Kraftwerk 'The Man Machine' Full Analysis

[@philipmulville8218]

Neon Lights is a masterpiece. Thanks for this amazing analysis.

[@spacecat7715]

My favorite song of theirs.

[@samsam2235]

When you jazzed things up, you added a totally new dimension to the tracks. You made me appreciate the music even more. Thank you!

[@gregsullivan7408]

On the contrary, it completely ruined it for me.....but baby it hurt so good. 🤣

[@PatrickRosenbalm]

Steely Dan meets Kraftwerk.

[@goldensyrupgamingshow2978]

Yeah I think anything is improved by adding Rhodes piano

[@itstheterranaut]

@@PatrickRosenbalm Haitian Robot Divorce.

[@eldruidacosmico]

It sounds like an album idea right there....

[@lucky13shot]

I always come back to this, when my friends ask why do you listen to old Techno so much.

[@seidnettzueinander9122]

this is so strange. While I love Kraftwerk I couldn't care less for Techno. Electronic music died for me after the 80ties.

[@guitarsolos89]

When you played the Jazz over Kraftwerk, it blew my mind. I never thought of the chord changes being jazzy until you said it. Thanks for letting us discover the incredible depths of music together with u! // much love from Sweden

[@laserquant]

Same here. Sounds so good. ❤️

[@bahadirhankocer]

No, This wasn't a trip just for you. You interpreted all the tracks with extraordinary spontaneity and completely changed my perspective on this album that I have been listening to for years. I see the years you spent listening to this album. You're familiar with even the smallest, granular and micro details. I've been here as a subscriber for years, Claudio. I bet, this video is your masterwork and I was definitely among "the 15 people".

[@whydiddaddy7163]

I would love to see something like this for Computer World. Some of the sounds on that record blow my mind.

[@christopherpederson1021]

@BumbleBee their best definitely

[@MisAnnThorpe]

@@christopherpederson1021 Not necessarily their best but certainly the template for future electronic music in my opinion.

[@A-ProductionsYT]

@@MisAnnThorpe Yes! “The Mix” is the best.

[@j.maxell3030]

Kraftwerk dentro de la escena Electrónica Alemana: • Kraftwerk 1969 "Organisation" Electro Concreta, Ruido & Krautrock. • Kraftwerk 1970-1972 Electro Concreta, Dusseldorft & Krautrock. • Kraftwerk 1973-1974 influenciado por la electro concreta moderna, tape músic y trabajos de muchos productores y desarrolladores de Europa y EEUU pilares y padres de la Electrónica Concreta y Moderna : Jarre, Kingsley, Cecil, P. Prilly (J.J. Perrey), Raymond Scott, T. Blake, Claude D. Jean, Derbyshire, Dissevelt, T. Lasry etc. • Kraftwerk 1975-1977 y a través de toda su carrera influenciado en mas modelos electrónicos fluidos: Moroder (Einzelganger 75/Electro Munich), Moroder (EDM Synthpop & NRG 77), Peter Bauman & Edgar Froese (Tangerine Dreams/Electro Berlin), Jean M Jarre (Electro Francesa), Schulze, Vangelis, Dan Lacskman (Telex), Ryuichi Sakamoto (YMO) entre otros grandes productores y genios de la época...estas son las bases más fundamentales para el desarrollo de la segunda generación del EDM de los 80s y sus nuevas ramas: House, Techno, Synthpop, NRG, Freestyle, Italo, New Beat, Trance, Ácid House, Eurobeat etc... Kraftwerk 👎 50 años de su Electro Experimental, Dusseldorf & Krautrock 😭. • The NRG & Synthpop Sound of Giorgio⚡Moroder, father of EDM since 1977 👌

[@j.maxell3030]

@@MisAnnThorpe Kraftwerk no presenta el modelo electrónico que sustenta la electro más fundamental de los 80s y el inicio de la música del futuro ya que el Krautrock & Electro Experimental Dusseldorf de Kraftwerk no se perfilaba para esa realidad.

[@3d-marabu]

"Kraftwerk", the forefathers of electronic music. Still a musical treat 50 years later. 👌

[@j.maxell3030]

Kraftwerk en la escena Electrónica Alemana: • Kraftwerk 1969 "Organisation" Electro Concreta, Ruido & Krautrock. • Kraftwerk 1970-1972 Electro Concreta, Dusseldorft & Krautrock. • Kraftwerk 1973-1974 influenciado por la electro concreta moderna, tape músic y trabajos de muchos productores y desarrolladores de Europa y EEUU pilares y padres de la Electrónica Concreta y Moderna : Jarre, Kingsley, Cecil, P. Prilly (J.J. Perrey), Raymond Scott, T. Blake, Claude D. Jean, Derbyshire, Dissevelt, T. Lasry etc. • Kraftwerk 1975-1977 y a través de toda su carrera influenciado en mas modelos electrónicos fluidos: Moroder (Einzelganger 75/Electro Munich), Moroder (EDM Synthpop & NRG 77), Peter Bauman & Edgar Froese (Tangerine Dreams/Electro Berlin), Jean M Jarre (Electro Francesa), Schulze, Vangelis, Dan Lacskman (Telex), Ryuichi Sakamoto (YMO) entre otros grandes productores y genios de la época...estas son las bases más fundamentales para el desarrollo de la segunda generación del EDM de los 80s y sus nuevas ramas: House, Techno, Synthpop, NRG, Freestyle, Italo, New Beat, Trance, Ácid House, Eurobeat...incluido el llamado EBM y lo más fluido de la electro industrial. Kraftwerk 👎 50 años de su Experimental, Dusseldorf & Krautrock. • The NRG & Synthpop Sound of Giorgio⚡Moroder, father of EDM since 1977 👍

[@yokelectronic]

They were making techno before the boys in detroit came along and coined the name techno... Masters and pioneers of electronic music...

[@j.maxell3030]

@@yokelectronic Los orígenes del Techno y House respectivamente desde 1980 parten de los modelos y líneas electronicas mencionadas dónde muchos de los productores y artistas citados ya empezaban a crear las diversas gamas y ramas del EDM (aun arraigadas al NRG y Synthpop), artistas como Juan Atkins a partir de 1981 parten e inician del modelo EDM y la escena electro de los 70s (no del E. Dusseldorf & Krautrock) para desarrollar su sonido el cual también estaba relacionado a la escena Funk, Soul & Disco, Arthur Baker, John Roby, Jellybean y gente relacionada a ellos a partir de 1972 desarrollan el Freestyle (Electro Hip Hop) y ello no es Techno concreto, y parten de la electrónica EDM (NRG & Synthpop), R&B, P-Funk, Hip Hop (Tommy Boy) dónde inician muchas de sus producciones sumado a toda la gama inicial de electro que se venía desarrollado a partir de 1980 por artistas y productores experimentados que ya desarrollaban modelos y bases primarias del electro "Hip Hop" Freestyle: Yukihiro Takahashi, Liaisons Dangerous, Malcom Mclaren, Bobby R, T.T. Club, Fab 5 Freddy, Heaven 17, Ch. Jankel, Landscape, Instant Music, Telex, Kries Roose, Lógic System (Ryou Kawakami), Moderne, R.E.R.B, Sharevari...hasta el mismo Being Boiled de Martin W. & Ian Craig M. o el Everybody de Madonna 1981 perfilan el sonido característico que utiliza Artur Baker...el House, Techno, Freestyle Electro Hip Hop de inicios de los 80s se nutre en gran medida de una infinidad de grupos y bandas Synthpop que iniciaban la ramificación del EDM que data de 1977. El sonido NRG & Synthpop de Giorgio⚡Moroder padre del EDM y la Electronica de Tangerine Dreams, Jean M Jarre, Dan Lasckman, YMO son las más resaltantes y referentes que sentaron la evolución final de la música electrónica concreta (junto a otros grandes artistas y productores) dando inicio a la verdadera electronica moderna y las verdaderas bases de la electrónica EDM de los 80s: House, Techno, Synthpop, NRG, Freestyle, Italo, New Beat, Trance, Ácid House, Eurobeat etc...

