Kraftwerk - Radio-Activity

 

Radio-Activity Review

 

by Jason Ankeny

A concept album exploring themes of broadcast communications, Radio-Activity marked Kraftwerk's return to more obtuse territory, extensively utilizing static, oscillators, and even Cage-like moments of silence to approximate the sense of radio transmission; a pivotal record in the group's continuing development, the title track -- the first they ever recorded in English -- is their most fully realized electro-pop effort to date, while "The Voice of Energy" precipitates the robot voice so crucial to their subsequent work.

Kraftwerk

Düsseldorf group whose advancements in electronic music have resonated in virtually every development of contemporary pop since the late 20th century.
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Kraftwerk       Radio-Activity

1.- Geiger counter 0:00 2.- Radioactivity 1:07 3.- Radioland 7:34 4.- Airwaves 13:14 5.- Intermission 17:43 6.- News 18:21 7.- The Voice of Energy 19:38 8.- Antenna 20:30 9.- Radio Stars 24:06 10.- Uranium 27:31 11.- Transistor 28:57 12.-Ohm Sweet Ohm 31:07

Recording Date

1975

Recording Location

• Germany
• KlingKlang Studio, Dusseldorf