flickr by Elfworld. Title link takes you to the set.Update via Elf in the comments:
"I wrote a review of their concert in Oslo 2.5 years ago, and it pretty much sums up how I felt about this concert as well -> link."
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Kraftwerk - New Flick Set
flickr by Elfworld. Title link takes you to the set.Update via Elf in the comments:
"I wrote a review of their concert in Oslo 2.5 years ago, and it pretty much sums up how I felt about this concert as well -> link."
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Oh boy!
ReplyDeleteFour aging men rigidly fixed to four laptops!
Where do I get tickets??
I'd like to know as well. I'd love to see the masters in concert.
ReplyDeleteIt's about the music, not the show.
Actually, it's about the both the show and the music. What it's not about is four old men trying to do something "new".
ReplyDeleteI've seen them live a couple years ago, great show. They play everything you want to hear from them. All the classics. They don't try any new bullshit, they know what people came to hear. The visuals are excellent. It doesn't even matter if they are really playing or not. I didn't care. I think they have more than earned their right to just press "play" and stand there on stage. Or not even be there at all, like when the robots are on stage.
Thanks for the link.
ReplyDeleteI wrote a review of their concert in Oslo 2.5 years ago, and it pretty much sums up how I felt about this concert as well -> http://www.elfworld.org/vis_dag.php?id=165
I know Kraftwerk since their "Autobahn", in 1974. I immediatly was hooked. And since the night I heard them on radiowaves, I am fond about synths.
ReplyDeleteThe first time I have seen Kraftwerk on stage was in 1976. No computers then, not even synths with memories. Ralf Hutter had 2 minimoogs (plus an electronic organ), one for playing, the other patched to a synthanorma sequencer (used only for "Europe Endless"). Florian Schneider had 2 ARP Odyssey, one for playing, the other patched to his famous electronic flute. And Karl Bartos and Wolfgang Flur played strange small electronic drums. Music and sound were amazing. Though they stayed almost still all the time, they were spectacular too see.
Since, I've seen Kraftwerk a lot of times on stage. Synths have been changing and computers rule everything now, but Kraftwerk's spirit remained the very same.
And they still play. They even improvise a lot. Just listen the end of each their concerts to be convinced about that.
I'll see them again on stage in october in Belgium at the "I love techno" festival... :-)))
Hello Elf !
ReplyDeletePlease, can you tell us the complete set-list of the Grieghallen concert ?
Cheers,
Frédéric (from France)
Hello again, Elf,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your answer on your website !
Cheers,
Frédéric
So what keyboard and laptop and software are they using these days?
ReplyDeleteKim Olesen have written this :
ReplyDelete(http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/archive/instruments/2004-03/38675.php)
The Kling Klang consoles and the large scale analog equipments were
replaced by some of the following equipments:
:: For controling and sound generation 4 laptops Pentium SONY Vaio
running Microsoft Windows XP and Cubase SX sequencer.
:: All sound is generated in laptops using virtual instruments (VST) like a
HALion virtual sampler and other from Native Instruments
and TC Works with Cubase SX as a host.
:: To control, mixing and modulate MIDI parameters (notes, filters,
modulations, etc) of the virtual instruments using Doepfer fader boxes
( Doepfer Regelwerk, Doepfer Pocket Dials or Doepfer Pocket Faders).
:: To play melodies and start live samples Midiman keystation keyboards
:: A special feature for Cubase SX called System Link allows full
audio and MIDI control and integration between all laptops in
high speed ) with 5.1 surround sound
(DVD Quality, Dolby Digital, 96khz, 24bits).
:: Video images are generated and controled by Hilpert's laptop
and synchronized with music through Cubase SX and shown in a great wide screen (16x9).
:: All the equipment (laptops, keyboards and controllers) is accomodated in 4 simple
consoles one for each band member.
It was very interesting to see how hard they actually worked on stage, controlling many aspects of the music. Ralph Hütter played a lot of the melodies, and sang. He made a very beautiful improvised solo in "Neon Lights". It was very expressive, using one hand to control cut off and the other to play the melody on his keyboard. The others had a pretty busy time using their hands on their midi controllers. There also seemed to be a very light hearted moment when one of them forgot to set the last couples of sequenses going in Trans-europe-express (the piece after "metal on metal" ,where the violin thing comes in). They only the beat was running and Florian smiled to the others hitting a button and finally getting the sequence going. It was very live and all the tracks had tons of variations compared to the studioversions. I can understand why they don't move a lot on stage. They are too concentrated it seems.
The last tour was mezmerizing, but, as my friend Michael pointed out, Ralf Hutter looked just like Donald Rumsfeld.
ReplyDeleteIs it just me, or is the spacing between the workstations slightly irregular?
ReplyDeleteOh, those devil-may-care innovators...
Ralf Hutter tripped on one of those workstations as he was exiting the stage in DC last year. Did anyone else see that?
ReplyDeletemy experience at the last kraftwerk concert in los angeles was slightly different. they were playing in the greek outdoor amphitheater and my friend and i didnt have enough money for tickets - so we scaled the wooded hills behind the bowl and sat in the pine trees to see the stage. i have never enjoyed a "concert" more than hearing "autobahn" boom over the hills while i was perched in a pitch black evergreen forest.
ReplyDeleteHoly crap, Frederic.
ReplyDeleteYou really aren't Elhardt.
I finally believe you.
Ha ha Seth, I know what you mean.
ReplyDeleteI grew up in that area and watched many shows at the Greek from those hills. Great way to get a free show, and meet crusty old hippies.
EMI's latest press update has a little blurb towards the end about a projected Summer 2007 Kraftwerk release centered around the recent explosion in new European analog musical instruments. The early word from Klingklang is that the pre-release will feature a wood-encased, hinged fold-out double CD entitled "Seeker 2000."
ReplyDeleteWhoever Frederic is, he isn't Frederic. His English seems to have improved rather quickly don't you think?
ReplyDeleteOnly a few short weeks ago he was going 'hooo haaa'...
:-O=8
Dear Doktor Future,
ReplyDeleteI would love to speak, read and write english as you do.
But if read english with not too much difficulty, to write in english is really painful to me. I try something, then I erase it, and I write something else. It takes me a long time just a few sentences. But my reward is there, you doubt I am french. What a joy for me !
PS : I love your Ionic Performer. What a synth ! Have you some mp3 demos of it ?
A bientôt, pour de nouvelles aventures rédactionnelles dans un anglais à la va-comme-je-te-pousse !
Frédéric
Frederic: I shall record some MP3's of the Ionic shortly. I know how Buchla it is to not have MP3's :). I'm not a tree-hugger, so I don't do OOG.
ReplyDeleteDear Doktor,
ReplyDeleteI'll be waiting for your Ionic mp3 like a lost poet waiting for his muse...
A bientôt, de Wasquehal sous la pluie...
Frédéric