[@j.maxell3030]

@@yokelectronic Las bases y líneas electronicas fundamentales dentro de las primeras transiciones que cambiaron el modelo concreto que los define, algo muy diferente de las interpretaciones personales y limitado entendimiento, característica clásica de todo Kraftwerk Boy o Kraftwerk Fan. Organisation es música electrónica concreta, muy experimental, rústica y de mucho ruido (característico del Krautrock y la electro inicial de Kraftwerk) a comparación de verdaderos modelos y pionero de la electronica que empezaban a romper el molde duro y rústico a una electro más sofisticada: T. Dissevelt, R. Scott, D. Derbyshire, G. Kingsley, Cecil, Perrey, Lasrry, Dick H, Terry R, Nino N...(solo por citar algunos de los cuales Kraftwerk y la escena Dusseldorf Alemana toman influencia directa dentro de sus respectivas líneas experimentales a partir del 1970)...el Krautrock y ruido de Organisation (1970) no daba la talla frente a los pioneros citados. Kraftwerk a partir de 1971 toma las bases de la electrónica concreta fluida que ya se estaba desarrollando en varios países y por diversos productores dónde Francia, Bélgica o EEUU que destacaban en evolucion y experimentación electrónica, solo por citar la escena Francesa: Jean M. Jarre (Freedom Day, Synthetizer Man, Poltergeist Party, Rain Forest Rap, Hipnose, Popcorn etc) todo ello en antes del 73, J.J. Perrey bajo el nombre de Pat Prilly (Coeur Synthetique, Altitude 1, Aerolite Alpha, Frontieres de Linconnu etc) avanzado notablemente frente al Krautrock y los limitados trabajos de Kraftwerk, C.D Jean, P. Henry, Terry R...entre otros, con moldes electrónicos en continua evolución, avance y variantes, el Krautrock y electro Dusseldorf de Kraftwerk con el tibio Kristallo 1973 tomado directamente de la electro concreta de los productores citados no era novedad. El Krautrock y electro Dusseldorf característico de Kraftwerk y de aquella escena alemana se limita a ello, el mundo de la electrónica en esa fecha estaba más allá del Dusseldorf y desarrollándose de otra manera por verdaderos pioneros y genios. Kraftwerk 1974 (Autobhan) empieza a desarraigar su electro Dusseldorf & Krautrock tomando la electro fluida que se desarrollaba en muchos países de Europa y EEUU, en especial (por aquellos años) la influencia Francesa paralelo a ello productores musicales y artistas dentro de la nueva escena electronica, en Alemania Tangerine Dreams, Schulze empezaban a experimentar sus respectivos estilos de electrónica (Berlin) influenciado también de la música electrónica concreta de aquella década, Dan Lasckman en Bélgica empezaba a experimentar con el Moog en varios de sus temas (Popcorn, Cides 72) y Moroder (Song of my Father) desde el 70 incorporaba componente electrónico en algunas de sus producciones tomando también el sonido concreto de la electrónica y no el desconocido Krautrock y la electro experimental de Kraftwerk, 1975 Einzelganger, meses antes que Radioactivity el cual toma clara influencia Moroder (Inicio de Kraftwerk post Moroder & Tangerine Dreams), Edgar Froese & Peter Bauman, Jarre, Schulze, T. Blake, Bernard F, Mort G. entre otros ya se adelantaban a una electrónica más rápida y cargada que los sólidos y limitados sonidos de Kraftwerk, TEE 1977 influenciado en trabajos de los artistas y productores citados añadiendo a Vangelis, Lacskman, Tonet, Klaus W, Dominique P. (por citar algunos) junto a la electro Munich (Studios) de Giorgio Moroder y su sonido NRG & Synthpop (I Feel Love, Working To The Midnight Shif, Queen For A Day, I Need You y el álbum From To The Eternity 1977) inician el modelo EDM que Kraftwerk a partir de 1978 TMM (Spacelab, Metropolis y varios de sus temas) toman como modelo electrónico la línea de todos los productores citados resaltando de entre ellos a Moroder, Peter Bauman (Leda), Edgar Froese, Jarre, Lasckman (Telex), Ryuichi Sakamoto & Ryou Kawakami (YMO), Martin W. & Ian C.M. (Human League), Claudio G. Romano M entre otros, alejándose Kraftwerk notablemente de su arraigado electro Dusseldorf & Krautrock, al igual que los Punk Convertidos de finales de los 70s, en su mayoría Ingleses (Ultravox, Numan, Visage, OMD, Depeche Mode, Spark etc) incluida también influencia en la llamada electro industrial o EBM dónde aplican en muchas producciones la fluidez y característica eléctrica del EDM y en poca medida la característica dureza lírica de Kraftwerk.

[@gerdokurt]

I dont want to take any credits away from Kraftwerk, but I think the "forefathers of electronic music" I read everywhere isnt true! Actually, electronic music has a mother. Delia Derbyshire, who created the original "Doctor Who" Theme (1962/63) for BBC. You can find it on youtube, there also is a very short documentary about the creation process. Sadly, she isnt mentioned in the history books of music because BBC kept the people responsible for the "BBC in house music" anonymous. Her name was revealed just a few years ago because of the show`s 50th anniversary, long after her death. And dont forget Gershon Kingsley (actually Götz Gustav Ksinkski, a german guy too), who created the famous "Pop Corn" 1969!

[@vdub4216]

This was THE album that got me away from classical piano into electronica as a child. You have NO IDEA how life changing this record is to me. ❤Doctor Mix🇦🇺

[@djdavefloyd]

same here

[@edwardfletcher7790]

These guys invented Techno, search for "Kraftwerk first techno 1970" 😆

[@MrmelodyUs]

@@djdavefloyd Oh yeah? listen to New York City's #SILVERAPPLES!!!

[@j.maxell3030]

Kraftwerk dentro escena Electrónica ALEMANA: • Kraftwerk 1969 "Organisation" Experimental, Ruido & Krautrock. • Kraftwerk 1970-1972 Electro Concreta, Dusseldorft & Krautrock. • Kraftwerk 1973-1974 influenciado por la electro concreta moderna, tape músic y trabajos de muchos productores y desarrolladores de Europa y EEUU pilares y padres de la Electrónica Concreta y Moderna : Jarre, Kingsley, Cecil, P. Prilly (J.J. Perrey), Raymond Scott, T. Blake, Claude D. Jean, Derbyshire, Dissevelt, T. Lasry etc. • Kraftwerk 1975-1977 y a través de toda su carrera influenciado en mas modelos electrónicos fluidos: Moroder (Einzelganger 75/Electro Munich), Moroder (EDM Synthpop & NRG 77), Peter Bauman & Edgar Froese (Tangerine Dreams/Electro Berlin), Jean M Jarre (Electro Francesa), Schulze, Vangelis, Dan Lacskman (Telex), Ryuichi Sakamoto (YMO) entre otros grandes productores y genios de la época...estas son las bases más fundamentales para el desarrollo de la segunda generación del EDM de los 80s y sus nuevas ramas: House, Techno, Synthpop, NRG, Freestyle, Italo, New Beat, Trance, Ácid House, Eurobeat etc... Kraftwerk 👎 50 años de su Electro Experimental, Dusseldorf & Krautrock. • The NRG & Synthpop Sound of Giorgio⚡Moroder, father of EDM since 1977 👍

[@j.maxell3030]

@@edwardfletcher7790 Kraftwerk no es Techno, es Krautrock. Techno proviene del EDM... The NRG Synthpop Sound of Giorgio⚡Moroder father of EDM since 1977.

[@carlbowles1808]

Kraftwerk did in the 1970's and 80's what jazz bebop artists did during the 1940s and 50's, they changed music permanently. They were awesome and so is this video, thank you from America Claudio 🇺🇸😊.

[@philronan6929]

"This thing made everything else sound like the past." - that's SO TRUE!! What a fantastic album! ❤❤❤

[@MrmelodyUs]

Oh yeah? Listen to #SILVERAPPLES from New York City in 1967!!!

[@ferryporsha7401]

@@MrmelodyUs To be fair, it did make most music (especially within the pop genre), before & well after sound like the past but I take your point as Oscillators from 1968 is probably the standout track from Silver Apples of that era. Considering the time & technology available, it's a fantastic track supported by great lyrics & sounds for which they should be applauded & if I'm being honest, a recent find for me. However, the origins of Kraftwerk date back to 1968 in Düsseldorf, Germany where founding members Ralf Hütter playing keyboards & Florian Schneider the flute, perform their first gig at the city's Cream Cheese Club. The band was called Organisation, a progressive free-form group who became obsessed with synthesizers. Their 1973 track Kristallo is probably one of the first recorded tracks featuring an early sequencer modulating a rhythmic pulsating synthesizer, something which they became famous for: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kImZg2utYq50gs0 Then also Tanzmusik from the same era featuring an early drum machine & early synth-type sounds & effects: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4G6oHuIjdd0gK8 Given the time that both bands were operating in the late 60s & how much slower & limited communications were, plus the fact that most releases were confined to records which were restricted to each global region, unless imported, it's unlikely that either band were aware of each other until some years later.

[@j.maxell3030]

@@ferryporsha7401 Kraftwerk 1978 Post EDM Synthpop & NRG de Giorgio⚡Moroder & Electro de Tangerine Dreams, Schulze, Jarre, Vangelis, Lacskman (Telex), YMO, Harold Faltermeyer... • Kraftwerk E. Dusseldorf, Experimental & Krautrock 1970-1974. • Kraftwerk 1975 para adelante inicia el desarraigo de su electrónica matriz influenciado y tomando otros modelos electrónicos (Moroder, Tangerine Dreams, Jarre, Vangelis, Lasckman, YMO etc)...

