News: Coachella, Kraftwerk

2manydjs are heading back to Coachella this year. You can catch them on the Quasar stage on April 12.

German pioneers Kraftwerk have announced they’re playing in Brussels this summer. Belgian newspaper De Morgen asked Dave and Steph about the legacy of the band from Munich.

Here are a few quotes from the article:

Dave: “Kraftwerk at The Hammerstein Ballroom in New York in 1998, was one of the most soulful, emotional and spiritual experiences I ever had in my life”.

It was producer Dave Sardy who took them to see Kraftwerk, while they were working with him on their second album Much Against Everyone’s Advice.

Steph: “Last year we shared the bill with Kraftwerk at Fujirock in Japan. They changed the visuals of ‘Trans Europe Express’ with the Shinkansen high speed trains. The Japanese crowd went mad”.

Steph: “We first met Kraftwerk when we played Rock in Rio in Brazil. We saw the band standing backstage, smoking a cigarette, and went over to talk to them. As soon as they noticed we came from Flanders, they started talking about cycling.”

Flanders, the Dutch speaking part of Belgium, is known for a lot classic cycling races. Kraftwerk are huge fans of cycling, legend is they’ve been buying their custom cycling outfits for years in a shop in Belgium.


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