tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73626339260881718542024-03-08T08:42:00.094-08:00Minimum-Maximum Beats Per MinuteFrom rare Space Disco to Contemporary House music this blog documents the best music from the 70's till now.Skaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17798183412029831696noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7362633926088171854.post-66335155856390325132012-01-06T12:20:00.000-08:002012-01-06T12:20:12.283-08:00Flash-ThunderOnce again sorry for the late post everybody, I'm back in school again and quite busy, I'll try my best to stay updated. I guess New Wave doesn't really count towards the style that I'm trying to go for here on my blog but I think exceptions can be made. It's a duo that some of you may have heard of, they are known as <i>Flash and The Pan.</i> The singer's style is relaxed and cool which will be evident in the songs I will post. Once again with this group they earned a quick flash of success with a few songs. Without further ado, here are a few of the classics:<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Song: Midnight Man</b><br />
<b>Album: Early Morning Wake Up Call</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Song: Walking In The Rain</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Album: Flash and The Pan</b><br />
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<b>Song: California</b><br />
<b>Album: Flash and The Pan </b><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">The duo consisted of Harry Vanda and George Young which were both former members of <i>The Easybeats</i>. They formed <i>Flash and The Pan</i> during the late 1970's. The band gained popularity in the U.S. with their single <i>Hey St. Peter</i> among other albums and had some success in Europe. Though they never had supporting tours in the U.S. their short lived fame never really spread. Another reason why the band never had long lasting success was because of the part-time nature of the band, they never seemed truly dedicated to it. That's all for today, stay cool everyone.</div><br />
</div>Skaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17798183412029831696noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7362633926088171854.post-78674013843272494622012-01-04T19:15:00.000-08:002012-01-04T19:15:44.550-08:00Haack Attack (Sorry for the late post everyone, I was busy yesterday and couldn't finish my post, so here it is)<br />
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Today I want to show you all the real father of electronic music, or someone who started before <i>Kraftwerk</i>. It was one man and his name was Bruce Haack (very fitting name). He had been working on electronic music equipment since the 60's and had built his own synthesizers and other equipment. He made quite a bit of music in his time and tried to get the public interested in electronic music by going on television shows and touring around. Haack would never sell his synthesizers or other equipment and thus was never given the credit for it. Here's a few tracks by the genius that is Bruce Haack:<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Song: Party Machine</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Album: Haackula</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/p3eKhTAujyA?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;">This version is edited down, the real one is much longer but it doesn't exist on youtube.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Song: Program Me</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Album: Electric Lucifer </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/etnLQ7sbeRg?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Song: Electric To Me Turn</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Album: Electric Lucifer </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/t7BCyF3xiY0?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Song: Stand Up Lazarus</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Album: Electric Lucifer Book Two </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/8eq9QBPZlXA?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Bruce Haack had an interesting beginning because of his ability to play anything on the piano from memory and experimented with peyote with Native Americans. Before he had been making albums, he had made children's music along with Esther Nelson. From there on he composed his album <i>The Electric Lucifer</i> which was an album where Heaven and Hell were having a battle and Earth being caught in the middle of it. He would go on to make quite a few more albums but would never gain in popularity. His contribution to electronic music was astounding but he wouldn't go down in history with the likes of <i>Kraftwerk</i>. So let's give this man the credit he deserves, tune in!</div>Skaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17798183412029831696noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7362633926088171854.post-44639944879892967952012-01-02T17:11:00.000-08:002012-01-02T17:35:28.855-08:00Oingo Boingo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>I suppose I'll continue for one more day with posting music that isn't disco or house. Many of you have probably already heard of this band, named <i>Oingo Boingo</i>, they aren't incredibly famous but they have a few hits such as 'Dead Man's Party' and 'Only A Lad' among others. This band doesn't really get the attention it deserves, almost every song on every album is excellent. The front man of the group, Danny Elfman, is a veritable god with a voice of an angel. The range and sound of his voice is superb and is almost supernatural, which might make sense because rumor has it Danny Elfman sold his soul to the devil. So, here are a few songs that were crafted by the band:<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Song: Only A Lad</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Album: Only A Lad </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/lvLxnOx0tzw?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;">One of their better known songs though it's still a classic.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<b>Song: Forbidden Zone Theme (Demo)</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Album: Forbidden Zone </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/WPUuO6T2g3c?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is the beginning theme to an incredibly strange yet entertaining movie made by Danny Elfman's older brother Richard Elfman.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Song: No One Lives Forever</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Album: Dead Man's Party </b> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/-CZCKP-H4C8?