[@ferryporsha7401]

@@j.maxell3030 I'm fully aware of all those artists, I've lived & experienced the whole scene going to music events all over Europe & as such, a big fan of Tangerine Dream (after all they're German as well) JM Jarre, Vangellis, etc, & lets not forget CAN from 1968, plus Karlheinz Stockhausen who inspired most of the aforementioned artists, but I meant within the context of popular music; so I've edited my comment. Yes, I'd agree that "I Feel Love" by Donna Summer/Moroder was a breakthrough track in 1977 but a lot of the sounds he used were similar to Kraftwerk's Autobahn from 1974 which was the point at which Kraftwerk wanted to break into the popular music market by introducing vocals & they did as Autobahn charted all over Europe as it was played on the radio! I wouldn't really call Jarre, Tad Dream, Vangellis, etc at that time popular music in the context of being like a traditional pop song so the Kraftwerk stuff was breaking new ground in the 70's. In fact, when they toured the USA in 1981, hardly anyone had heard of them & their TEE, Man Machine & CW albums had such an impact on the American dance music scene, that techno was born as many of emerging artists were copying Kraftwerk's style, sound, melodies, etc & you only need to listen to "Planet Rock" by Afrika Bambaataa and the Soul Sonic Force plus the influence they had on people like Arthur Baker & Cybotron to hear that.

[@danteshydratshirt2360]

@@MrmelodyUs or even the theme music to Britains Doctor Who series 1963 by Delia Derbyshire its one of the first television themes to be created and produced entirely with electronics.

[@shahidkamal]

I’ve loved your work for years. This is the first time I’ve commented. You communicate the spirit of music in a way that makes me appreciate Kraftwer’s true artistry in a way I’ve never heard before. Your style and approach is authentic and inimitable. Your enthusiasm is infectious. Thank you.

[@Doctormix]

Aww thank you, I really appreciate this comment 🕺groove on Shahid

[@rickymartinis8530]

@@Doctormix never heard the vinyl sounds so warm on you tube,are you using some Alllen & Heath Xone mixer ? loudspeakers are Dynaudio ?

[@Iain2000]

Think I have just witnessed one of the all time best videos on KZbin! What an absolute pleasure to watch a masterclass in analysing this, one of the greatest albums ever produced. Back in the eighties, me and my best friend used to try and emulate this album using our very limited synth collection. This video bring backs good memories. Thank you 🙏🏼

[@philippeblondeaux5566]

I fully agree, this youtube should be put on the list of best ever, Doctor Mix is so inspiring, so passionate, I love watching and hearing him and this record blew my mind when I first heard it

[@Sparks127]

I was about 12 when my mates brother got him this album from Greece. It blew our minds. Got Grandads Accordion out to try and re-create the tunes as it was rarely played on radio and I didn't get a record player until I was 14.

[@JGirard1Stream]

Claudio, these analysis videos really demonstrate your deep passion for complex music. They also showcase how talented you are as a musician. I can see how good of a musician you are in all your other videos, but these analysis videos show your talent and capability at a whole new level. Thank you for inviting us in with you.

[@Doctormix]

Thank you for the beautiful compliment 🙏

[@FrootyRecords]

No fear of losing people on this one, I watched it all from start to finish. Thank you Doctor. Most Excellent!

[@simonwatson5299]

Your Jazz riffing over this track WAS EPIC!!!! Please find a way to do a whole 'Riff Along' video, it would be absolutely AMAZING!!!!!!

[@simonwatson5299]

WE ARE THE ROBOTS!!!!!

[@olivermarschalek5310]

I was 10 years old, my brother bought it. I heard it and as a child I was dreaming away every day. Since then I am a fan of Kraftwerk. It is so great, that you did this. Thanks a lot❤

[@artistic-wordplay]

Down memory-lane you go with a smile on your face...

[@kentaccordionist]

One of the best synthesizer albums of all time.

[@tangerine825]

Legend ! Classic Of Electronic Music ! Poland Love Kraftwerk ;-),Great Job Doctor Mix ;-)

[@thebrazilshow]

I was a BIG Kraftwerk fan back in the 80's and I was in the Music business at the time. The thing that made Kraftwerk special to me and to the Hip Hop community (Africa Bambatta) was that their music had that funky "Swing" to it. It wasn't a sterile quantized straight on the beat sound , it laid off the beat a bit. Black clubs in L.A. and NYC played Kraftwerk cause it could mix into other dance music.

[@-Ricky_Spanish-]

I always knew I loved this album, but I never realized how brilliantly composed it was. Thanks Doc! I'm always learning things from you.

[@tzvetanpetzev1221]

This is one of the coolest musical analysis that I’ve ever heard! You are a passionate and talented musician, Fabio. Thank you!

[@aceyage]

You can create the click from The Robots by using a very short decay filter env and a longer decay on the amp envelope. It's not a separate sound. The intro sweep for Neon Lights is an Arp Odyssey sync sound, but of course similar sounds can be done with the Minimoog resonant filter. They got a Polymoog for the production of Man Machine which was modified with an audio input. They also had an Arp Omni for string sounds like on Metropolis. There's also the Orchstron choir in the background for The Model. Drums are a bit of a mystery, but likely heavily modified and processed Farfisa Rhythm 10 and Vox Percussion King. They also used a Pollard Syndrum (bleeps on title track) and Synare 2. You should listen to the Techno Pop suite, it's probably the jazziest thing they have done past Autobahn.

[@Doctormix]

oh wow! Thank you for the info!!!

[@LeoDragon34]

‘Autobahn’ got far more attention in the UK but I always regarded ‘Man Machine’ as their finest moment. It took me to another level of electronic music appreciation in the late 70’s and early 80’s, along with Jean-Michel Jarre and Vangelis, and has enriched my life immeasurably ever since.

[@j.maxell3030]

Kraftwerk en la escena Electrónica Alemana: • Kraftwerk 1969 "Organisation" Electro Concreta, Ruido & Krautrock. • Kraftwerk 1970-1972 Electro Concreta, Dusseldorft & Krautrock. • Kraftwerk 1973-1974 influenciado por la electro concreta moderna, tape músic y trabajos de muchos productores y desarrolladores de Europa y EEUU pilares y padres de la Electrónica Concreta y Moderna : Jarre, Kingsley, Cecil, P. Prilly (J.J. Perrey), Raymond Scott, T. Blake, Claude D. Jean, Derbyshire, Dissevelt, T. Lasry etc. • Kraftwerk 1975-1977 y a través de toda su carrera influenciado en mas modelos electrónicos fluidos: Moroder (Einzelganger 75/Electro Munich), Moroder (EDM Synthpop & NRG 77), Peter Bauman & Edgar Froese (Tangerine Dreams/Electro Berlin), Jean M Jarre (Electro Francesa), Schulze, Vangelis, Dan Lacskman (Telex), Ryuichi Sakamoto (YMO) entre otros grandes productores y genios de la época...estas son las bases más fundamentales para el desarrollo de la segunda generación del EDM de los 80s y sus nuevas ramas: House, Techno, Synthpop, NRG, Freestyle, Italo, New Beat, Trance, Ácid House, Eurobeat etc... Kraftwerk 👎 50 años de su Electro Experimental, Dusseldorf & Krautrock. • The NRG & Synthpop Sound of Giorgio⚡Moroder, father of EDM since 1977 👍

[@krzysztofkietzman3332]

It's Radioactivity for me, because I was born just after Chernobyl in Eastern Europe.

[@candypeanut9927]

Have watched many of your videos and like a lot of your content. But this one is a masterpiece! Thank you for putting into words so eloquently what I have been hearing all those years. Your use of the turntable instead of some SW to highlight transients etc adds so much to the beauty of this video. Fantastic!

[@Hainbach]

Fantastic video! I am pretty sure it’s the Schulte Compact Phasing on the click - mine sounds and moves exactly like it.

[@gmrblgargl]

Exactly. It's probably also on the gated chords on Neonlights. You can stop the LFO with the foot pedal and "play" the sweeps using the PHASING/AMPLITUDE knob so they move exactly as you want them. It adds "squeeziness" to everything. Small demo: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZOqda2AebOears

[@j.maxell3030]

Kraftwerk dentro de la escena Electrónica ALEMANA: • Kraftwerk 1969 "Organisation" Electro Concreta, Ruido & Krautrock. • Kraftwerk 1970-1972 Electro Concreta, Dusseldorft & Krautrock. • Kraftwerk 1973-1974 influenciado por la electro concreta moderna, tape músic y trabajos de muchos productores y desarrolladores de Europa y EEUU pilares y padres de la Electrónica Concreta y Moderna : Jarre, Kingsley, Cecil, P. Prilly (J.J. Perrey), Raymond Scott, T. Blake, Claude D. Jean, Derbyshire, Dissevelt, T. Lasry etc. • Kraftwerk 1975-1977 y a través de toda su carrera influenciado en mas modelos electrónicos fluidos: Moroder (Einzelganger 75/Electro Munich), Moroder (EDM Synthpop & NRG 77), Peter Bauman & Edgar Froese (Tangerine Dreams/Electro Berlin), Jean M Jarre (Electro Francesa), Schulze, Vangelis, Dan Lacskman (Telex), Ryuichi Sakamoto (YMO) entre otros grandes productores y genios de la época...estas son las bases más fundamentales para el desarrollo de la segunda generación del EDM de los 80s y sus nuevas ramas: House, Techno, Synthpop, NRG, Freestyle, Italo, New Beat, Trance, Ácid House, Eurobeat etc... Kraftwerk 👎 50 años de su Electro Experimental, Dusseldorf & Krautrock... • The NRG & Synthpop Sound of Giorgio⚡Moroder, father of EDM since 1977 👌

[@crazyspock4986]

Extremely professional, patient & passionate breakdown. The music theory & sound design behind all this is really fascinating to learn. Thank you Dr.Mix. Got me feeling like I listened to their music for nothing. Should realize that always need to keep your eyes wide and open to embrace the broad plain of music world cause everything is so closely connected. Also must be modest and grateful to listen all these masterpiece cause nothing is easy to make.

