>I know what you mean- there are three tracks/mixes on the 12" though >and two of them are definitely growing on me- I remember how >disappointed I was the first time I heard Expo 2000 and now I love it
>Jason Brunton > I agree. To me, TDF03 is nothing short of brilliant. Two major characteristics of Kraft Werk have always been subtlety and understatement hand in hand with complexity. I always admire the obvious years of thought and effort which they seem to put into even the most miniscule part of their tracks, which (to me) seems then to raise the outcome to something like a monolith or archetype. With TDF03 - the single - that lead synth line is (to me) like auditory enlightenment, everytime you hear it, it seems to yield something different! I can't wait to hear it in full quality. I also love its sheer intelligence - I mean it's almost (ONLY ALMOST IN MY VIEW!!!) elitist. Basically, I see this in the fact that it's so brazenly simple that it seems to say, if you don't get it, f*** off! These acheivements (to me) are all the more remarkable because they maintain KW's over-30-year old principles of simplicity, acessibility and at times minimalism - but, no one can deny that the latest record is 100% 2003, and of course ahead of where the mainstream is at, as one would expect. It's also the clearest and most definitively 'techno' track which KW have ever released, to my ears. I for one am not underestimating it a bit (maybe you can tell!) All the above is natch my opinion only. k
