March 2004 - Kraftwerk - mailman.xmission.com

KW in Italy - Turin
by kraftwerk 22 Mar '04

22 Mar '04

Kraftwerk will perform in Turin on May, 18 and Rome May, 17. Why not Milan? They always performed in Milan in the past and was always sold out. In 1991 they performed at Rollig Stones Disco where people can dance in front of the stage, really close to KW. Now, the Auditorium Gianni Agnelli of Turin (you can see it on the web) is a big concert hall with 1900 red velvet armchairs... something like the concer hall of Vienna New Year Concert! I can't imagine people standing and dancing in that place... And I think it will be very difficult to sell all those tickets... I hope for a new concert date in Milan because I think not to be able to be in Turin (sigh!). Bye, Frank

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midnight concert question
by Tomek fantomasz 22 Mar '04

22 Mar '04

I have only one question: the Brixton Academy midnihgt concert is the same as all show on the tour (like a Helsinki) or different (setlist, time etc.)? Regards, Tomasz See you in Dresden! See you in Warsaw!

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Message to Kaoru (Japan)
by Alex Brega 20 Mar '04

20 Mar '04

I have replied to your email,regarding our trades,having no answers. I am still interested in the Shibuya and other Japan concerts. So please let me know ! Brega Alex nicolabrega(a)libero.it _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail

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The Catalogue promo box
by Mark J Stagg 19 Mar '04

19 Mar '04

A promo box containing the 8 remastered albums in card sleeves has appeared. The Mix cover has been changed to white robot line graphic on black background, also seen on postcard handouts on UK tour. See this example on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4002879839 Staggboy

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KW Glasgow CD/DVD / London Photo's
by twingo 19 Mar '04

19 Mar '04

Glasgow 17/03 2x Audio, 1x DVD http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4002681555&category=307 London 18/03 Photo's http://www.runstoprestore.com/kw/ /twingo @ http://twingokraftwerk.com

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Karl Bartos tour
by Der Automat 18 Mar '04

18 Mar '04

British record shop Music Non Stop is now selling tickets for both the Elektrofest 2004 (which features Karl Bartos) and Islington Academy (London) on Sunday 16th May 2004 [£13.00 + booking] http://www.musicnonstop.co.uk/store/erol.html. For full details check out the tickets section on the MNS web site http://www.musicnonstop.co.uk. DER AUTOMAT

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Tour 2004
by Alex Brega 17 Mar '04

17 Mar '04

Listening to the last recordings from Helsinki to Japan,here is my point of view. I don't like the opening with Man machine,I'd prefer the classic Numbers one. I think playing all the versions of Tour de France is too much,very boring. At least the 1983 version should not be played,instead of La forme. Computer love is missing too and I think it's not right,because it's a beautiful track. And what about Airwaves ? In my opinion it's much better if compared to all the Soundtracks album,but it's possible that it's just a track from the unreleased 1997 album for them. I also think they have lost improvisation and virtuosity with their new laptop set: just some pitch samples speed acceleration or random sounds,that's it. Ralf isn't even singing anymore after Helsinki,during Tour de France,Vitamin and Aerodynamik,it's just playback. Why ? The robots is ok if the dummies,it's an automatik track. I am going to see them in Torino and recording with my Minidisc. It would be nice to record the concert with a DV camera,but security is a big problem. I wonder if they still sell the Klang Box at merchandising. Brega Alex nicolabrega(a)libero.it _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

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Aerodynamik chart eligibility
by Mark J Stagg 16 Mar '04

16 Mar '04

It occured to me that the Aerodynamik single might be too long (at over 26 minutes) to qualify for UK chart eligibility, but a bit of research shows that the rules have changed here yet again only this year, and a playing time of up to 40 mins is acceptable as long as it's all variations of the same track. This just got me wondering about the ruling in other countries, esp Germany, USA etc where the single is either out or imminent. How about France, Sweden, Benelux etc - what's the current situation there? Anyone know? Staggboy

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Uk Midweeks March 15th
by Edimes Cagliari 16 Mar '04

16 Mar '04

Kraftwerk on the Mids at Place 25 ! Without promo and showing a video on TV! eddy

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Tickets
by Soleil Lapierre 16 Mar '04

16 Mar '04

Well, my tickets to the April 26th show in Seattle just arrived. I don't see anything on them saying anything to the effect of "This is a fake ticket from Canada," so hopefully there won't be any problems at the door. :) Fingers crossed. -- /* Soleil */

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