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Song: Private Life</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Album: Nothing To Fear </b> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/91aqxS1R5b4?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Song: What You See</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Album: Only A Lad </b> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/3DTfBjFgiWg?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Oingo Boingo started out as a cabaret style band that consisted of about 15 people and were called <i>The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo</i>. Then during the 80's the band moved to this more New Wave style and the band's size shrunk to about 7 or 8. They stayed together until 1995 when they finally disbanded. Danny Elfman would go on to write music for major motion pictures (He was actually the singing voice of Jack Skelington in <i>The Nightmare Before Christmas</i>). Danny Elfman is the only one who became famous from his musical career, though <i>Oingo Boingo</i> would never gain the popularity it deserves. So tune into one of these fine songs and bask in the glory that is <i>Oingo Boingo</i>.Skaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17798183412029831696noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7362633926088171854.post-66645147440373078392012-01-01T15:09:00.000-08:002012-01-01T15:09:11.483-08:002012I decided to take a day off of blogging for new years, but don't worry because I'm back. For today I'm going to post some songs that are in a different field of what I have been posting. It's a duo from the late 1950's from New York who have a very unique sound. The name of the group is called <i>Santo & Johnny</i>, you may have heard some of their songs in some major motion pictures or elsewhere. I'm posting these songs so that we can all cruise into the new year nice and relaxed, so here they are:<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Song: Sleep Walk</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Album: Santo & Johnny</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://1.gvt0.com/vi/1st_9KudWB0/0.jpg"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1st_9KudWB0&fs=1&source=uds" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1st_9KudWB0&fs=1&source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Song: Caravan</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Album: Santo & Johnny</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/R2zolpR5cDc?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Song: Summertime</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Album: Santo & Johnny</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/spFptGkc9js?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">The duo have a very distinct sound because of the custom steel guitar that is used. They usually play slow and relaxed melodies but can also perform faster songs. The song 'Sleep Walk' would become their most successful song and essentially one of their only hits. Even though this band had a short spark of success, their other tunes are still great. Apparently the two are still active in music to this day though they don't play together anymore. Anyway, this is a great band to start off the new year, nice and relaxed. Happy New Year's everyone!</div>Skaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17798183412029831696noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7362633926088171854.post-84910685903332949502011-12-30T15:30:00.000-08:002011-12-30T15:30:28.043-08:00Obscure FridaysI think what I'm going to do on Friday's and possibly the weekends is post some pretty obscure songs that don't really have any information on them. A lot of these songs are some of my favorites but I can't make a full blog post about every one of them because there simply isn't anything on these artists. Well with all that said here's a few of my favorite songs:<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Artist</b><b>: Paradise Frame</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Song: Paradise Theme </b> </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Artist: Brain</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Song: D.I.X.O.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b> </b><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">I guess that's all there is for today, though I'm thinking of branching off on the weekends. What I mean is that on weekends I'll go off from just Disco and dance music and maybe cover some other stuff. Well, I guess we'll see, thanks for reading!</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Skaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17798183412029831696noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7362633926088171854.post-76767446373710523512011-12-29T14:37:00.000-08:002011-12-29T14:37:50.148-08:00Journey Into The Unknown<i>Methusalem</i> is the name of the group and not much is known about it. It's an early 80's super rare (or once rare) disco album that had a quick spark of success and was re-relased on vinyl not too long ago. This band was more of a project than an actual band which included Ralf Nowy and Tom Muller. The craziest thing is that there really is only one album called <i>Journey Into The Unknown</i>, and just about every single song on it is excellent, I wonder what would have been if they had made more. Since there really isn't anymore information on this band and there really is only one album and two LP's I'm just going to rant a bit. So turn on one of these fine tracks and scroll down to read.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Song: Zombie</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Album: Journey Into The Unknown </b> </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Song: The Black Hole</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Album: Journey Into The Unknown </b> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>So I've been thinking a lot about this new year because new years is my favorite holiday or whatever. I like it so much because it's sole purpose is to party your way into the next year. I just don't know what I'm going to be doing this year and since things have been shaky for me recently I feel like I might just end up sleeping at home. I spent the last few new years in Europe and things were always so lively over there, back in the US though its so boring. So I propose this question to you dear readers, what will you be doing this new years? How do you want to herald in the new year? With that special lady, smash drunk, sleeping, or all of the above? Anyway, if you throw a party be sure to give <i>Methusalem</i> a thought. That's all for today, thanks for reading.Skaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17798183412029831696noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7362633926088171854.post-48844179832072825192011-12-28T13:39:00.000-08:002011-12-28T13:39:49.192-08:00Ten To Midnight<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ukFOFcsFof4/TvuL72XczTI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/jhrnmXfOiX8/s1600/mm.