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Re: [Kraftwerk] first Paris Gig
by Der Automat 04 Oct '02

04 Oct '02

daniel doppler wrote: > first on the stage there were only 4 keybords and 4 laptops over I did only see 1 keyboard (HALion) in Ralf's place. > - 7 : the model - stage white - classic 50' film with with added images to the classic video-clip. > - 10 : airwaves and tribal - green Definitely no Tribal, just Airwaves. Oscilloscope(s) signals at the videoscreen. > I've not recognized the two other members of the band, it seems that > they have not a lot of work to do. They were Henning Schmitz and Fritz Hilpert, afaik. Please let me add that the intro was the same of http://www.kraftwerk.com. And a curiosity: At the beginning of Tour de France rendition appeared the cover of the record itself with the faces of both Wolfgang Fluer and Karl Bartos. I could be wrong, but it seems to me that a blurred image of Elektric Music's TV's cover record could be seeing at the videoscreen when Pocket Calculator played. BTW, during Autobahn, we saw some of Emil Schult's pictures but not the Emil's signature itself. DER AUTOMAT

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Re: [Kraftwerk] kraftwerk@vooruit,Gent
by Enrique Correa 04 Oct '02

04 Oct '02

Luca wrote: > The lack of any new material is disappointing... seems that they, > after spending long years in transfering the same old music/data > from one media to another, are now planning to spend another > decade in finding new means of playing/controlling it. Probably > they'll decide to develop their own operating system ;-) When you spend twenty years reprogramming / remaking old songs, something is wrong, and for what I've seen, there's no stop to this "modernization" of KW tunes. They are just obsessed with this task. This only tells me one thing, they are not, nor will ever be, completely satisfied with Kling Klang's output. They gave birth to some truly unbelievable tunes, and instead of leaving them alone, they just keep coming back to them and do surgery and manipulation where none is really needed. Enrique

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

04 Oct '02

> Somebody asked: > > Did any of the members (Fritz?) change some discs during the show? > Tomek replied: > >> Fritz? Och, no! Guenther "Video" Spachtholz > > If I remember correctly, this Guenther guy is the same one that takes > care > of the Kling Klang merchandising, in other words, he is the ones who > receives the order, packs it in neatly and ships it to your door. > Enrique You remember correctly! I have Guenther's autograph "Guenther Video" :-) Fantomasz prezentuje Kraftwerk - Hallo form Poland Tomek

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Re: [Kraftwerk] KW in Paris
by Der Automat 04 Oct '02

04 Oct '02

Georg Jajus <Georgie(a)blackbox.net> wrote: > To all people from france on the list: Could you please post if there are > some reviews in newspapers or so? Tiny ad (with photo of the robots) of the concerts at the French weekly magazine Les Inrockuptibles nº 357 (25 September - 1 October), page 15. http://www1.lesinrocks.com/ DER AUTOMAT

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Seriously Jealous
by Tom 04 Oct '02

04 Oct '02

Glad to hear the concert was fun. Also happy to hear the songs are changing and there are interesting new tech glitches. It make the Robots so much more human. No humor on the list? I'm not sure about that, it is usually entertaining. One off topic question. Why do people think Stella Artois is such a good beer? I've had it in bottles and draft here in the states and I was not impressed. There are about 1000 better beers in Europe to drink than that. Am I missing something? Tom

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Re: Two more questions on the Paris show...
by Enrique Correa 04 Oct '02

04 Oct '02

newpower(a)interlog.com wrote: > The refinement and further mechanization/computerization of Kraftwerk is > exactly what they said they wanted to do for years. Do you need a new > interview to explain? It's all in their lyrics: > "I programme my home computer > Beam myself into the future" > They plan to do things they couldn't do yesterday. Their man/machine project > is still the most relevant thing going. And with so many musical clones out > there more musical statements aren't really necessary. It's a Kraftwerk world > and you're living in it. KW were amongst the few who envisioned a computer world, and yet, spent years just trying to catch up to it. Enrique

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( ot ) Re: free the "hostage" , please !!! *LOL* ;-)))
by Oh Jay 04 Oct '02

04 Oct '02

From: Electram <electram(a)terra.com.br> > ... we don't have a good service of free hostage. *LOL* ;-))) oh well ... i'm really sorry to laugh so loud about this wonderful mistake of yours , mr. "electram" , but it was simply TOO_FUNNY not to laugh about it !!! *hehehe* ;-))) fyi : a "hostage" is a kind of prisoner , taken to extort some money or whatever u want from a third party / person !!! what u've actually meant is a PROVIDER , which offers this kind of service for free !!! ;-) however ... many greetinx , oh jay ;-) *~\^/~*

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RE: [Kraftwerk] KW in Australia
by Marcelo Figueroa 04 Oct '02

04 Oct '02

Nicolau wrote: >WOW! Nice to hear it... but are you sure about it? The site is not so >clear, and they donÂ´t have yet a press contact or something like that. I was notified by Pollstar about it http://www.pollstar.com/tour/searchall.pl?By=Artist&Content=KRAFTW&Key=Y&AN… >Are you planning to go to Australia, Marcelo? See you there... hehehe he he, of course not, as you know it was just a joke, for this reason I'm still praying... "...for you and me" Marcelo Figueroa Cordoba - Argentina _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? InformaciÃ³n de Estados Unidos y AmÃ©rica Latina, en Yahoo! Noticias. VisÃtanos en http://noticias.espanol.yahoo.com

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Guenther Spachtholz
by Enrique Correa 04 Oct '02

04 Oct '02

Somebody asked: > Did any of the members (Fritz?) change some discs during the show? > If not, maybe they come from DVD or harddsisc from their SONY Vaio > notebooks > now? Tomek replied: >> Fritz? Och, no! Guenther "Video" Spachtholz If I remember correctly, this Guenther guy is the same one that takes care of the Kling Klang merchandising, in other words, he is the ones who receives the order, packs it in neatly and ships it to your door. Enrique

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Re: [Kraftwerk] Re: Two more questions on the Paris show...
by Enrique Correa 04 Oct '02

04 Oct '02

Georgie wrote: > I personally don't expect a new product 'aus dem Hause Kling Klang' > before 2012. Good things need time ;-). Agree with your last comment, but don't forget that it only took them a decade to come up with some of the most beautiful music ever, but of course, back then this "two member band" had the invaluable help of (all rise) Mr Karl Bartos and Mr Wolfgang Flur. Enrique NP: Market Led, Komputer

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