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THE REVIEW
Kraftwerk ergo “How To Build Your Own Automaton”.
Chapter X: From Man to Automaton (and Back).
Closing the circle.
From industry, to its products.
From the perishability of the human to the eternity of its product.
From man to automaton.
How can an automaton rediscover itself as human (discover it was only pretending)?
By listening to its own breath.
By making panting, heartbeat, sweat on the forehead, a repetition.
Playing the same game of eternalization, but eternalizing the human body.
Making synthetic and abstract the analog and concrete: human effort.
Rediscovering effort, in other words, the industry of man.
Nice way to close the circle.
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The review contemplates Kraftwerk's 'Tour de France Soundtracks' as a conceptual journey from man to automaton and back. It discusses the album's thematic focus on the contrast between human effort and mechanical repetition. The work is seen as a poetic closure of a cycle between industry and humanity. The reviewer highlights how the synthetic sounds symbolize human physicality and effort, emphasizing the eternalization of the human body through technology.Tracklist Lyrics Videos
Kraftwerk
Kraftwerk are a German electronic music group formed in Düsseldorf in 1970 by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider, known as pioneers of electronic, krautrock and synth‑pop music.42 Reviews
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