[@supergeorge72]

"The Man Machine" What a great album, I was only 6 years old, but Krafwerk and Jean Michel Jarre were my favorite music without a doubt at that time.

[@SharpblueCreative]

You and me both

[@EtsiJuuret]

@@SharpblueCreative upstairs at Eric's

[@SharpblueCreative]

@@EtsiJuuret got that too. Love a bit of Yazoo.

[@EtsiJuuret]

@@SharpblueCreative yes, Vince is a little genius of electro-pop.

[@topsymusic3733]

Vangelis too, of course... RIP ❤❤❤

[@CallousCoder]

I’m a year younger that Claudio and I remember hearing this on German TV. I vividly remember that I was bathed wearing my green pyjama’s and then I was allowed 30 minutes to watch some TV. And I was clicking through the 5 channels, 2 Dutch and 3 German and I heard this. And I loved it! The next day I took tin foil and wrapped it a around me limbs 😂and sang robots robots! As a 5 year old. I recall but I could be wrong that they had drum sticks with wires and metal pads… I never really got into KraftWerk I was more into Giorgio and Jean Michel Jarre, Orchestral Maneuvers on the Dark. But KraftWerk undoubtedly engineered a lot of things for electronic music. And had I been 4 or 5 years older I’d probably really dug them too. 5 is just a little too young to appreciate music for most kids.

[@AllyKiss18]

I have been listening to this record for twenty years, and as a producer noticed a lot myself- but not to this level. This is honestly one of the best videos you’ve ever made and you’ve enhanced the album for me even more. I didn’t know that was possible, thank you.

[@expandingknowledge8269]

The clicks and pops of the record itself is what distinguishes a well loved album. Bought this album the day it came into my record store! KRAFTWERK, ahead of their time! 🎛 🔈 🔉 🔊 🤖

[@andreasekart3853]

My first encounter with Kraftwerk was in '74, when Autobahn was first played here in Austrian Radio. I was 12 and blown away, my parents hated it... From that moment I had to have all of their albums. Since that time I hear the influence of Kraftwerk in almost any modern music. The younger ones in my surrounding are sceptical whenever I say " I heard that back in the seventies", but get big eyes when I introduce them to the genius of '70s music. Mensch-Maschine is still my favourite electronic album. Needless to say that J.M. Jarre, Isao Tomita, Giorgio Moroder and the like are also and always on my playlist. Loved to see you dive in the first track having problems stopping whaffle 🙂

[@MrmelodyUs]

Oh yeah? Listen to #SILVERAPPLES from New York City in 1967!!!

[@Aesopos]

@@MrmelodyUs Thanks for the suggestion,great stuff!

[@evilgenius4488]

You forgot the great Greek Maestro Vangelis in your list.

[@j.maxell3030]

22:50 Es la EDM (NRG & Synthpop) de Giorgio Moroder y la Electro de Peter Bauman & Edgar Froese (Tangerine Dreams/Electro Berlin), Jean M Jarre (Electro Francesa), Schulze, Vangelis, Dan Lacskman (Telex), Ryuichi Sakamoto (YMO) que parten de lo más fluido y sofisticado de la evolución que tubo la electrónica concreta en los 60s y mediados del 70s...no es la Electro Dusseldorf & Krautrock de Kraftwerk.

[@j.maxell3030]

Kraftwerk en la escena Electrónica Alemana: • Kraftwerk 1969 "Organisation" Electro Concreta, Ruido & Krautrock. • Kraftwerk 1970-1972 Electro Concreta, Dusseldorft & Krautrock. • Kraftwerk 1973-1974 influenciado por la electro concreta moderna, tape músic y trabajos de muchos productores y desarrolladores de Europa y EEUU pilares y padres de la Electrónica Concreta y Moderna (60s e inicios del 70s): Jarre, Kingsley, Cecil, P. Prilly (J.J. Perrey), Raymond Scott, T. Blake, Claude D. Jean, Derbyshire, Dissevelt, T. Lasry etc. • Kraftwerk 1975-1977 y a través de toda su carrera influenciado en mas modelos electrónicos fluidos: Moroder (Einzelganger 75/Electro Munich), Moroder (EDM Synthpop & NRG 77), Peter Bauman & Edgar Froese (Tangerine Dreams/Electro Berlin), Jean M Jarre (Electro Francesa), Schulze, Vangelis, Dan Lacskman (Telex), Ryuichi Sakamoto (YMO) entre otros grandes productores y verdaderos pilares de la época...estas son las bases concretas y más fundamentales para el desarrollo de la segunda generación del EDM de los 80s y sus nuevas ramas: House, Techno, Synthpop, NRG, Freestyle, Italo, New Beat, Trance, Ácid House, Eurobeat etc... Kraftwerk 👎 50 años de su Electro Experimental, Dusseldorf & Krautrock. • The NRG & Synthpop Sound of Giorgio⚡Moroder, father of EDM since 1977 👌

[@nccampbell]

Most of the filtering on the clicks are from the eventide flanger. Here is a list of the equipment used on the recording of the album:|- 2 "Synthanorma" 16-step custom-built analogue sequencers built by Matten & Wiechers - Prophet 5 - Moog Micromoog - Moog minimoog - ARP (white-faced) Odyssey - EMS Synthi-100 Modular Synthesizer System. (EDIT : Right Hand Photo Below) - EMS Synthi-A Synth - Farfisa Professional Piano - An Orchestron for choir sounds - customized Farfisa Rhythm Unit 10 - Custom-built electronic drum pads - Vox Percussion King - Eventide Digital Delay. - Eventide FL-201 Instant Flanger - Roland RE-201 Space Echo - A military speech synthesizer, based on creating phonemes. - Schulte Compact Phasing A - Mutron Biphase - EMS 2000/3000/5000 series Vocoder (EDIT : Right Hand Photo Below) - Synton 221 Vocoder (unconfirmed)

[@MichelLinschoten]

these guys were the ground laying bricks of today's modern techno/electronic sound . tangerine dream ,Klaus Schulze, jean Michel Jarre , vangelis they had to do everything the hard way , now it's a preset

[@j.maxell3030]

Kraftwerk dentro escena Electrónica ALEMANA: • Kraftwerk 1969 "Organisation" Experimental, Ruido & Krautrock. • Kraftwerk 1970-1972 Electro Concreta, Dusseldorft & Krautrock. • Kraftwerk 1973-1974 influenciado por la electro concreta moderna, tape músic y trabajos de muchos productores y desarrolladores de Europa y EEUU pilares y padres de la Electrónica Concreta y Moderna : Jarre, Kingsley, Cecil, P. Prilly (J.J. Perrey), Raymond Scott, T. Blake, Claude D. Jean, Derbyshire, Dissevelt, T. Lasry etc. • Kraftwerk 1975-1977 y a través de toda su carrera influenciado en mas modelos electrónicos fluidos: Moroder (Einzelganger 75/Electro Munich), Moroder (EDM Synthpop & NRG 77), Peter Bauman & Edgar Froese (Tangerine Dreams/Electro Berlin), Jean M Jarre (Electro Francesa), Schulze, Vangelis, Dan Lacskman (Telex), Ryuichi Sakamoto (YMO) entre otros grandes productores y genios de la época...estas son las bases más fundamentales para el desarrollo de la segunda generación del EDM de los 80s y sus nuevas ramas: House, Techno, Synthpop, NRG, Freestyle, Italo, New Beat, Trance, Ácid House, Eurobeat etc... Kraftwerk 👎 50 años de su Electro Experimental, Dusseldorf & Krautrock. • The NRG & Synthpop Sound of Giorgio⚡Moroder, father of EDM since 1977 👍

[@gaurangnidhitripathi3570]

Amazing back story thanks for posting 🙏🎶🤔👍

[@dm8579]

I'm not sure how correct that list is for this album. Much seem to have been done with the Odyssey, Minimoog and the Polymoog. Also, one of the vocoders used was the Sennheiser VSM-201.

[@robertgardner6375]

The drums on the record are a mixture of Pollard Syndrum Quad, the Hohner Automatic Rhythm Player, Maestro Rhythm King (all manually triggered by the percussion pads) run through of course a lot of processing. I know that they also frequently used Ashly EQs on stage for the drums.

