Kraftwerk - Tour de France Soundtracks

Among electronic artists (as well as virtually the entire record industry), only Kraftwerk could construct a viable album by making only minimal adjustments to a sound they made definitive more than 30 years earlier. Tour De France Soundtracks, the group's first record in more than 15 years, is quintessentially Kraftwerk but still fits in well with contemporary dance trends like the experimental microhouse scene (highly influenced by the group's ultra-minimalism). The story of Tour De France Soundtracks actually begins 20 years earlier, in 1983, when Kraftwerk released the "Tour de France" single. Read More