Kraftwerk on YouTube

So, I stumbled across these in a very roundabout way. First one is listed as "Truckstop Gondolero" but I have no idea if that is a song or what, played live on a show called Club Beat in Germany in 1971. What is awesome is this features an early lineup of Kraftwerk when featuring Klaus Dinger on drums and Michael Rother on guitar, who very soon after this went on to form Neu! Florian Schneider is playing a flute through some electronics and the sound is more psychedelic and freeform than the robotic and electronic groove of later Kraftwerk. Dig the traffic cones on stage in relation to the covers of Kraftwerk 1 and Kraftwerk 2. It sounds a bit more like what Neu! would be doing later than the Kraftwerk we commonly know.



Next up is a live video, promo thing, of "Autobahn" on the show Midnight Special from 1975. It shows the classic lineup of the band with the full electronic sound in tow, the clean cut image and those really cool homemade drum machines. Just watching the guys play the Moogs is a treat, but those drum machines are so cool.




In other news, I read on Tiny Mix Tapes that Animal Collective were done recording so that should mean a release this year. Could be quite a year for them with Panda Bear and Avey Tare's solo releases too.

Also, according to their MySpace, Liars have started recording in Berlin. Hopefully this means a new one from them soon as well, I'm looking forward to what they cook up next.