Organisation - Tone Float
Firstly, this isn't from an original vinyl (if it was I could likely retire on it), but a bootleg vinyl pressed in the eighties. There are tell tale signs, such as the RCA logo and the band's name missing from the front cover, and the lack of information on the label. If you listen really closely, you can still hear the original vinyl crackle at the beginning and during the fades of some tracks. After the recent Neu! post, I thought now would be a good time to dig out some early Kraftwerk related music. I will never profess to being an expert on all things kraut, and only have a vague understanding of the progression from the earliest (post-classical) German experimental music through to krautrock and the influence it was to have on industrial music, post-punk, electronica and beyond. Those chaps at Mutant Sounds do sterling work digging deep into the origins of non-popular music.
Classically trained musicians Florian Schneider and Ralf Hütter formed what was the basis of Kraftwerk in 1968. Mixing jazz, rhythm and rock experimentation, the band performed as Organisation initially at art galleries and universities in Germany. The line up was Fred Monicks on drums, Butch Hauf on bass, Basil Hammoudi on percussion, Florian Schneider on flute and violin and Ralf Hütter on organ. They had already begun to perform and record under the name Kraftwerk just after Tone Float had been recorded, but RCA had been keen for them to have a band name more appropriate to the English market, since the album was to be issued only in the UK, so the name Organisation was used.
The first Kraftwerk album was being recorded as Tone Float was released, but the Organisation LP failed to sell in any quantity, as a result original copies can go for a small fortune.
Ripped from a vinyl LP released on an un-named label (SF 81111) to high quality lossless FLAC audio.
A1. Tone Float
B1. Milk Rock
B2. Silver Forest
B3. Rhythm Salad
B4. Noitasinagro
