October 2002 - Kraftwerk - mailman.xmission.com

Kraftwerk in Canada [Was: New Album & Concerts]
by Lech 05 Oct '02

05 Oct '02

omegaChance was all, like: > Has KW ever been to Canada? Kraftwerk performed in Vancouver, Toronto & Ottawa in June '75, Montréal (Palace des Arts) & Toronto (Concert Hall) in August '81. -- Curiosity killed the cat. Satisfaction brought it back.

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FW: [Kraftwerk] it's the details...
by I've got a LASER, Earthman! 05 Oct '02

05 Oct '02

le 05/10/02 11:44, Petter Duvander à petter.duvander(a)home.se a écrit : > for the first show only, Florians mouse cable was hanging to the side of > his workstation. for all the other guys and at all the other shows, all > cables were tucked away, nicely invisible. (this is from my point of view, > the people at the edge of the stage will probably have a second opinion on > this) Glad to see someone tied up things ;))) (What? they don't use infrared mouse ?) Denis :} wacom tablet addict (sorry if the previous version of this mail goes to the list, I've got way too many emails :)

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virus ?
by I've got a LASER, Earthman! 05 Oct '02

05 Oct '02

Hum I received a suspect mail with a topic from the list. I don't care for me as I'm immune (mac has its advantages ;))) but all the people on PCs here should be aware that some bad nasty things are again on the move for a week now. Update your antivirus for the sake of most of the list members, thank you. Denis D) DEKONTAMINATOR

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SV: [Kraftwerk] Re: Two more questions on the Paris show...
by johan.andersson＠allers.aller.se 05 Oct '02

05 Oct '02

Georgie wrote: (what I really missed are the nice 'wireframe' dresses and, of corse, the "Tribal" song) ...but, as Kraftwerk, as it seems, sent their four robot dummies to an old peoples (robots) home, they need not to spend their time to re-program them. So, maybe, they have more time to concentrate their music. Are u sure it wasn't the robots ONLY on stage i Paris... the fact that Florbot simulated a cold could be an easy way to try to make the audience believe that it was the real guys standing on stage... Seriously: What's all this I miss the Klingklang studio on stage about? - It is the KK-studio you've seen - the new one, and I'm sure there's a whole pack of goodies in the black boxes (I get exited thinking about the inside of those) and maby even the 'flying' stagefloor is packed with elektronik... I think they look like 4 members of Asimovs Foundation just standing there, controlling all events in the universe - Just love the new look ! /Johan _______________________________________________ Kraftwerk mailing list Kraftwerk(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kraftwerk <<Fil: ENVELOPE.TXT>>

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New Album & Concerts
by Drew Edmundson 04 Oct '02

04 Oct '02

I must agree with many fellow KW fans that I won't believe they have a new album out until I've paid my $18 for it and have it in my player! I'm happy to hear that some of you have enjoyed their European shows so far. On behalf of us American KW fans, we're hoping they make a stop in the US soon! Thanks for the info on the Paris shows. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com

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PARIS 2002 (11 years later)
by Alex Brega 04 Oct '02

04 Oct '02

Hallo, my name is Alex and I am a great italian KW fan and collector since I was a child (Now I'm 25). I went with a friend of mines to Paris and saw both concerts on last 26th September. We arrived in "La citè de la musique" at 4pm. Around at 17 o'clock,my friend that was searching for the midnight ticket (black pseudo-french people were selling for double price outside the concert hall) has seen someone he knew : there were Ralf Hutter and Emil Schult sitting in the Cafè de la musique ! I went to see and meet my idol (Ralf),so I was able to get a signature on my 20.00 ticket and even and handshake; then he told us "Je ve a travailler" and he smiled when I replyed that "We come from Italy". I have noticed that now he brings blonde tinted hair. I've enjoyed both concerts,being able to make a perfect digital quality recording of the first one (complete) and the best tracks for the midnight one; I can confirm it has been quite difficult,because of strong security presence. We have waited till 2.30 o'clock and met Emil Schult (another autograph),that told us that a new album will be released soon. Florian Schneider went out too,but he hasn't stopped his walking and we were little disappointed. He also looked like very old to us; during both exibithions he seemed to be absent and I could have seen him playing a couple of notes in 4 hours music ! Ralf was instead very more active and concentrated,smiling sometimes and appearing satisfied. I think KRAFTWERK has become even more minimalist with their laptops, but I think they lose some control capabilities if compared to 81' and 91' live performances. The consequence is that also improvisation is limited,too. I liked the new graphics and told that to Emil. Airwaves of electronic greetings Alex KRAFTWERK Light years ahead P.S.Has Luxembourg date been cancelled ? _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com

