TUESDAY 15th March 2011
Door Times : 8pm
£4 on the door
Kraftwerk: Music Non-Stop is a new collection of essays that analyses the concepts and music of one of the most enigmatic and influential groups of the 20th and 21st centuries.
For this edition of The Wire Salon, Music Non-Stop's co-editors Sean Albiez and David Pattie will draw together several of the themes introduced in the book, offering a variety of new perspectives on Kraftwerk's unique synthesis of music, technology, visual iconography and performance into a finely honed Gesamtkunstwerk (total artwork).
The two-handed talk/presentation/performance will explore multiple aspects of the Kraftwerk project, from the group's complex relationship with the German national identity to its apparent embrace of a pan-European sensibility, from its liminal status on the cusp of pop/art to its profound and continuing influence on the global electronic music network.
The talk will be illustrated by selected audio and visual clips.
Hype for Kraftwerk: Music Non-stop...
"If this book were a film, it would move from macro to micro every scene, if it were a meal it would be prepared by Heston Blumenthal. It's a mutation waltz, a stumble rumba, a nimble mambo, a complex minuet - and proof that cultural critics can dance" – John Foxx
"Overall, one comes away from Kraftwerk: Music Non-Stop with the impression of Hutter, Schneider and co creating a multifaceted oeuvre on a par with that of Andy Warhol's, a brief phase from either's artistic corpus capable of generating an entire career for lesser talents" – The Wire
Kraftwerk: Music Non-Stop @ Continuum Books
The Wire Salon is a monthly series of salon events, hosted by The Wire magazine, and dedicated to the fine art and practice of thinking and talking about music. The events consist of readings, talks, panel discussions, film screenings, DJ sets and even the occasional live performance.
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