Ep489: Wolfgang Flür (ex Kraftwerk) & Peter Duggal
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2025
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Wolfgang Flür, formerly of Kraftwerk, and musical collaborator Peter Duggal, discuss musical journeys, memories from the Kraftwerk years, collaborating with members of Daft Punk and Joy Division for the new LP "Times" and much more.
Topics Include:
- Introduction of new album "Times" release details
- First 200 vinyl copies include signed postcards
- Peter's role as Wolfgang's longtime collaborator since 2015
- Peter's musical background in 1980s electronic music
- Previous collaboration on album "Magazine" released in 2022
- Collaborators on "Times" including Boris Blank and Daft Punk
- Modern vs. old technologies for music production
- Wolfgang's frustration with German music industry
- Cherry Red Records supporting Wolfgang's career in England
- EMI's mishandling of Wolfgang's earlier album "Time Pie"
- Peter's personal relationship with vinyl records
- Production quality of the vinyl pressing in Czechoslovakia
- Mastering process with different approaches for vinyl vs. CD
- Collaborating with Emil Schult, former Kraftwerk visual artist
- The track "Planet in Fever" originally written in 1993
- Wolfgang's approach to revisiting and evolving older songs
- How Peter and Wolfgang know when a song is "done"
- Comparing music creation to cooking a meal
- Process of collaborating with Boris Blank on "Global Youth"
- Wolfgang's childhood in post-WWII Germany
- First record purchase: Khachaturian's "Sabre Dance" at age 10
- Musical influences from his mother and grandmother
- First musical instrument was a mouth organ
- Discovering drums at school at age 16
- Designing electronic drum pads for Kraftwerk
- Wolfgang's friendship with Florian Schneider until his passing
- Their emotional final meeting at a brewery
- Working with Thomas from Daft Punk
- Planned joint appearance at a Chicago film festival
- Live performance concept "Musiksoldat" as anti-war statement
- Wolfgang and Peter completed their 60th show together
- Wolfgang's last visit to Australia in 1981
- Karl Bartos' importance to Kraftwerk's musical compositions
- Plans for future performances and promoting the album
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| 0:30.6 | Welcome to the vinyl guide, the podcast for record collectors and music nerds. Here's your host, |
| 0:36.1 | the biggest record nerd of them all, Nate Goyer. |
| 0:38.8 | Ah, well, hey, everyone. |
| 0:40.1 | It's Nate. |
| 0:41.0 | Welcome to episode 489 of the Vinyl Guide, the podcast for record collectors and music nerds. |
| 0:47.4 | And ladies and gentlemen, we've got a very special show in store for you today. |
| 0:52.3 | We've got a legend here in the house, an absolute music pioneer, Mr. Wolfgang Fleur, |
| 0:57.6 | who you may know from his years working with craftwork or his very extensive solo career. |
| 1:03.9 | Well, today Wolfgang and his musical partner, Peter Dugel, join us to discuss the new |
| 1:09.8 | album Times, which is out March 28th on Cherry Red Records. |
| 1:14.8 | Today, Wolfgang and Peter discuss their collaboration, not only together, but also with members |
| 1:21.5 | of Def Punk and Joy Division and making the new album. Wolfgang also shares his musical journey. |
| 1:27.2 | He talks about his years |
| 1:28.5 | growing up in post-war Germany, to joining craftwork, to becoming an electronic music innovator. |
| 1:35.2 | He shares candid, very intimate stories of artistic friendships with other members of craftwork. |
| 1:41.3 | We also discuss the vinyl versions of Wolfgang's new album, plus some upcoming |
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