Freiberg V30 [EP, Import]

Tocotronic | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 10, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: EP, Import
• Label: L'Age D'Or/Payola
• ASIN: B00004ZTAP
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,266,694 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Freiberg V3.0 (Original)

2. Freiberg V3.0 (Radio Europe)

3. Freiberg V3.0 (Helium Remix)

4. Freiberg V3.0 (I Like Giorgio Remix

5. Freiberg V3.0 (Remis By And The Lefthanded And Special Guest)

6. Freiberg V3.0 (Original Verion By Toctronic)

7. Freiberg V3.0 (Club Europe)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars console recasts german indie heroes as pulsing electro pop, December 6, 2001

By 

Tim (Brooklyn, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Freiberg V30 (Audio CD)

The elements that make Tocotronic one of the most potent indie bands in Europe are thoroughly obscured by this remix--remake, really--by Console. Happily, the result is a pulsing blips-and-bleeps electro pop tune that rivals Console's best stuff, such as the "14 zero zero" single. Atop analogue-synth waves reminiscent of early Human League, Gary Numan or Visage--or more recent retro-electro acts like Ladytron--Console runs the original vocal track through a computer voice-synthesis program. (It seems to have been done in English, but it's of no consequence as it's wonderfully unintelligible anyway.) The coherent whole is brilliant, propelled along rather than aimlessly gurgling, and retaining Tocotronic's short pop structure.

4.0 out of 5 stars tocotrantastic!, February 2, 2002

By 

J. Mathews (New Haven, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Freiberg V30 (Audio CD)

who is this Tim of brooklyn, who knows the work of tocotronic?

5.0 out of 5 stars console recasts german indie heroes as pulsing electro pop, December 6, 2001

By 

Tim (Brooklyn, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Freiberg V30 (Audio CD)

The elements that make Tocotronic one of the most potent indie bands in Europe are thoroughly obscured by this remix--remake, really--by Console. Happily, the result is a pulsing blips-and-bleeps electro pop tune that rivals Console's best stuff, such as the "14 zero zero" single. Atop analogue-synth waves reminiscent of early Human League, Gary Numan or Visage--or more recent retro-electro acts like Ladytron--Console runs the original vocal track through a computer voice-synthesis program. (It seems to have been done in English, but it's of no consequence as it's wonderfully unintelligible anyway.) The coherent whole is brilliant, propelled along rather than aimlessly gurgling, and retaining Tocotronic's short pop structure.