{"product_id":"kraftwerk-trans-europa-express","title":"Kraftwerk - Trans-Europa Express","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlbum - Release Date: 09\/10\/20 - Clear Vinyl\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre: Krautrock\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Description_reasons-to-buy-wrapper__0CthD\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-is-open=\"true\" class=\"Content_description-wrapper__XbO9z\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Content_inner-wrapper__xBJ2L\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Description_truncated-text__yUXZD\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Description_descriptionBody__bEN2t\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-testid=\"description-product\" class=\"Description_descriptionText__Lgv7A\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Description_reasons-to-buy-wrapper__0CthD\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Content_description-wrapper__XbO9z\" data-is-open=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Content_inner-wrapper__xBJ2L\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Description_truncated-text__yUXZD\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Description_descriptionBody__bEN2t\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Description_descriptionText__Lgv7A\" data-testid=\"description-product\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKraftwerk celebrate Europe's romantic past and shimmering future (even more so now post Brexit) with a glistening panorama of elegance and decadence, travel and technology. The infinite vistas of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEurope Endless\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand E\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003endless Endless\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e' bookend the album, which includes the unsettling kafka-esque fable T\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ehe Hall of Mirrors\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e' and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eShowroom Dummies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e - Kraftwerk's elegantly ironic reply to critiques of their deadpan manner. But it is the streamlined rhythmic locomotive of Tr\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eans Europe Express'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewhich dominates with its doppler-effect melodic swerves and hypnotic, pneumatic, piston-pumping rhythm. along with its sister track, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMetal on Metal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e' which New York DJ Afrika Bambaataa would re-construct five years later for his own seminal \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlanet Rock\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, this milestone in avant-pop modernism later becomes a crucial influence on the early pioneers of hip-hop and sampling, electro and industrial music. Poetry in motion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Vinyl Whistle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57322309157239,"sku":null,"price":36.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0549\/7765\/8998\/files\/1b6ab5a0-8a02-48b0-804d-ffd900bfa40f_thumbnail_4096_1.webp?v=1784915959","url":"https:\/\/vinylwhistle.co.uk\/products\/kraftwerk-trans-europa-express","provider":"The Vinyl Whistle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}