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DIE KRUPPS

Vision 2020 Vision

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SPV 
28/12/2019, Steven REDANT
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Almost a year later than initially announced, the new Die Krupps album has arrived. It has 13 songs, good for 57 minutes of music. I leave aside numbers 6 and 7 on the album for now and will come back to them later.
The other 11 remaining songs are what we can expect from Die Krupps. Pumping (retro) synths, pounding guitars, a short lead here and there, hard beats that make you wanna stomp, jump and headbang, the necessary samples and not too complicated vocal lines makes you remember every song after listening to the whole album just by reading the title. For me this is often a good indicator for a successful record.
These 11 songs take you back to the period where Die Krupps started and so much invented this genre: 1992-1997. This is a very welcome extension of why I am still a Die Krupps fan infill today. This album is noticeably less ‘metal’ orientated than their previous album. Also in terms of sound. More than ever, the lyrics sketch a dark, uncertain future and are not devoid of criticism towards the current state of the world and humanity.
Overall a 9.5 / 10 for these 11 tracks. However... Let’s go back to the 2 songs I skipped …
The first of these two songs is ‘Carpet Crawlers’. A cover from a Genesis song that was released in 1974 as part of the concept album 'The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway' and re-recorded in 1999. The 2nd version is still the best one in my opinion. Really, I can’t even try to understand why this track ended upon this record, it just doesn't fit at all. If you would hear the song, without knowing that it is Die Krupps, one might think, just because of the recognizable voice of Jürgen Engler, we are listening to a non-guitar vocal solo project with light synth arrangements. Even if you would know it is a cover that sounds more like the recording from ’74 than the one from ’99, it still doesn’t fit. It's not even a good cover version in my opinion. It doesn’t add anything. Peter Gabriel may have mentioned Die Krupps as an influence back in the eighties, but even then this song should not have been mentioned here as a return compliment.
The second song I skipped is called ‘Fires’ and comes right after ‘Carpet Crawlers’. ‘Fires’ is indeed a song that you would connect with Die Krupps, but it is vocally totally different from the other songs. It has some vocal work resembling what is going on in ‘Carpet Crawlers’. Just not really a strong Die Krupps track.
If I led their record company I would have done my utmost best to convince the band not to put those 2 songs on this record. This would have made this album much more consistent and with a much stronger ”Die Krupps sind zurück" message!
OK, we can argue variety is important, or the fact today people don’t listen to albums anymore but just separate tracks. Still, I like to listen through an entire album at once. So with ‘Vision 2020 Vision’, the skip button will irrevocably be allowed to do its work for songs 6 and 7 … And luckily 11 songs and 47 minutes is still a full album for me. And that slimmed down album turns out to be such a very good album that I score 9.5. But because of those 2 lesser songs on the album, I have to be strict and rate the complete album 8.5 / 10.
Steven REDANT
28/12/2019



Die Krupps

Profile:
A German industrial/EBM/metal band formed in Düsseldorf in October 1980 by Jürgen Engler and Bernward Malaka.

Die Krupps' sound has developed and changed drastically over time; through noise, EBM and industrial, eventually (mid-1990s) introducing a metal sound revealing the influence of Metallica on the band, and they even recorded covers of Metallica songs.

Band personnel history: (Note that some may not be exact because of lack of band history documentation)
Jürgen Engler (1980-Present)
Bernward Malaka (1980-1983)
Frank Köllges (1980-1981)
Ralf Dörper (1980-1982,1989-Present)
Eva-Maria Gößling (1981)
Ralf Albertini (1981)
Christina Schnekenburger (1981-1985)
Christopher Lietz (1984-1985, 1995-Present, has been the bands engineer since around 1990)
Walter Jäger (1984-1985)
Rüdiger Esch (1989-2012)
Volker Borchert (1991-1992, 2015)
Lee Altus (1992-1997)
Darren Minter (1993-1995)
George Lewis (1996-1997)
Marcel Zürcher (2005-Present)
Oliver Röhl (2005-2006)
Achim Färber (2006-2010)
Christoph "Nook" Michelfeit (2010-2012)
Nils Finkeisen (2015-present)
Hendrik Thiesbrummel (2016-Present)Less 
Sites:
die-krupps.de, Facebook, MySpace, Bookogs, YouTube, Twitter
Members:
Achim Färber, Bernward Malaka, Chris Lietz, Christina Schnekenburger, Darren Minter,Eva-Maria Gößling, Frank Köllges, George Lewis (3), Hendrik Thiesbrummel, Jürgen Engler, Lee Altus, Marcel Zürcher, Ralf Dörper, Ralph Albertini, Rüdiger Esch, Volker Borchert, Walter Jaeger
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Albums

