Kraftwerk vs. Afrika Bambaataa, Coldplay, New Order & The Chemical Brothers
Originally titled “Trans-European Hot Tubs”
From the Riffs archive First aired May 8, 2019. The show was music-first back then — it has grown into a conversation about everything else since.
Joe & Toby take you to another dimension with the futuristic sounds of an iconic German Electro-pop band. To Kraftwerk and beyond! What we geek out over in this episode: Hot Tub Time Machine (the movie), Afrika Bambaataa and the Soulsonic Forces’s Planet Rock (1982), Coldplay’s Talk (2005), Timbaland’s Bounce (2007) featuring Dr. Dre, Justin Timberlake & Missy Elliot, Blue Monday (1983) by New Order, Leave Home (1995) by The Chemical Brothers and Redman and Method Man collab How High (remix) (1995).
Like this one? Joe and Toby speak at events — the same conversation, on a stage.