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= Benchmark Listening Assignment =

Listen to each recording below. After each song, create a list on your portfolio that addresses the following questions;

Electronic music ensembles

1. Instruments used in the recording 2. Style or genre that you think it may be 3. Color, sound quality, mood of selection 4. Unique Characteristics


 * Selection 1**
 * French Fries** by Pecca project


 * Selection 2**
 * You Give Me Love** by Keith_Thompson-


 * Selection 3**
 * Clear Blue Moon-** - Van Buuren


 * Selection 4**
 * Boy/Girl** - Aphex Twin

Back

Drums, multiple synths, vocorder/vocal effects, bass. House beat, like techno. Very full, wide variety of sounds that change throughout different parts of the song. Not a consistently happy mood, often use of minor or other than major chords.
 * Selection 1 notes:**

Bass, chimes, vocorder/vocal effects, piano, drums (bongo?) and drum set, synth or guitar with a lot of effects, maracas, guitar, trumpet, vocals. Mostly consistent sound that seems to be building as the song goes on. Could be a fast African or regge style...trumpet makes it sound flamenco.
 * Selection 2 notes:**

Drums (kit), multiple synths, bass or bass drum, synth that sounds like "the wind", synth that sounds like keyboard, symbol, synth pad, another synth that sounds like a electric keyboard (more "electric" sound), very soft synth pads. Techno, usually fast, although some slow parts. A lot of slowing down and speeding up. Generally not super happy feeling.
 * Selection 3 notes:**

Double bass, violin or other similar string instrument, drums (symbols, bass, kit) sounds like a constant drum solo, strange muted sound, bells or chimes, keyboard synth, synth pads, orchestra (many string instruments), voice (possibly radio announcer?). Very fast and some parts and very slow at others, some both, (could be boy vs. girl) a lot of slowing down and speeding up, so many types of moods during the song (relaxed during slow part happy during boy part).
 * Selection 4 notes:**

__**Kraftwerk:**__




 * Albums:**
 * // Kraftwerk // (1970)
 * // Kraftwerk 2 // (1972)
 * // Ralf und Florian // (1973)
 * // Autobahn // (1974)
 * // Exceller 8 // (1975)
 * // Radio-Activity // (1975)
 * // Trans-Europe Express // (1977)
 * // The Man-Machine // (1978)
 * // Computer World // (1981)
 * // Electric Café / Techno Pop // (1986)
 * The Mix (1991)
 * // Tour de France Soundtracks // (2003)
 * Minimum Maximum (2005)

Stefan Pfaffe – video technician (2008–present)
 * Members and Instruments:**
 * Ralf Hütter – lead vocals, vocoder, synthesizers, organ, drums and percussion, bass guitar, piano (1970–1971, 1971-present)
 * Fritz Hilpert – electronic percussion, sound engineering (1987–present)
 * Henning Schmitz – electronic percussion, live keyboards (1991–present), sound engineering (1978–present)

> live saxophone, percussion, electric guitar, violin (1970–2008) Kraftwerk was formed by Florian Schneider and Ralk Hutter, who met at school in the late 1960's. They started off producing experimental rock which was instrumental and primarily started as a duo group. In the early seventies, they started becoming more electronic by using more synthesizers, drum machines, and a vocoder. They started to gain new band members who often stayed for a few years and then moved on. As they continued to become more electronic, they started to see an international breakthrough in the mid seventies, partly due to their successful album Autobahn, which led them to an Autobahn tour in 1975. They continued to perform and release albums throughout the late seventies and early eighties and started to introduce more visual elects during live shows. In the mid and late 1980's the band began to have an obsession with bicycling, which was ironic because in the middle of that period, Hutter was injured in a severe bicycle accident. In the late 1980s, Fritz Hilpert joined the band. In the 90's, after taking a break from like performances, Kraftwerk began to begin touring again and Henning Schmitz joined the band. From 2000-2009 the band started doing more global tours. Original band member Florian Schneider left the band and Stefan Pfaffe joined. Currently, Hutter has suggested that a second boxed set of their first three experimental albums could be released.
 * Past Band Members: **
 * Florian Schneider – synthesizers, background vocals, vocoder, computer-generated vocals, acoustic and electronic flute,
 * Karl Bartos – electronic percussion, live vibraphone, live keyboards (1975–1991)
 * Wolfgang Flür – electronic percussion (1973–1987)
 * Klaus Röder – electric guitar, electronic violin (1974)
 * Klaus Dinger – drums (1970–1971)
 * Andreas Hohmann – drums (1970)
 * History:**

Kraftwerk was heavily influenced by composer Karlheinz Stockhausen. Their lyrics often deal with post-war European urban life and technology. They often celebrate the modern world and modern technology in their lyrics. Their signature sound combines driving, repetitive rhythms with catchy melodies, many following a Western Classical style of harmony with a minimalistic and strictly electronic instrumentation. They are well known for using a vocoder.
 * Style:**

Kraftwerk-The Robots

[|Kraftwerk-Radioactivity]

[|Kraftwerk-Autobahn]


 * Hydrogen project:**

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