Die Krupps - Stahlwerksynfonie album artStahlwerksynfonie Zickzack Platten, Zickzack Platten1981
Die Krupps - Volle Kraft Voraus! album artVolle Kraft Voraus! WEA1982
Die Krupps - Entering The Arena album artEntering The Arena Statik Records1985
Die Krupps - I album artI Our Choice1992
Die Krupps - A Tribute To Metallica album artA Tribute To Metallica Our Choice1992
Die Krupps - II - The Final Option album artII - The Final Option Our Choice, Our Choice, Equator Records1993
Die Krupps - The Final Remixes album artThe Final Remixes Our Choice1994
Die Krupps - Odyssey Of The Mind (III) album artOdyssey Of The Mind (III) Our Choice1995
Die Krupps - Paradise Now album artParadise Now Our Choice, Our Choice1997
Die Krupps - Volle Kraft Null Acht album artVolle Kraft Null Acht Synthetic Symphony2009
Die Krupps - Als Wären Wir Für Immer album artAls Wären Wir Für Immer ‎(CD, MiniAlbum)Synthetic SymphonySPV 308602 CD2010
Die Krupps - The Machinists Of Joy album artThe Machinists Of Joy Synthetic Symphony2013
Die Krupps - V - Metal Machine Music album artV - Metal Machine Music Oblivion (2), Steamhammer2015
Die Krupps - Stahlwerkrequiem album artStahlwerkrequiem Bureau B2016
Die Krupps - Live Im Schatten Der Ringe album artLive Im Schatten Der Ringe AFM Records, AFM Records2016
Die Krupps - Vision 2020 Vision album artVision 2020 Vision SPV GmbH, Oblivion (2)2019

Singles & EPs

Die Krupps - Wahre Arbeit - Wahrer Lohn album artWahre Arbeit - Wahrer Lohn Zickzack, Zickzack1981
Die Krupps - 6 Jun 1981 At Krefeld Haus Blumenthal album art6 Jun 1981 At Krefeld Haus Blumenthal ‎(Flexi, 7", Promo)Vanity Records (3)vanity 81041981
Die Krupps - Goldfinger album artGoldfinger WEA1982
Die Krupps - Risk album artRisk ‎(7")VictoriaVIC-2441985
Die Krupps - The Machineries Of Joy (Parts I & II) album artThe Machineries Of Joy (Parts I & II) BCM Records1989
Die Krupps - Germaniac album artGermaniac Metal Machine Music1990
Die Krupps - DEMO album artDEMO ‎(CD, Mini, Ltd, Promo)Metal Machine MusicMMM 0011990
Die Krupps - Germaniac 2001 album artGermaniac 2001 Our Choice1991
Die Krupps - Germaniac / Wahre Arbeit, Wahrer Lohn album artGermaniac / Wahre Arbeit, Wahrer Lohn ‎(12", Tra)Rough TradeRTD 199-0015-01991

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3:15
Nitzer EBB and Die Krupps -The Machineries of Joy
4:03
Die Krupps - Wahre arbeit, wahrer lohn - 1981
5:34
Die Krupps & Nitzer Ebb - The Machineries Of Joy (Skateboard-Mix)
5:51
Die Krupps vs. Front Line Assembly - Neologic Spasm [Dislocated Mix]
3:55
DIE KRUPPS - Für einen Augenblick
5:24
Die Krupps - Goldfinger (Long Version)
5:42
Die Krupps - Fatherland
4:10
DIE KRUPPS To the hilt
4:47
Die Krupps - The Machinist
5:41
Die Krupps - Hi Tech / Low Life
3:06
DIE KRUPPS - Gladiators (Demo Version) - 1991
5:34
DIE KRUPPS - Risikofaktor (Official Music Video)
3:34
Die Krupps : Ein Blick Zurck Im Zorn
4:13
Die Krupps - Panik - feat Eric Debris / Metal Urbain
2:21
DIE KRUPPS - Im Schatten Der Ringe (Official Fan-Video) [HD]
6:36
Die Krupps - Preview of Stahlwerkrequiem Rheinhausen (official)
4:37
Die Krupps - Paradise Now
5:03
Die Krupps - Metal Machine Music
5:13
Predrag Kovacic - Our minds ( music: Die Krupps Risk)
0:26
Zwei Herzen, ein Rhythmus (Leaetherstrip Remix)
4:44
DIE KRUPPS - Schmutzfabrik (Official Fan-Video) [HD]
4:21
Die Krupps Feat Dernière Volonté - Sans Fin
4:27
Die Krupps - A New Society Treaty
5:39
DIE KRUPPS - Welcome To The Blackout (official video)
3:56
Alive in a Glass Cage (Metalized Mix)
4:03
DIE KRUPPS - Battle Extreme
3:38
Die Krupps - The Dawning Of Doom
3:51
DIE KRUPPS - Nazis Auf Speed (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
5:35
Die Krupps - Industrie-Mädchen
4:04
Die Krupps - Taste Of Taboo w/ Doro Pesch
5:37
DIE KRUPPS - The Machinist Of Joy (Official Fan-Video) [HD]
4:45
Die Krupps - Tod und Teufel
2:46
Die Krupps - Metal Machine Music (The Welder)
5:36
Ministry of Fear (Non-Guitar Version)
4:56
DIE KRUPPS - Robo Sapien (Official Music Video) [HD]
5:23
Die Krupps - Beyond (2010)
5:01
Die Krupps-Risikofaktor E.p. 2013
3:38
Die Krupps - A Tribute to Metallica - Enter Sandman
5:27
DIE KRUPPS - Battle Extreme (Official Lyric Video) [HD]
3:36
DIE KRUPPS P09 fire (cover)
3:13
Die Krupps - Inside out [Jeff Walker remix]
5:10
die krupps-fur einen augenblick
4:59
Die Krupps - The Chameleon Man (2010)
4:41
Die Krupps - A Tribute to Metallica - Battery 

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