[@rovingenglishman]

THANK YOU! I guess I’ve waited 40 years for someone like you to explain what exactly they were doing. It’s a special kind of sound alchemy that I knew I appreciated but don’t have the training to explain. I was obsessed with their craft since discovering them at age 12 and despite exploring the world of electronic music since then have never heard anyone do it the same as the masters, Kraftwerk. Love your enthusiasm too, you get it! 😄🤙🏼

[@WickedBoss]

I’m 47, i used to listen to that album when I as young. My eyes closed and imagine my own cinema. this 40 minutes give me so much joys. Now that i know music and i have my own little studio i try sometime to replicate that era. You gave me so much information in 40 mins…. I wish one day you will do the same with Tour de France

[@DangerBruce]

Love this video 😍. If you’ve not already done so, a similar analysis of Jean Michel Jarre’s Oxygene would be great!

[@sahirkiler6119]

Especially oxygene II

[@svenbauer6970]

The first and probably only dance record that completely dispenses with hihats. By the way, the "closing of the Spacelab door" is actually the sound engineer turning on the plate reverb. Kraftwerk liked this unintentional sound effect so much that they simply kept it in the recording.

[@j.maxell3030]

Kraftwerk dentro de la escena Electrónica Alemana: • Kraftwerk 1969 "Organisation" Electro Concreta, Ruido & Krautrock. • Kraftwerk 1970-1972 Electro Concreta, Dusseldorft & Krautrock. • Kraftwerk 1973-1974 influenciado por la electro concreta moderna, tape músic y trabajos de muchos productores y desarrolladores de Europa y EEUU pilares y padres de la Electrónica Concreta y Moderna : Jarre, Kingsley, Cecil, P. Prilly (J.J. Perrey), Raymond Scott, T. Blake, Claude D. Jean, Derbyshire, Dissevelt, T. Lasry etc. • Kraftwerk 1975-1977 y a través de toda su carrera influenciado en mas modelos electrónicos fluidos: Moroder (Einzelganger 75/Electro Munich), Moroder (EDM Synthpop & NRG 77), Peter Bauman & Edgar Froese (Tangerine Dreams/Electro Berlin), Jean M Jarre (Electro Francesa), Schulze, Vangelis, Dan Lacskman (Telex), Ryuichi Sakamoto (YMO) entre otros grandes productores y genios de la época...estas son las bases más fundamentales para el desarrollo de la segunda generación del EDM de los 80s y sus nuevas ramas: House, Techno, Synthpop, NRG, Freestyle, Italo, New Beat, Trance, Ácid House, Eurobeat etc...

[@jeshkam]

You mean Joschko Rudas or Leanard Jackson?

[@nccampbell]

Kraftwerk's "The Model" was the first single I ever bought in 1981. Shaped my musical taste for many years to come and started my lifelong love of making music with synthesizers. Pride of place in my studio are my framed Kraftwerk 3D glasses which I got signed by Ralf Hutter after their gig in Liverpool.

[@j.maxell3030]

Kraftwerk en la escena Electrónica Alemana: • Kraftwerk 1969 "Organisation" Electro Concreta, Ruido & Krautrock. • Kraftwerk 1970-1972 Electro Concreta, Dusseldorft & Krautrock. • Kraftwerk 1973-1974 influenciado por la electro concreta moderna, tape músic y trabajos de muchos productores y desarrolladores de Europa y EEUU pilares y padres de la Electrónica Concreta y Moderna : Jarre, Kingsley, Cecil, P. Prilly (J.J. Perrey), Raymond Scott, T. Blake, Claude D. Jean, Derbyshire, Dissevelt, T. Lasry etc. • Kraftwerk 1975-1977 y a través de toda su carrera influenciado en mas modelos electrónicos fluidos: Moroder (Einzelganger 75/Electro Munich), Moroder (EDM Synthpop & NRG 77), Peter Bauman & Edgar Froese (Tangerine Dreams/Electro Berlin), Jean M Jarre (Electro Francesa), Schulze, Vangelis, Dan Lacskman (Telex), Ryuichi Sakamoto (YMO) entre otros grandes productores y genios de la época...estas son las bases más fundamentales para el desarrollo de la segunda generación del EDM de los 80s y sus nuevas ramas: House, Techno, Synthpop, NRG, Freestyle, Italo, New Beat, Trance, Ácid House, Eurobeat etc... Kraftwerk 50 años de su Electro Experimental, Dusseldorf & Krautrock 👎👎👎 • The NRG & Synthpop Sound of Giorgio⚡Moroder, father of EDM since 1977 👌

[@marvk7210]

Loved this analysis. Neon Lights is my favorite cut on MM. The lift when it hits the B always gives me chills.

[@staggboy]

Your sheer unbridled love for this music had me grinning from ear to ear all the way through. Brilliant, life-affirming stuff. In 1978 the future just popped in to say hello, made themselves right at home, and simply never left. Thank you for this video!

[@hannahe7556]

Me too 😃

[@j.maxell3030]

El futuro se dió en 1977 con el sonido NRG & Synthpop de Giorgio Moroder padre y pionero del EDM sumada a la electrónica de Tangerine Dreams, Jarre, Lasckman, Vangelis, Schulze, Faltermeyer entre otros grandes... El electro experimental Dusseldorf & Krautrock de Kraftwerk no se perfilaban cómo el sonido del futuro hasta que Kraftwerk fue influenciado por los productores citados a través de toda la decada de los 70s.

[@Doctormix]

Awww thank you! 🕺❤

[@kutsalkaanbilgin]

It's an unbelievably good video, very hard to find such diverse and detailed analysis of anything delivered with such passion. It would make Kraftwerk proud. Thanks for it Doctor Mix:) 🌟

[@MedardKrzisnik]

Doctor Mix you are brilliant musical teacher! I am subscribed to your channel, too. Thank you for a thorough, historical, passionate, musical analysis of Kraftwerk. Amazing. Thank you sincerely for sharing your immense knowledge with us.

[@realqwave]

I own this LP for about 43 years. And it is still not boring to hear. So many details. And this, Doctor Mix, is the very best musical talk about the little special details off it. While most talk is about their „style“, text or minimalism, you tell us about the real core of the music that transports their unique kraftwerkian aesthetics. Thank You! And I really did not mind the jazz playing to the Kraftwerk. It matched so good. And I liked it, although I am not into Jazz at all.

[@lbremond]

I’ve been listening to this LP on and off since I was 12, in 1980. You make me want to listen to it again. I’m no musician, but in a way I could always sense a lot of what you’re saying today: these guys were no newbies, they knew exactly what they were doing and it’s only warranted they inspired so many artists for the last decades. Thank you. I had a great time with you and kraftwerk.

[@hickehelbro]

This is my favorite album of all music of all time. FANTASTIC to watch this comprehensive breakdown of this masterpiece. Thank you for creating the most important video created ever on this platform. Grazie!

[@dr.gregoryf.maassen2637]

I have seen Kraftwerk in concert twice. I remember going to the first show with a classical music student in the 80s. He was appalled by the performance as "it didn't take any skills to turn on some computers." Your analysis clearly shows him wrong. The concert was one of the best performances I have ever seen. The Robots took over at the end of the concert. Thanks for an amazing analysis. I am happy to be part of the 15 who watched the entire video

[@Greyheed]

Im in that club also, so glad Im one of the fifteen!

[@RegebroRepairs]

Every sound on this record is perfection. Every time I got new headphones or new speakers for 20 years I played this record and discovered new depth to the sounds. I had not quite realized how jazzy the chord progressions are. I knew I liked them, but I didn't know how jazzy they could sound. That very much explains why Señor Coconut does so well with Kraftwerk.

[@jamesbalderston8547]

its amazing that you are still soo inspired by something you heard as a kid and are so excited to talk about it. love it!

[@paulantoine1696]

Thank you SO much for reminding how much I love Kraftwerk after all these years... as I approach 60 I am reminded of my youthful musical interests with new insight. You rock sir!

[@unixconsole]

This is one of the coolest videos to watch on synths and Kraftwerk! I remember listening to this album on a cassette tape and vinyl as a teenager. Your excitement and ability to dissect how they made the sounds, rhythms, and beats soo speaks to my passion for early electronic music! Thank you for doing this! Another amazing album to look at is Fabrique by Fashion.

[@brokn_sound_machine]

THANK YOU!! I'm a new producer and a long time nerd. Not only I didn't know Kraftwerk, so it's an awesome disco-very, but it took me out of a creative jam and I absolutely nailed the synth melody in Ableton from scratch! THANK YOU AGAIN!!!

[@hawk194]

Claudio, thank you for this amazing journey. This album helped me to cope with a childhood that was pretty miserable and sparked my love of electronic music and synths to this day. I used to listen to it all the time and those wonderful tracks are firmly embedded within me. It was an escape and listening to it now triggers all kinds of emotions. Your enthusiasm is infectious and I agree with another comment here which said this video ought to be part of musical education for young children. So good, thank you.

[@WarmVoice]

Oh hell yeah, now we're talking. This is my night's viewing 😊

[@debralynnpaxton5238]

That "We Are The Robots" intro made me wish for a Donna Summer/Kraftwerk collaboration. Would have been absolutely Epic ❤️🧡💛

[@trockenfisch438]

Thank you for taking us to your trip! Really enjoyed going into the depth of these monuments of electronic music with you.

