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Submit Your Question, Topic, Or Song For MinnTrax! (Patreon)

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2020-05-19 14:02:09
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MinnTrax is our new music podcast hosted by Matt Helgeson and produced by Jason Dafnis where a guest has Helgeson review one of their favorite albums and vice versa. You can subscribe to MinnTrax on your favorite podcast app, new episodes are released every other Friday.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/minntrax/id1501267072

This week is a special episode all about the German pioneers of electronic music Kraftwerk! The guest is Jeff Green from EGM/CGW/PopCap fame and we'll be reviewing their albums Computer World and Autobahn.

On every episode of MinnTrax, we want to involve the Patreon community as much as possible. So please leave a question or discussion topic below and we’ll read some of our favorites on the episode! Also, please leave a link to your current favorite song or a song you think is worth dissecting and we’ll include it in the community playlist on Spotify.

MinnTrax Community Playlist: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox

We’ll be pulling questions on Wednesday afternoon. Remember, MinnTrax won’t be on YouTube or in the Patreon exclusive feed, it’s a stand alone podcast feed that you’ll need to subscribe to. And please leave us a review on iTunes if you enjoy the show!

Comments

Anonymous

One aspect of Kraftwerk's music is the use repetition, are there any bands you like that use a similar technique only with acoustic instruments. For me, Ukrainian band DakhaBrakha comes to mind, particularly their song "Vesna" (or Весна), though their use of comes from the hypnotizing nature of Eastern European folk music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3OJVMuHwcU And of course in the classical music space the classic example is Bolero by Ravel. Though I think ultimately one thing Kraftwerk does differently is there often is not a crescendo or payoff in a traditional sense, And I don't know if I am too late, but the opening melody for "Computer Love" just reminded me of the irritating pop song "Glad You Came" a song that annoyed me and my brother to death as it played in a billiard's hall we used to frequent. I hadn't heard the song in probably six years or so, but hearing Computer Love immediately brought the image of this tune back into my head. Some notes are different here and there and the rhythm is completely changed, so I think it is more of a hilarious coincidence than the songwriters taking inspiration from it.

Anonymous

Since it’s a Kraftwerk-centric episode, I’d love to submit “Neon Lights” as the song of the week from The Man Machine. I choose this because, in my view, there’s not a warmer sound that the band created. Sure, the serene synthetic sheen is all over their music from their earliest work all the way through Tour De France. However amidst a catalog peppered motorik repetition of cars (Autobahn), Trains (Trans-Europe Express) and others, “Neon Lights” has an oddly human feel of an aurally depicted night walk through a bustling, metropolitan sea of...well, neon. Synthesizers never sounded as graceful to me before or since.

Anonymous

Would love some opinions on the life and death of Witchhouse. It was a genre that mixed a lot of electronic music with hip hop and trap. With groups like Salem, White Ring, oOoOO. Now there are a few keeping it alive like Sidewalks and Skeletons (who is a big part of the Ruiner soundtrack). What kept if from taking off to the mainstream, and how you feel about the genre overall. Now or looking back.

Anonymous

Hey Matt, hey Jason No question just wanted to say loving the podcast guys 🤙

Anonymous

Not a question or a song but thought you might enjoy this brilliant Simon Reynolds article about Florian Schneider: https://www.npr.org/2020/05/07/852081716/how-florian-schneider-and-kraftwerk-created-pops-future. In my opinion, Reynolds is the king of dance/electronic music journalism.

Anonymous

Hey, all, First time question. But given it’s pretty much the middle of 2020, what albums released this year have been on repeat for you and why? Thanks.

Anonymous

How long can you sit listening to Kraftwerk and doing nothing else?

Anonymous

Howdy Helgeson, Jason and Jeff- big fan since day one, love what your doing here - Is there a band or musical artist that you do not like for reasons that are unrelated to their music? For example, for me hearing more and more stories of Guns n Roses being primadonnas have kind of turned me off from their music. Thanks Bob Buel

Anonymous

Hi Matt and Jason, What are your favorite movie musicals? (e.g. La La Land, Across The Universe, Greatest Showman) What are your favorite musical movies? (e.g. School of Rock, Whiplash, Pitch Perfect) Also I meant to send this in after Kyle's episode because you discussed Blink-182 and bluegrass came up at one point; have you heard of Honeywagon? They are an awesome Blink-182 bluegrass cover band. Here is their cover of Dammit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixjqSsWOcVE Thank you guys! I genuinely love every episode but the Kirk episode was next level. He would be top of my list for first returning guest. Best of luck I'm rooting for you guys!

Anonymous

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V7DXuekscg0 Hello MinTraxers couldn't come up with a question this week but since we're diving into the electronica I'ma throw up one of my favorites Tipper - Ripcord enjoy!

Anonymous

Hi Matt and Jason, Do you ever get annoyed with music gate keeping in fan bases ? For example, Im a Huge fan of the oh sees and a member of the Reddit group and every time you suggest a band or share a link to similar music, A number over protective fans will say that there just ripping off the oh sees and copying.It really pisses me off. I've seen this with other fan bases like king gizzards. Yes there are some bands that rip others off but most of the time they're not. Do you have any examples of this that you've recognized? has it ever gotten in the way of you enjoying or talking to fellow music fans? Thanks for the awesome work, keep it up

Anonymous

I know I am late to the game on this but listening to this new podcast reminds me of this obscure band I found as a teen on tooth and nail records called joy electric that for the time at least for me was nowhere near the norm, songs like sugar rush and mono synth which is just super positive weirdness