#kraftwerk tour de france

[halothanic]

“you don’t wanna get mixed up with a guy like me.. i’m a loner, dottie, a rebel..”

this is probably my favorite thing i’ve ever drawn, bc it truly comes from the heart. pee-wee’s big adventure has been one of my top five films since i'd seen it as a kid, and i love it and laugh more each time i watch it, which is why i jumped at the opportunity to draw this poster for one of my favorite theaters that sold out at their screening a couple days ago! i couldn't be more proud or pleased.

i put a lot of work into the concept and details! pee-wee's costumes are in order of appearance, and of course, as said at the bottom, it's based on kraftwerk's tour de france cover, due to his dream in the opening scene. what could be better than combining an excellent album and film? i can’t put into words how much he impacted my personality, decor taste, and sense of humor so i’ll leave it at a simple “thanks for everything, pee-wee”! without you, i would have never started to feel comfortable being, in total seriousness, a silly little guy.

i have pee-wee stickers for sale in my shop, which i just resurrected, and will be listing this print, as well as a couple others, in the near future!

[mudwerks]

(via Elektro Kardiogramm - Kraftwerk (2003)

[mooncustafer]

I continue to practice German by going on duolingo and pasting the example sentences on pictures of Kraftwerk and Rammstein

[mieee3]

For some reason, I always listen to this album in its entirety

🚴🚴🚴🚴.°○𓈒 𓏸 𓐍*𓈒𓏸

[yourgeneralbikestore]

[possible-streetwear]

[hannibal-or-maybe-just-rex]

[mostlythemarsh]

Le Tour

[definitiveworld]

[tsoi45]

Kraftwerk - Tour de France Soundtracks (2003)

Gonna be honest - until I came across Kraftwerk's Tour de France, the bleep-bloop sounds of German men-machine had never clicked for me. Their music had always sounded like half-outdated predictions of what technology would be like in the year 2000 or the theme to some local evening news program. It still does - but I have now learned to love the robot.

It was my fascination with concept albums that led to me falling head over heels for Tour de France. In fact, I would go so far as to call this a "hyper-concept album", as each and every lyric, song title, every single time signature and instrumental down to the very minute, singular sound effect, contribute to the euphoric feeling of braving through l'Enfer du Nord down through the Champs-Élysées. From the exhalations of an exhausted cyclist in the title track to the pre or post-race medical trials of Elektro Kardiogramm and the even more clinical Vitamin (which to me evoked the advertising of energy / health drinks that surges with the Tour), every piece of imagery here serves a purpose, showcasing the huge business, and the sport, of the Tour.

But it's not just the cycling and the vitamin drinks. As is their trademark, Kraftwerk have always had an obsession with the creeping influence of technology on tradition. Take the lyrics to Etape 2, where in just four robotically-sung verses you get a vision of the shiny futurism that the Tours of the future now encompass:

Information from Radio Tour Transmissions from the television Reporting from a motorbike Camera, video and photo

Gone are the days where cyclists were only seen by French fans and passers-by - the vision of the Tour Kraftwerk presents is ultra-connected, broadcast worldwide with cameras pointing at each pedal, fans connected to the radio, to the television, seeing photos, watching videos - at every moment new updates flooding the screens of millions. It's been incredible to look at footage of the original 1903 Tour de France and, with this album in mind, comparing it to the world of today - to see how in less than a century, the athletic men-machine of our dreams became real.

If this album doesn't make you feel in awe of the hyper-technological age we're living in, let it at least inspire you to go out and go for a pedal. For the robot.

[grrl-operator]

Kraftwerk - Aerodynamik

[mychameleondays]

Kraftwerk: Tour De France 2003 (12″)

EMI/Kling Klang 12EM 626/07243 552 689 6 9

Released: July 7, 2003

[musiknonstop]

I had nothing to do at night, the Wi-Fi went off (. And I decided why not do it. Normal people just draw, but it came to my head that I had to cut everything separately from cardboard, Stick it on a thick adhesive tape, and then just stick it on a sheet :__) but I like that if all the albums of the group do this in a notebook :))))

[mstornadox]

It’s that time of year again!

[wellenklavier]

i need to do strength training but im fucking addicted to treadmill + trance/techno music

[mitjalovse]

Is me calling some albums an announcement of a retirement really that much of a stretch. Kraftwerk, for instance, continue to concert and re-release their albums, but they haven't done anything new since Tour De France Soundtracks. Moreover, their change from a band to a de facto solo project by Ralf Hütter and his promise of the next LP transformed them into another case of being heard thanks to the past, though then again the latter is currently all they offer. I mean, if you ask me, Tour De France Soundtracks might be the best finish for them, because the record did not make the fools out of them. They actually did the best possible version of their comeback and they could've done a follow-up, but that time passed after Florian Schneider's departure.