song from the original, transforming a haunting atmospheric track designed to immerse you in a world of industrial technology, into an anthem against nuclear energy.

Very sad, if I had listened to this before listening to the original versions I could’ve possibly given it a 4, but unfortunately I didn’t, and doing this to such masterpieces feels like a crime.The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Pocket Calculator: Pocket Calculator was already happy and energetic; The Mix tries to make it more so by changing the beat to something more bouncy and making the "calculator beeps" more tonal.

A newly remastered edition of the album was released by EMI Records, Mute Records and Astralwerks Records on CD, digital download and heavyweight vinyl in October/November 2009. Probably the weirdest entry into their discography, and that includes their more unfocused early material, The Mix has Kraftwerk beef up some of their old classics with new arrangements and more pumping rhythms.citation needed] Ralf Hütter said in interviews that he regarded The Mix as a type of "live" album, as it captured the results of the band's continual digital improvisations in their Kling Klang studio.

The Sleeve When we describe the sleeve we are describing the printed paper cover or booklet that is included inside the case. Giving the tone arm a very slight push forwards made it continue playing and the rest of the track played fine. Home Computer: An almost seamless combination of Home Computer and It's More Fun To Compute, with some new ideas mixed in as well. Computer Love: Much like The Robots, the most noticeable addition here is a new synth riff in the accompaniment that adds to the danceability of the track. Inspired by the publicity for the band's recent concerts in London, I decided it was time to take a chance, so I went for 'The Mix' as the nearest there is to a sampler.Dentaku: I guess Pocket Calculator must have been really popular in Japan, because Kraftwerk made a part 2 to the song here that uses the Japanese lyrics. Hütter stated in interviews that he regarded The Mix as a type of live album, as it captured the results of the band's continual digital improvisations in their Kling Klang studio.

It's really good to have a studio version of "Autobahn" that doesn't bore me to death; also, the "Pocket Calculator/Dentaku" segment is delicious, and the dancier versions of "The Robots", "Radioactivity" and "Music Non Stop" are highlights too. It was released on 11 June 1991 by Kling Klang and EMI in Europe and by Elektra Records in North America. Featuring re-recordings and remixes of eleven Kraftwerk classics, The Mix updates these tracks with more contemporary/danceable beats. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Please consider supporting us by giving monthly PayPal donations and help keep PA fast-loading and ad-free forever.It has entirely re-arranged and re-recorded versions of a selection of songs which had originally appeared on Kraftwerk's albums Autobahn (1974) to Electric Café (1986). Florian Schneider and Fritz Hilpert, the latter of whom replaced percussionist and stage set designer Wolfgang Flür after Flür left the group in 1987. The only one I liked even a little bit was ‘Computer Love’ and even then, that was more of just a ‘wow this song is good’ instead of a ‘wow they really recreated this track with such nuanced changes that I can definitively say I’d relisten to this version’.