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Tango name
by ncentola 04 Oct '02

04 Oct '02

There´s no official name for tango. As you can see at http://www.kraftworld.hpg.ig.com.br/concerts/98rjsetlist.html KW consider Airwaves/Tango song just as Airwaves. Of course, just the intro is Airwaves, the rest is a completely new song. IMHO they don´t have a name for it at that moment. Anyone had access to an official set list from Paris? Maybe they named this song now. A good indication that KW will release a new album is put name on the songs, don´t you think? :-) peace Nicolau www.kraftworld.hpg.com.br > Where does the name Tango (name of the Airwave techno extension) came = > from ? > > Is this an official name or only a fan choice ?

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Re: [Kraftwerk] Guenther Spachtholz
by Tomek 04 Oct '02

04 Oct '02

> > You remember correctly! I have Guenther's autograph "Guenther Video" > > wouldn't it sound much better "guenther salesman"? *rotflol* ;-))) > > *hehe* > > > however (stolen from oh jay *rofl*) > > best wishes from the rhineland > > arthur "Guenther Video" "Geunther salesman" Other version: Guenther KW'Babysitter or KW'mother *hehe* Tomek

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Another lucky french :)
by I've got a LASER, Earthman! 04 Oct '02

04 Oct '02

Hello everyone :) I was at the 2 first concerts in Paris (wasn't at the 3rd one only because I was bringing with me my ex-boyfriend and a good friend of mine alog on the thursday -my life in 4657 volumes) I browsed the archive and I have a few remarks to add : - stereo was a mess in both events :( - Ralf was using is hand I think mostly because he had troubles with the mic picking up the grappe of the sound system just near him. - Florian was much more alive at Frankfurt MusikMesse ;) (I was one of the people exhibiting on the "superbooth" -superbooth.com for 2 pics of Florian) - the engineer at the console had lots of trouble to cope with the audio coming in, the final mix was blurry, one satellite on thursday evening (level of the 2nd balcony, right side, middle) was out and scratching horribly during 4 song (at last the guy managed to diminished the whole thing) -On thursday there was JPG and JMJ (sigh, he's not dead :( ) in the beautiful people, the wednesday there was Jack Lang ex minister of culture and other thing who is always showing himself as he was still in charge. But on the reality side, he never made much for electronic music. (others still, but the little world of the gay club scene is not that interesting ;) -On the hardware stuff, i'm wondering what were the 2 big "cubes" behind the stage they were standing on. Returns seemed to be on the corners of the scene on front (the guys here who were screaming near the security can maybe tell if it was the case) -The album haha when it was announced officially 2 years ago and regularly postponed the french magazine TRAX was in the end making fun of it. Maybe If I can see Florian next Messe, I'll try to ask. -Next saturday I go to a gay monthly club here KABP, one of the organizers was also working for the Villette Numérique, I'll look after some news he can have, he's a die hard fan too :) -The guys in man machine shirts on wednesday, you were great! :) Well, it was the first time I could see them live, and I ENJOYED that a lot :) whatever the technical problems (burn Steinberg burn ;) Denis D)

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Concert intro noodle
by Enrique Correa 04 Oct '02

04 Oct '02

Der Automat wrote: > Please let me add that the intro was the same of http://www.kraftwerk.com. Denis replied: >> As I said: not exactly >> web = loop (for size reasons) >> intro = noodle (not quite repetitive) Could any concert goer make a connection between that intro and the last track of the E2K remix EP? Enrique

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