It's easy to live in the past and whine about how kraftwerk was really good and they'll never be the same blah blah blah... but if you listen to this record in the context of today, you'll hear it as very intellegently and well produced minimalist techno. It is definetly colder than earlier kraftwerk but I think that's what makes it. It's a good update of their sound and it could've gone horribly wrong. plus this single is just the tip of the iceberg, I recommend getting the whole album

No, I didn't expect it to be any good. It's a must-have anyway. But honestly, any high expectations on Kraftwerk 2003 surely must be a claer case of vishful thinking?

What we have here is one musical theme in four different versions. Although not the same melody or rythm as the 1983 single, this still has some slight resemblence. Except for that and for the characteristic synth-vox (sung in French, though) there is nothing here that implicates that one is litsening to Kraftwerk. It rather sounds like any french neo-disco a la Daft Punk, Cassious or Air you like. On a bad and never ending re-mix day that is.

So why not only one star, then? Well, even though it's rather soul-less and empty running it still gets my feet tapping. And tapping rapidly, that is. Maybe it falls into place during a spinning work-out session or in headphones while longdistance bicycling.

But let's face it - Kraftwerk has gone nothing but downhill since 1978.

IMHO/Niclas Sahlström

p.s. I'm well aware of and appreciate their unchallanged impact on todays music, so don't get all worked up about that. But today it is hardly impossible to be as outstanding pioneers as they once where. And you can't get away with crap just because your a legend.

p.p.s. It's noticeable that the two new guys, former Kling Klang auditechnicians Fritz Hilpert and Henning Schmitz, both get songwriting credits.

This is one more pathetic Kraftwerk's (post Bartos) release. Lack of creativity, lack of that unique percussive sound, this is just one more boring electronic (Dj style) group same sound of the others. R.I.P., Kraftwerk. We're sorry.