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November's most read stories
As we race towards the end of 2008, we’re taking a quick pit stop to look over the biggest stories of the month for November. [more]
Australia's first Global Gathering photos!
Saturday’s inaugural Global Gathering event went up against the odds, battling dismal weather and artist cancellations. But these were mere obstacles for the thousands of punters committed to having a good time - check out the photos on ITM! [more]
Illness forces Kraftwerk to miss Melbourne Global Gathering
The first ever Global Gathering tour of Australia kicked off yesterday in Melbourne, but all did not go to plan with German electro godfathers Kraftwerk missing their headline set to due a sudden and very serious illness. [more]
Global Gathering venue and ticketing details
Global Gathering's entry to the Australian market has definitely got quite a few ITMers hot under the collar, so here’s all the info you’ll need to ensure you get your tickets quick smart! [more]
Kraftwerk to reissue seminal albums
Bust out your best android impression, Kraftwerk are re-releasing a swag of their back catalogue. [more]
Kraftwerk co-founder flies the coop
One of the original founders of the original electro pioneers Kraftwerk have left after 40 years. [more]
Coachella line-up announced
Got a spare few thousand bucks and want to blow it in a weekend? Well, the 2008 line-up for America’s legendary Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival has been announced, and it boasts Fatboy Slim, Kraftwerk, Sasha & Digweed and oh-so-many more. [more]
Hot Chip to remix Kraftwerk
One of the hottest bands at the moment remixing the granddaddies of modern dance music? Sounds too good to be true. Luckily for us it’s all happening and will be released in mid September. [more]
Waking on a Saturday morning had never been such an exciting experience. With a warm 25 degrees and the humidity going through the roof, Global Gathering was about to hit Brisbane. [more]
Global Gathering. In the world of music festivals, few names evoke such a universal response and acclamation among dance fans. For years Australians have looked across the other side of the word with a mixture of awe and envy. [more]
With the competition for festival-goers hard earned reaching fever pitch this spring, it was always going to be interesting to see which of the new events would capture the public’s attention. This year, Global Gathering debuted in Australia. [more]
2008 has seen more large scale dance parties than most years before it and, heading into summer, getting a crowd along to Global Gathering was always going to challenge. Never mind the fact that the weather couldn't have possibly been any worse. [more]
After making it through the gates, not that there was any problems here, my first impression of the day was making it through the early queues to the toilets to see a guy sitting across one of the washer basins sucking dry a goon bladder - classy. [more]
Karl Bartos has had a chequered history since Kraftwerk. At best he's produced tough electro funk (with the likes of Anthony Rother) and beautiful electro-pop (with Bernard Sumner and Johnny Marr's Electronic project). But his worst material is at the other end of the spectrum. [more]
Kraftwerk - Tour de France Soundtracks
Thirty-three years after first emerging, twenty years after first releasing the seminal classic - Tour de France - and seventeen years since their last album, Electric Café, Kraftwerk deliver the latest in their legacy: Tour de France Soundtracks. [more]
Kraftwerk - Aerodynamik
While much of the electronic music technology that Kraftwerk helped pioneer is now ubiquitous, 'Tour De France' showed that Kraftwerk could still stand out distinctively in the midst of a veritable ocean of their musical progeny, at least temporarily silencing some of their critics. [more]