Express Rip

During the mid-'70s, Germany's Kraftwerk established the sonic blueprint followed by an extraordinary number of artists in the decades to come. From the British new romantic movement to hip-hop to techno, the group's self-described "robot pop" – hypnotically minimal, obliquely rhythmic music performed solely via electronic means – resonates in virtually every new development to impact the contemporary pop scene of the late- 20th century, and as pioneers of the electronic music form, their enduring influence cannot be overstated…

August 1944: proceeding with the invasion of France, Patton's Third Army has advanced so far toward Paris that it cannot be supplied. To keep up the momentum, Allied HQ establishes an elite military truck route. One (racially integrated) platoon of this Red Ball Express encounters private enmities, bypassed enemy pockets, minefields, and increasingly perilous missions, leavened by a touch of comedy.

Not too well known…but that's probably why they're so gooood. if you're into paris style jazz-house, Viennese trip-hop like K&D, and also enjoy soulful funkalicious rhythms, you will love this. Troublemakers give you a mild dose of each, at times making you want to get up and dance, at rarer times making you flip like with a good Funkadelic record, and all other times, just making you feel cool and thankful to have found these guys.