Tone Float
| Tone Float | |
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| Studio album by Organisation | |
| Released | August 1969 |
| Recorded | Germany |
| Genre | Krautrock |
| Length | 41:19 |
| Label | RCA Victor |
| Producer | Conny Plank & Organisation |
| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
Tone Float is the first and only LP by the German band Organisation. Organisation was a predecessor to Kraftwerk, which was formed by two members of the band, Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider-Esleben, after the album's release.
Recording and release
The album was produced by Konrad "Conny" Plank. Of the album's recording, Hütter would later say:
The studio was in the middle of an oil refinery. When we came out of the door we could hear the sound of those big flames burning off the fumes – all kinds of industrial noises.[2][3]
Sales were poor and RCA opted to drop the band, which then dissolved following the departure of Hutter and Schneider-Esleben to Kraftwerk.
The album has never been officially reissued, although bootleg CDs and LPs appeared in the 1990s. These often included a bonus audio-track, erroneously titled "Vor dem blauen Bock", which in fact is an instrumental track named "Rückstoss Gondoliere", from a 22 May 1971 performance by Kraftwerk on the Bremen Beat-Club TV show. This song features the short-lived line-up of Florian Schneider, Michael Rother and Klaus Dinger (Ralf Hütter had left the group during this period to pursue studies in architecture). Rother and Dinger left Kraftwerk shortly afterwards to form Neu!.
Track listing
All compositions written by Hauf/Monicks/Schneider-Esleben.
Side one
- "Tone Float" – 20:46
Side two
- "Milk Rock" – 5:24
- "Silver Forest" – 3:19
- "Rhythm Salad" – 4:04
- "Noitasinagro" – 7:46
Personnel
- Basil Hammoudi – glockenspiel, conga gong, musical box, bongos, percussion, vocals
- Butch Hauf – bass, shaky tube, small bells, plastic hammer, percussion
- Ralf Hütter – Hammond organ, organ
- Alfred "Fred" Mönicks – drums, bongos, maracas, cowbell, tambourine
- Florian Schneider-Esleben – electric flute, alto flute, bell, triangle, tambourine, electro-violin, percussion
- Additional personnel
- Konrad "Conny" Plank – sound engineering[4]
Release details
| Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
| United Kingdom | August 1969 | RCA Victor | Vinyl | SF 8111 |
References
- ↑ Klaus Kehrle. "Tone Float - Organisation". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- ↑ Interview in Select magazine, 1991
- ↑ Pascal Bussy: "Kraftwerk: Man, Machine and Music", SAF Publishing Ltd., Reprinted 1993, 1997, 1999: pp. 26
- ↑ Tone Float (LP). Organisation. Great Britain: RCA-Victor. 1972. SF 8111.
- ↑ "Organisation – Tone Float". discogs.com. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
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