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="40" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ukFOFcsFof4/TvuL72XczTI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/jhrnmXfOiX8/s400/mm.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Some consider newer disco, or disco made anytime after its prominence in the 70's and 80's as Nu-Disco. Nu-Disco mostly attempts to re-create disco and italo-disco while also re-editing or re-pressing of actual disco era music. Though this band called <i>Midnight Magic</i> certainly captures the essence of disco perfectly while having their own unique sound. They have only been around for a few years or so and have already made a few classics. Here are a few:<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Song: Beam Me Up</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Album: Midnight Magic EP </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Song: Calling Out</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b> </b> <b>Album: What The Eyes Can't See EP</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Song: Drop Me A Line</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Album: Midnight Magic </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/fioQed6YrBA?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Midnight Magic</i> describe themselves as a nine person ensemble bonded by the unwavering desire to make you, the listener, and the rhythm become one; the secret love children of Donna Summer and George Clinton serving up an orgasmic feast of funk, disco, electro and soul. I would say that their description is pretty accurate, especially the part about making the rhythm and listener become one. Luckily since they are a new band and not one in the 80's you can still see them live. You can head over to their very own website at <a href="http://www.midnightmagicsounds.com/">www.midnightmagicsounds.com</a> to see where they are playing and their latest updates. That's all for now, keep dancing.</div>Skaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17798183412029831696noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7362633926088171854.post-50081293245504027462011-12-27T16:48:00.000-08:002011-12-27T16:48:37.522-08:00Giorgio MoroderIf there was anyone on the disco scene that really earned the title of being the king of disco it would have to be Giorgio Moroder, one look at the mustache on his face probably gives that away already. He was of the 'italo-disco' variety of music and was a producer that could not be matched. His disco songs were unique and usually easy going and cool as opposed to some faster disco of the time. He wrote, as you can imagine, mostly love songs. One of his biggest hits was the song <i>Chase</i> which turned into a hit but was actually written for a movie called <i>Midnight Express</i>.Without further ado, here is chase and a couple of other classics from Moroder.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> <b>Song: Chase</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Album: Midnight Express</b></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Song: First Hand Experience in Second Hand Love</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Album: From Here To Eternity </b> </div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Song: I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Album: From Here To Eternity </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/AEerwQ4HVBY?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;">(That mustache is just....glorious) </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Giorgio Moroder's work has influenced many genres including new wave, house, and techno. He also influenced these genres with his work on various electronic musical equipment such as the synthesizer and the vocoder. After being a producer Moroder went on to own a recording studio and recorded with people such David Bowie, Elton John, Electric Light Orchestra, and Led Zeppelin. Some of you may have heard some of Moroder's songs from the popular Grand Theft Auto games because someone at Rockstar Games is certainly a fan. Moroder's disco music is top notch for dancing or even just easy listening, remember this guy's name the next time you throw a party.</div>Skaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17798183412029831696noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7362633926088171854.post-82577041695411454952011-12-26T22:14:00.000-08:002011-12-26T22:14:35.833-08:00Minimum-MaximumWell I decided to start this blog after being in total awe of the terrible dance music and the state of contemporary music in general. I just want to show people music that is not made in the cookie-cutter and corporate fashion that plagues the music industry today. A lot of this blog will consist of hedonistic dance music of the 70's up until today but I will not limit myself to just that. So stick around and see if anything I post is your cup of tea, there really is only one way to find out.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I think it would be proper to post a few songs by the band that inspired the title of this blog, and it is a song by the German group called <i>Kraftwerk</i>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Song: Elektro Kardiogramm</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Album: Tour De France </b> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Song: Expo 2000</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Album: Expo 2000 </b> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <b>Song: The Hall of Mirrors</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Album: Trans-Europe Express</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><i>Kraftwerk </i>formed in 1970 where they became famous for being pioneers of electronic music (There were some earlier ones but more on that another day) where they built some of their instruments for themselves and would be the first to record a fully digital album. <i>Kraftwerk</i> is already an immensely popular band because of the way that they innovated music with their electronic style which is a staple in today's music (but really isn't made as well as it used to be).Skaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17798183412029831696noreply@blogger.com7