Recently discovered this album while listening to another album on Rhapsody called Minimum Maximum by a group called Kraftwerk. For those who may not know, anything done with electronic music today can be traced back to the work of Kraftwerk in the 1970’s. Apparently in 1983 they created a piece for the Tour De France with the same title as the event. There was supposed to be a full length album about it as well but it was shelved until 2003 when they finally released the Tour De France Soundtracks album.
What really grabbed me about this album is how it made me feel like I was travelling through the tour. I’ve dabbled with electronic music in the past but nothing I ever came up with came even close to what these guys have done. This is a great album for listening to while working on your PC with a good pair of headphones.
If it’s something that sounds like it might be worth purchasing, here would be a good place to start.
There is also a video made to one of the songs shown below.
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