[@miguels5426]

Kraftwerk is one of the very few groups we could be proud of in Germany. Love your analysis. Greatings from "Düsseldorf" where the band came from. You should do also some analysis about Jean Michel Jarre (France) and Tomita (from Japan) also pioneers of electronic music in the 70ies.

[@mhoppy6639]

Germany is a fabulous place. I went there twice in the 1990s to Reutlingen near stuttgart ans the people were amazing. And kraftwerk are something very very special.

[@synth-eticfantasies5683]

"The Man Machine" is truly a legendary album and a source of inspiration for all kinds of artists to this very day! Thank you for the analysis Dr. Mix!

[@j.maxell3030]

Quien se inspiró en The Man Machine?...la electro EDM (NRG & Synthpop) de Giorgio⚡Moroder?, la electro de Tangerine Dreams, Jarre, Lasckman, Schulze, Vangelis, YMO, Faltermeyer, Martin W. & Ian C...? No será todo lo contrario y que los artistas citados cambiaron e influyeron en la electro Dusseldorft & Krautrock de Kraftwerk en los 70s?...

[@j.maxell3030]

Kraftwerk dentro de la escena Electrónica ALEMANA: • Kraftwerk 1969 "Organisation" Electro Concreta, Ruido & Krautrock. • Kraftwerk 1970-1972 Electro Concreta, Dusseldorft & Krautrock. • Kraftwerk 1973-1974 influenciado por la electro concreta moderna, tape músic y trabajos de muchos productores y desarrolladores de Europa y EEUU pilares y padres de la Electrónica Concreta y Moderna : Jarre, Kingsley, Cecil, P. Prilly (J.J. Perrey), Raymond Scott, T. Blake, Claude D. Jean, Derbyshire, Dissevelt, T. Lasry etc. • Kraftwerk 1975-1977 y a través de toda su carrera influenciado en mas modelos electrónicos fluidos: Moroder (Einzelganger 75/Electro Munich), Moroder (EDM Synthpop & NRG 77), Peter Bauman & Edgar Froese (Tangerine Dreams/Electro Berlin), Jean M Jarre (Electro Francesa), Schulze, Vangelis, Dan Lacskman (Telex), Ryuichi Sakamoto (YMO) entre otros grandes productores y genios de la época...estas son las bases más fundamentales para el desarrollo de la segunda generación del EDM de los 80s y sus nuevas ramas: House, Techno, Synthpop, NRG, Freestyle, Italo, New Beat, Trance, Ácid House, Eurobeat etc... Kraftwerk 50 años de su Electro Experimental, Dusseldorf & Krautrock 👎. • The NRG & Synthpop Sound of Giorgio⚡Moroder, father of EDM since 1977 👌

[@mjg1544]

Here in Texas and being a huge Depeche Mode fan, I never heard Kraftwerk’s music until 1991 when I bought Kraftwerk’s The Mix. I read articles about Kraftwerk in NME and other publications and realized after buying The Mix that I knew Trance Europe Express from Chicago house music samples. The Mix started a new love of collecting their entire back catalog….I was hooked.

[@j.maxell3030]

TEE de Kraftwerk solo fue usado como parte melódica por Artur Baker & John R. para la producción de un tema Freestyle el cual proviene de las bases del EDM (NRG & Synthpop), el P-Funk, Hip Hop...el Freestyle (Electro Hip Hop) no es parte exclusiva de la electro más fundamental del House y el Techno de los 80s el cual toma sus pilares más concretos del EDM (1977) de Giorgio Moroder (Synthpop & NRG) y la electro de Tangerine Dreams Jarre Lasckman Schulze Vangelis YMO Faltermeyer...por citar algunos que fueron las bases más fundamentales para el desarrollo de la electro EDM de los 80s: House, Techno, Synthpop, NRG, Freestyle, Italo, New Beat, Trance, Eurobeat... El Electro Dusseldorf & Krautrock de Kraftwerk nunca tuvo el molde ni perfil para el desarrollo de la verdadera electro de los 80s...Kraftwerk siempre se influyo y se desarraigo de su Dusseldorf & Krautrock a partir del EDM y la electro de nos artistas citados... NME no son Hechos Concretos...

[@marioska694]

Amazing content, thank you so much!!! I knew there was something very unique about Kraftwerk's sound, but I did not know what it was. Great analysis!!!

[@davebellamy4867]

It's fascinating how well the classic electric piano melts into the electronica of the record.

[@followthebeat66]

You can imagine this "melody inside the melody thing" as the registers(drawbars) of an organ. They work as fixed filters for notes to emphasise certain harmonies of a tone. Means you can push down just one key and via pulling out different drawbars the harmony/overtones change, while the tone stays the same. Great Video. I love Kraftwerk! Love your stuff! Love your passion bro! Big love from germany.

[@paulmehlhaff2588]

Loved it! Thank you for opening up my ears to those subtle things in Kraftwerk I never listen to closely! The jazz improvs were a great way to break down the composition and make it relatable! Kraftwerk still rules!!!

[@j.maxell3030]

Kraftwerk en la escena Electrónica Alemana: • Kraftwerk 1969 "Organisation" Dusseldorf & Krautrock. • Kraftwerk 1970-1972 Dusseldorf & Krautrock. • Kraftwerk 1973-1974 influenciado por la electro concreta moderna, tape músic y trabajos de muchos productores y desarrolladores de Europa y EEUU pilares y padres de la Electrónica Concreta y Moderna : Jarre, Kingsley, Cecil, P. Prilly (J.J. Perrey), Raymond Scott, T. Blake, Claude D. Jean, Derbyshire, Dissevelt, T. Lasry etc. • Kraftwerk 1975-1977 y a través de toda su carrera influenciado en mas modelos electrónicos fluidos: Moroder (Einzelganger 75/Electro Munich), Moroder (EDM Synthpop & NRG 77), Peter Bauman & Edgar Froese (Tangerine Dreams/Electro Berlin), Jarre, Schulze, Vangelis, Dan Lacskman (Telex), Ryuichi Sakamoto (YMO) etc...estas son las bases más fundamentales para el desarrollo de la segunda generación del EDM de los 80s y sus nuevas ramas: House, Techno, Synthpop, NRG, Freestyle, Italo, New Beat, Trance, Ácid House, Eurobeat etc... Kraftwerk y su electro Dusseldorf & Krautrock 😭.

[@robertfripp62]

@@j.maxell3030 no se que es lo que haces tratando de adoctrinar gente que, como yo, tiene un gusto definido. No te entiendo. Armá un salón de clase y mostrá tu maestría en él. Por lo visto acá vos y tus comentarios no le interesan a nadie.

[@j.maxell3030]

@@robertfripp62 Me indicas en dónde está la doctrin.? Tu gusto definido me tiene sin cuidado mi estimado, yo no estoy refut. tus gustos personales si no la base de ello. Cuando tengas tu propia plataforma hablamos de que puedo o no comentar 😉

[@the-andre]

Bravo Mr. Dr. Mix. Great analysis. Kraftwerk really needs to consider hiring you (collaborating with you) to release “jazzed up” versions, (ie: The Robots, 12:10) versions. There is nothing better than originals, but that sounded fantastic! I would be first in line to purchase. Excellent job!

[@nicolayu.kotomanoff4358]

Great and funny analysist!🎵🎶 Thank you, dr Mix!👍

[@ArendKooring1]

tripping with you. love your investigation en explanation. huge fan of kraftwerk.

[@EarmonkeyMusic]

There's something amazing about how they were able to create something so deep with an approach so minimal. I love them so much.

[@j.maxell3030]

Kraftwerk 1978 Post EDM Synthpop & NRG de Giorgio⚡Moroder & Electro de Tangerine Dreams, Schulze, Jarre, Vangelis, Lacskman (Telex), YMO, Harold Faltermeyer... • Kraftwerk Dusseldorf & Krautrock 1970-1974. • Kraftwerk 1975 para adelante influenciado a otros modelos electrónicos (Moroder, Tangerine Dreams, Jarre, Vangelis etc)

[@krabbediem]

"Musique non-stop" and "Boing Boom Tschak" are my absolute favorites by them... Loved them ever since I heard them the very first time, and I will love them forever.

[@krzysztofkietzman3332]

They come the closest to what became minimal techno.

[@Retrogamingmaverick]

Those tracks transition perfectly into each other

[@vendingdudes]

Electric Cafe is so unfairly underrated. A favorite of mine as well.

[@pinchopaxtonsgreatestminds9591]

I am a big fan of Kraftwerk, they got me interested in Synths. This, and Tubular Bells inspired me the most in different ways.

[@Doctormix]

Yeah Pincho!!

