Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Wolfgang Flür (facebook.com/profile.php?id=100080597624244) , formerly of Kraftwerk, and musical collaborator Peter Duggal (instagram.com/peterduggal/) , discuss musical journeys, memories from the Kraftwerk years, collaborating with members of Daft Punk and Joy Division for the new LP "Times" (cherryred.co.uk/wolfgang-flur-times-double-vinyl-edition) and much more.


Topics Include:


• Introduction of new album "Times (cherryred.co.uk/wolfgang-flur-times-double-vinyl-edition) " 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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