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Tone Float is the debut and only LP by the German band Organisation zur Verwirklichung gemeinsamer Musikkonzepte (Organisation). Organisation is best remembered for having the two founders of Kraftwerk as members, Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider-Esleben, which they did after the album's release and band's disbandment.
| Tone Float | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Studio album by | |
| Released | June 1970 |
| Recorded | Germany |
| Genre | |
| Length | 41:19 |
| Label | RCA |
| Producer | Conny Plank & Organisation |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
Recording and release edit
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 Hütter and Schneider-Esleben to Kraftwerk.
The album has never been officially reissued, although bootleg CDs, LPs and cassettes appeared since 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 study architecture). Rother and Dinger left Kraftwerk shortly afterwards to form Neu!.
In 2021, the album was unofficially rereleased on digital services under the name Tone Float Beat-Club 1971, along with a new album cover by record label Media Champ. This release additionally includes, and correctly names, Rückstoß Gondoliere.
Track listing edit
All tracks are written by Schneider-Esleben, Hauf and Monicks[4]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Tone Float" | 20:46 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 2. | "Milk Rock" | 5:24 |
| 3. | "Silver Forest" | 3:19 |
| 4. | "Rhythm Salad" | 4:04 |
| 5. | "Noitasinagro" | 7:46 |
Personnel edit
- Basil Hammoudi – glockenspiel, conga gong, musical box, bongos, percussion, vocals
- Butch Hauf – bass, shaky tube, small bells, plastic hammer
- 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[5]
Release details edit
| Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | June 1970 | RCA Victor | Vinyl | SF 8111[6] |
References edit
- ^ 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
- ^ Organisation: Tone Float (RCA Victory, 1970)
- ^ Tone Float (LP). Organisation. Great Britain: RCA-Victor. 1970. SF 8111.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Organisation – Tone Float". discogs.com. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
External links edit
- Tone Float at Discogs (list of releases)