The Mix

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The Mix is a 1991 music album by Kraftwerk. It featured newly arranged, re-recorded versions of a selection of songs which had originally appeared on the albums Autobahn through to Electric Café. Hütter stated in interviews that he regarded The Mix as a kind of "live album", as it captured the results of the bands continual digital improvisations in their Kling Klang studio. The track sequence mostly followed the same order as they were perfomed in concerts.

The album met with a rather mixed reception on its release. Many were disappointed at the lack of new compositions, and moreover the production values of the re-recorded tracks did not strike many listeners as particularly cutting edge, something which Kraftwerk had previously been renowned for. The Mix was created entirely digitally, albeit during a period when the technology had yet to reach its maturity and thus featured a sound which many listeners tend to find somewhat "sterile" compared to the analogue electronics employed on most of Kraftwerk's previous recordings of these songs.

Musically, the track arrangments seemed lighter than before, often featuring playful percussive effects and instrumental detours – and even slyly quoting the bass line from James Brown's "Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine" on the final track.

The album sleeve was somewhat obtuse in the information it offered - however the reality was that longstanding members Wolfgang Flür and Karl Bartos had now left the band, although Bartos claimed in later interviews that much of his programming work was still featured on The Mix, uncredited!

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