Kraftwerk - Tour De France Soundtracks

Since 'The Mix', personally I really have no interest in hearing new Kraftwerk's music - for they are by now constantly recycling (besides cycling) their familiar and not-so-far-away past. 'Tour De France Soundtracks' might seem like a longtime wish coming true for the band exploring one such event into musical accompaniment (for the first time stretching its number of themes to considerable number of 12), but with the title chosen it is already a cliche for they made it more significant with the original 1983 tune.

Of course, there are moments of Kraftwerk' pristine beauty and perfection here (like 'Vitamin') but there are also moments of emptiness when it comes to their expensive and stripped-down-to-bare-minimum-technology. If Kraftwerk are the ideal form of an enterprise where commerce means music, then its perfect product by all means; however, if they are sort of a quadruple Bill Gates selling their 'Windows' it starts to show slight wear-offs. And eventually gets boring.

Nice and respectful but nothing as revolutionary.

This is an absolutely incredible release, definitely on a par with or even better than most of the great contemporary minimal techno/tech-house/microhouse records. The production across the whole album is perfect and most of these tracks would also definitely go down pretty well in clubs.

Everything these day's evolves from what it was, but, no worries, for change isn't always bad. Like Kraftwerk, which, had a positive change. The album is excellent and is a nice demonstration of their evolution from some of their older work. This cd is just as good as their older track.

I love this album . Fanatstic sounds in best Kraftwerk tradition . This album workd especially good on CD - it's a non-stop journey with sound . Lovely melodies , innovative sound-effects and a stringent subject matter (their beloved hobby ) : cycling and especially the myth of the worlds greatest sporting event . The TOUR DE FRANCE . Thos recording reminds me of another fine moment in KRAFTWERK's history "AUTOBAHN". This dynamic feeling of a non-stop forward movement thru electronic music . Hats off to the originators and respect 4 their best album to date .

Trax 1-5 are variations of the new TDF track, and the last track is a re-recording of the old one. But the rest of the tracks are really good classic kraftwerk tunes! For these trax this is a recomended buy!