[@edwardfletcher7790]

@@Doctormix Claudio, I love your videos so much. But, the terrible camera work in this ruins it. There's so much unnecessary movement and constant loss of focus. It's incredibly distracting from your insightful analysis. The constant movement triggered my motion sickness ☹️ Please go back to fixed cameras and ditch this fight scene camera stylist ☹️

[@petergorm]

I bought this album back in 1978 when I was 12 years old. I couldn't get enough looking at the cover while listening to the music. I absolutely loved it! And I still do, at the age of 56. Kraftwerk is in a league of their own. This album is a materpiece. Subscribed! I love how you go through all my favourite tracks. Thank you. Cheers from Denmark.

[@robertleem5643]

As a child, friends of my parents played this for me and it just sounded so awesome, a few days later I bought the album then purchased everything they made ( on vinyl ). It still sounds so good, even more so today as they have updated all their catalogue. Wife hates it though. Thankyou for breaking this down, it was a pleasure to watch

[@BaconFire]

At the 20:57 mark you start playing the chords - immediately I heard the intro chords to Invisible Sun by The Police. Kraftwerks influence is SO spansive even to this day. I share your excitement for this band and its work.

[@sauermusicDE]

Great video. I just hope you won't get a copyright strike. The remaining members of Kraftwerk should give you their official approval. The way that you jammed along to this music on your Rhodes electric piano was epic.

[@pvugts]

I have all the Kraftwerk albums in my vinyl collection....it's gold!

[@rubintuesday]

Do you have their first three?

[@pvugts]

@@rubintuesday yes i have

[@sampledude8846]

I'm picking up the pieces of my brain - mind blown. Best content on KZbin!!!

[@j.maxell3030]

Ese sonido NO lo desarrollo Kraftwerk... Moroder (Electro Munich / Electro Concreta) Jean M. Jarre (Electro Francesa Moderna / Electro Concreta) Tangerine Dreams Peter B, Edgar F. & Claus Schulze & Vangelis (Electro Berlin / Electro Concreta) Dan Lacksman (Electro Belgica, Eléctronic System / Electro Concreta) YMO Riuichi S, Haruomi H, Yukihiro T, Ryou K. (Electro Japan / Electro Concreta). Faltermeyer, Pinhas, Gizzi, Tonet, Blake, Perrier, Lasry, Weiss, Fevre, Martin W. & Ian C. (B.E.F. & Human League)...solo por citar algunos. 🤔 Kraftwerk (Krautrock & Experimental Dusseldorft / Electro concreta) 🤔 Toda la electrónica mencionada bajo la base y raíz de la Electrónica Concreta (50s 60s) y los verdaderos padres y pioneros que empezaron a desarrollarla rompiendo el rústico y duro molde que la caracterizaba: Kingsley, Dissevelt, Scott, Derbyshare, Hogdson, Cecil, Prilly (J. Perrey), Hyman, Garson, Baltan, Carlos...solo por citar los mas resaltantes. Kraftwerk pioneros, desarrolladores y un referente? 🤔 • The NRG & Synthpop Sound of Giorgio⚡Moroder father and pionner of EDM since 1977 👍

[@kennethwilliams4874]

I love that, as the analysis progresses, the Doctor gradually diminishes his technical scrutiny and just cannot help but listen, admire and delight in this magnificent piece of sonic nirvana. That this album could be done at any time is amazing; that it could be done in 1978 is phenomenal.

[@astrocat2008]

Only a year separated Trans Europe Express and Man Machine (how incredible is that, already?!) and i bought the first of these two barely a few months before Man Machine was released. I was 15 at that time and i remember thinking, while listening to Man Machine for the first time : "This will always be the future!" Since then i've meticulously bought every single Kraftwerk LP, 7" or 12" in every different language they have released them (english, german, french, japanese and spanish) 😁😅🤖⚡

[@MisAnnThorpe]

"This will always be the future!", is how I've felt about "Computer world" since first hearing it. Donna Summers' (Moroder's) "I Feel love" and Ryuichi Sakamoto's "Riot in Lagos" are 2 other records that still create that feeling.

[@JKVisFX]

I loved that album. I was a teenager at the time and I bought it just about the first day it was released here in the States. Like so many others, "The Model" was hands down, my favorite song. Thank you so much for that breakdown of the album. I learned quite a lot about it from a musician's POV. I've been planning to do my own cover of "The Model" for a while now. I did it some years ago in Reason but now, I have a Hydra, a bunch of soft-synth plugins, (my favorite being the Arturia V collection), PreSonus Studio 1, and, after all these years, I still have Reason too. I had a career for a number of years in the 3D animation, motion graphics, and VFX fields and that pretty much took up all of my time and energy. But, now that I am getting to old-fartdom and am largely retired, it's time to get back to my other love which is electronic music.

[@Tastenmann67]

I like those analysis! The deeper you listen, the more you find out, how genius these guys were. I currently make the same experience with the late albums of Talk Talk (e.g. "Spirit of Eden" or "The Colour of Spring"). Very interesting when it comes to sounds and harmonies! By the way, my vinyl of Man Machine crackles even more, I've played it countless times. Great video, Claudio!😘

[@MisAnnThorpe]

If anything, I think the final Talk Talk album; "Laughing stock" might even better those two.

[@davidurieloteroszapiro9051]

you're a professional, and completely inspiring, i don't even use synthezisers but i always find your content fascinating. this level of deep understanding is needed at every aspect in life.

[@MarcioMagnoo]

Kraftwerk is in the deepest roots of my eletronic music love, all of it layering over classical music. Rational explains to something my soul already knows. Thank you só much!

[@ΠεριοδικόΓραφίδα]

This is shocking how complex Kraftwerk is, and i think that their drum sounds, blips etc where made with just the Minimoog and that created their synth based style a lot, there was a huge lack for electronic drum sounds back then and now i can realize how this specific synth created the kraftwerk sound back along with other synths that came along. The best non kraftwerk video about kraftwerk.

[@johng8pef11]

I believe that some of the drum sounds were made on 'home-made' drum synths(maybe not on TMM album, though) Wolfgang Flur did a pretty amazing job with them, too

[@TonyMacaroni69_]

I absolutely LOVE how you make me listen to this music in an absolutely new way. Thank you so much for your awesome content and your amazing vibes. Your videos always make my day man, keep up the phenomenal work♥️

[@PanNexus]

I'm glad you finally recorded this material about one of the most important albums that have shaped generations of electronic music fans. As usual you provide fantastic content and I learn something new every time. Thank You from the bottom of my heart!

[@MrmelodyUs]

Oh yeah? Listen to #SILVERAPPLES from New York City in 1967!!!

[@howardmaryon]

Another brilliant analysis of one of the foundations of electronica as we know it. I would definitely buy a remix of this, if you made one.......

[@2112jonr]

Holy flip. This analysis is something else. Someone who knows music, and knows this music. I could have listened to three hours of this kind of in depth analysis, learned so much and appreciate this album in a whole new, much deeper way. Thanks you Claudio, just awesome content and analysis ☺️☺️💜

[@richarddeese1991]

Thank you! My slightly older cousin gave me this album a year or two after it came out. I'd never heard of these guys, but I've loved it ever since. Now I have it on CD. In fact, I had ordered 2 CDs from a hole-in-the-wall record store. The other was Journey's Dream After Dream. Not surprisingly, one of them was an import. What surprised me was which one. Kraftwerk's CD came in less than a week. But Journey's took several. They had to order it from Japan! Anyway, this Kraftwerk album will definitely pump a good set of speakers! I've seen top quality 12" woofers move 1/2" on The Robots. My cousin had a Camaro, with a piece of plywood in the hatchback, leaning at maybe 20 degrees. In it, he had four Craig 50W 6x9s (2 per channel). He played his cassette rip for me. The bass would punch straight through you! More people should know about this awesome record. tavi.

[@rustynail6819]

I was lucky to see them live and they were unreal. Sooo good. Got to say to them after the show as they were getting into there van to take them to the hotel. Very very nice guys. RIP Florian Schneider you were an innovator and the father of synth pop.

[@j.maxell3030]

• Kraftwerk 1969 "Organisation" Electro Concreta, Ruido & Krautrock. • Kraftwerk 1970-1972 Electro Concreta, Dusseldorft & Krautrock. • Kraftwerk 1973-1974 influenciado por la electro concreta moderna, tape músic y trabajos de muchos productores y desarrolladores de Europa y EEUU pilares y padres de la Electrónica Concreta y Moderna : Jarre, Kingsley, Cecil, P. Prilly (J.J. Perrey), Raymond Scott, T. Blake, Claude D. Jean, Derbyshire, Dissevelt, T. Lasry etc. • Kraftwerk 1975-1977 y a través de toda su carrera influenciado en mas modelos electrónicos fluidos: Moroder (Einzelganger 75/Electro Munich), Moroder (EDM Synthpop & NRG 77), Peter Bauman & Edgar Froese (Tangerine Dreams/Electro Berlin), Jean M Jarre (Electro Francesa), Schulze, Vangelis, Dan Lacskman (Telex), Ryuichi Sakamoto (YMO) entre otros grandes productores y genios de la época...estas son las bases más fundamentales para el desarrollo de la segunda generación del EDM de los 80s y sus nuevas ramas: House, Techno, Synthpop, NRG, Freestyle, Italo, New Beat, Trance, Ácid House, Eurobeat etc... Kraftwerk 50 años de su Electro Experimental, Dusseldorf & Krautrock 😭😭😭 • The NRG & Synthpop Sound of Giorgio⚡Moroder, father of EDM since 1977 👌

[@achomik1999]

"Neon Lights" was very influential for John Foxx (my musical superhero), which you can hear in his song "A Room As Big As A City". If you hadn't heard about him before, be sure to check his album "Metamatic" (1980), where he dives into cold and raw waves with synths, vocals, a drum-machine (Roland CR-78 put through a flanger sounds like nothing else), a piano and a bass guitar or his newer stuff recorded with Benge (as John Foxx and The Maths), especially "Interplay". Have a nice day! :)

[@JONXLR8]

The Metamatic album was one of the defining albums of my childhood. It was my older sisters and I remember asking her to put it on repeatedly and being mesmerised by eerie the sounds, almost unsettled at times even, but oh so amazing to listen to.

