Kraftwerk: Music Non-Stop

Continuum Books has published a collection of essays looking at electronica music’s most influential band, Kraftwerk. Here’s the publisher’s summary of Kraftwerk: Music Non-Stop: When they were creating and releasing their most influential albums in the mid to late 1970s, Kraftwerk were far from the musical mainstream – and yet it is impossible now to… Read More Kraftwerk: Music Non-Stop

iVoxel Turns Your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad Into A Vocoder Like Kraftwerk’s!

iPhone Music Software: iVoxel (App Store link) is a vocoder for iPhone/iPod and iPad, designed to be a “singing machine going far beyond the capabilities of traditional and software vocoders on any platform.” iVoxel lets you: Speak or sing into your head set mic transforming your voice in a wide variety of ways. Record words, syllables or… Read More iVoxel Turns Your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad Into A Vocoder Like Kraftwerk’s!

New Krautrock Phaser Recreates Classic Kraftwerk Effect

Mode Machines has introduced the KRP-1 Krautrock Phaser, a phaser effect that uses a unique analog circuit design, based on the famous phaser used in the 1970s “Gerd Schulte Audio Technik Berlin – Compact Phasing A Number 1”. The Krautrock Phaser is handmade in Franconia, Germany and features all discrete circuitry. The phasing amplitude is created… Read More New Krautrock Phaser Recreates Classic Kraftwerk Effect