Subject: Kraftwerk

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  Tonight at Beta, local experimental electronic auteur CacheFlowe is releasing his new dubstep EP Cache, Stacks and Queues. It features a collaboration with Brer Rabbit of Flobots and a remix by Planet Mu dubstep artist Starkey, who will be headlining the event. And as an extra special treat for those electronic heads that know and love their roots, CacheFlowe has prepped a special treat: a dubstep cover of the Kraftwerk classic "Computer World." He co-produced the track with The Tickler, another

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• The Westword.com blog shortcut, May 8, 2009

  Photo by Adam PerryThey're not quite Dead... Big as life. Today in Backbeat Online: • Last night: The Dead at the Pepsi Center. • The 38th annual CHUN Capitol Hill People's Fair line-up announced. • 3OH!3 breaks top ten on Billboard Hot 100. • Freaky Friday: "Obama Flashback" -- Autotune the News. • MP3 Freeloader: Tonight, the Calf Branders CD release party at the Skylark. • CacheFlowe does Kraftwerk tonight at CD release. • MP3 Freeloader: Tonight, the Mighty 18 Wheeler CD rele

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  May 21, 2009

• CacheFlowe's "Computer World" video

  If you weren't lucky enough to catch CacheFlowe's performance of his awesome, dubsteppy cover of Kraftwerk's "Computer World," today's your lucky day because he has released a video of the performance, and we've got it for you. Actually, even if you did catch it, you're still lucky, because along with footage of CacheFlowe working his robot groove on the Curious Theatre stage, the video is enhanced with sweet, mind-bending digital effects and what appears to be vintage Kraftwerk images. I could

  June 30, 2009

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  October 20, 2009

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