[@georgesidmusic524]

I love John Foxx. I have always been obsessed with him and Gary Numan!

[@ianhinds3480]

John Foxx. Chorley lad!!

[@j.maxell3030]

Kraftwerk dentro de la escena Electrónica ALEMANA: • Kraftwerk 1969 "Organisation" Electro Concreta, Ruido & Krautrock. • Kraftwerk 1970-1972 Electro Concreta, Dusseldorft & Krautrock. • Kraftwerk 1973-1974 influenciado por la electro concreta moderna, tape músic y trabajos de muchos productores y desarrolladores de Europa y EEUU pilares y padres de la Electrónica Concreta y Moderna : Jarre, Kingsley, Cecil, P. Prilly (J.J. Perrey), Raymond Scott, T. Blake, Claude D. Jean, Derbyshire, Dissevelt, T. Lasry etc. • Kraftwerk 1975-1977 y a través de toda su carrera influenciado en mas modelos electrónicos fluidos: Moroder (Einzelganger 75/Electro Munich), Moroder (EDM Synthpop & NRG 77), Peter Bauman & Edgar Froese (Tangerine Dreams/Electro Berlin), Jean M Jarre (Electro Francesa), Schulze, Vangelis, Dan Lacskman (Telex), Ryuichi Sakamoto (YMO) entre otros grandes productores y genios de la época...estas son las bases más fundamentales para el desarrollo de la segunda generación del EDM de los 80s y sus nuevas ramas: House, Techno, Synthpop, NRG, Freestyle, Italo, New Beat, Trance, Ácid House, Eurobeat etc... Kraftwerk 50 años de su Electro Experimental, Dusseldorf & Krautrock 😭. • The NRG & Synthpop Sound of Giorgio⚡Moroder, father of EDM since 1977 👌

[@j.maxell3030]

@@georgesidmusic524 Jhon Foxx, Gary Numan, Spark, Vince Clark, OMD, M. Ure...etc (generación de los Rockeros, Glam y Punk Convertidos de finales del 70) tomaron el modelo del Synhtpop & NRG del EDM (Moroder) y la electrónica experimental moderna (post concreta) de los verdaderos productores y desarrolladores de electrónica de los 70s: Moroder, Tangerine Dreams, Jarre, Lasckman, YMO, Schulze, Vangelis, Faltermeyer, Tonet, Pinhas, Gizzi, Martin W. & Ian C...(solo por mencionar algunos) para muchas de sus producciones, sumando a la influencia de la escena Electro Disco. La influencia del Experimental Dusseldorf & Krautrock de Kraftwerk solo se aprecia en la lirica y ciertos agregados ya que el molde original de Kraftwerk (1970-1975) no servía ni se perfilaba para el desarrollo verdadero del sonido EDM y la electro que marco los 80s.

[@galaxeer]

Diese Schallplatte habe ich mir 1978 zu Weihnachten gewünscht und auch bekommen. Danke an meine Eltern! And thank you Mister Doctor for your musical journey through time and space into childhood ...Still my favorite record after more than 40 years...

[@dougware5649]

My first Kraftwerk album I ran across during a deployment in Europe: Ralph and Florian. Fan ever since. Saw them in LA for Computer World (circa ~1980), their use of a screen and projections for uniforms and scenes was mind blowing. Saw them last year in Dallas, where they really maintained the retro style.

[@idj20]

Oh yes, I have this on vinyl album. Bought it as a second hand item in the 1990s and now I'm glad I haven't got rid of my vinyl LP collection (mostly Tangerine Dream - hey, wonder if you can do a full analysis of Phaedra!).

[@ivanenkovictor]

Не всё понимаю, не так хорошо знаю английский, но могу сказать одно - Kraftwerk одна из самых любимых групп. С этой группой познакомил меня старший брат, который жил 4 года в Германии (конец 80-х, начало 90-х) и был большим фанатом зарубежной музыки.

[@bontempo1271]

Claudio ! This video is so incredible. We are all Kraftwerk fans, but this breakdown was highly inspirational. I love you man ! Please never stop being you. Your love, passion and talent for music is highly inspiring and revitalising. And this.. the Click to gate trick !! Omg, that is what i have been looking for !! I knew i could hear a 16th note 'pulse' running through certain music that i loved. And that is the secret ! I was thinking it was quantising to 16ths that made that effect (modern music), but no, gates make sense !! What is annoying for me is that, when i first ever sat down with musical equipment, i would play with gates and found i liked how it tightened things up, and i could hear something 'familiar' going on, but i was hearing the ovious on/off effect of the gate and i was thinking it's too ovious and repetitive. But, you can put different gates on different elements, at different rhythms and envelopes, and that will have the tight and pulse effect i was looking for. Now i'm off to see what i can do ! I love you man ! Never lose your light ;)

[@peterkadarmusic9728]

This was great. I loved all of it but when you demonstrated the gate with the click on your Prophet I couldn’t stop smiling. Bravo!

[@gijsbouman5193]

Wow, I have this album now since IT came out in 1978. I am almost 65, but now I saw you're explanations on it, I fully understand it now. Thank you, you did a great job. 👍

[@neilingle794]

Great video, and it's clear that you had a lot of fun making it! I remember in the early-80's synthesisers fascinated me, and I wondered how they can get such sounds out of the machines - well, it's just a bit of filtering, resonance, and phasing :-) Love the way you jazzed things up with some funky chords. Can you do TEE or Computer World next?

[@j.maxell3030]

Kraftwerk dentro de la escena Electrónica ALEMANA: • Kraftwerk 1969 "Organisation" Electro Concreta, Ruido & Krautrock. • Kraftwerk 1970-1972 Electro Concreta, Dusseldorft & Krautrock. • Kraftwerk 1973-1974 influenciado por la electro concreta moderna, tape músic y trabajos de muchos productores y desarrolladores de Europa y EEUU pilares y padres de la Electrónica Concreta y Moderna : Jarre, Kingsley, Cecil, P. Prilly (J.J. Perrey), Raymond Scott, T. Blake, Claude D. Jean, Derbyshire, Dissevelt, T. Lasry etc. • Kraftwerk 1975-1977 y a través de toda su carrera influenciado en mas modelos electrónicos fluidos: Moroder (Einzelganger 75/Electro Munich), Moroder (EDM Synthpop & NRG 77), Peter Bauman & Edgar Froese (Tangerine Dreams/Electro Berlin), Jean M Jarre (Electro Francesa), Schulze, Vangelis, Dan Lacskman (Telex), Ryuichi Sakamoto (YMO) entre otros grandes productores y genios de la época...estas son las bases más fundamentales para el desarrollo de la segunda generación del EDM de los 80s y sus nuevas ramas: House, Techno, Synthpop, NRG, Freestyle, Italo, New Beat, Trance, Ácid House, Eurobeat etc... Kraftwerk 50 años de su Electro Experimental, Dusseldorf & Krautrock 😔. • The NRG & Synthpop Sound of Giorgio⚡Moroder, father of EDM since 1977 👌

[@philrob1978]

This was absolutely wonderful, I can't thank you enough. Your absolute passion and joy for this seminal piece of work has utterly made my week. Plus your jazz improv on some of the tracks was an absolute treat, it really adds a fascinating extra dimension to them - it's like unlocking a secret door to a room full of treasure, you should do more! One of the easiest "subscribe" I've ever done here.

[@philippeblondeaux5566]

I completely agree with you and feel the same

[@forzaguy95]

Nice video! This is one of my favorite Kraftwerk albums. I have this album on CD 2009 Remastered in German and in English.

[@Doctormix]

Nice one Duffy!!!

[@mrdavies7894]

Mind blown with the Rhodes to explain the construction! Brilliant! Man, I had forgotten how great this album is. Thanks for re-introducing! Oh, and shout-out to the Hanon on the piano. Nice touch. 😀

[@M.EngelhART]

Anyone Who Knows Anything About Music Must Appreciate Kraftwerk. Most People Do Too.

[@juice5280]

One of the most influential albums for me. Kraftwerk and George Clinton’s Parliament/funkadelic made me fall in love with electric music

[@emptyfame7141]

Ooo, it would be cool to see an analysis of some Parliament Funkadelic too!!!