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Kraftwerk 2nd gig at The Ritz in 1981 emerged: 19810804
by twingo 03 Apr '04

03 Apr '04

Nice that these old tapes still emerge (at least to me last week, maybe to other more early, I know) Thanks for the guys who did the work to tape and rip the old casette. http://www.sharingthegroove.org/msgboard/showthread.php?s=&threadid=49446&hi ghlight=kraftwerk /twingo

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Event in Madrid
by Javi Simón Rubio 03 Apr '04

03 Apr '04

Hello world. Yesterday (01/04/2004, 22:00) we (unos de Valladolid) were in Madrid "Sala La Riviera". Simply wonderful. I enjoyed, specially, with the Songs and Musik-Films of "Expo 2000", "Radioactivity" and "The Robots". I think they have achieved to purify and to mix almost perfectly Music and Effects. Sound was too loud, I think. There were also a couple of mistakes, but not important. I discovered Kraftwerk in 1977, when I first listened Geiger Counter-Radioactivity from my Uncle's Collection of Vynils. Long time ago. This is my third K. concert (since 1991) and I've had the same feeling after all them: when I listen any kind of (other bands) electronic music during the days following the concert, it sounds poor and empty. No other band can do this. Regards. Specially to my city K. fans, Do you exist? Javi. Un chico de Valladolid. _________________________________________________________________ Dale rienda suelta a tu tiempo libre. Encuentra mil ideas para exprimir tu ocio con MSN Entretenimiento. http://entretenimiento.msn.es/

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concert in Madrid, as I saw it (and listen)
by Der Automat 02 Apr '04

02 Apr '04

The sound of the Kraftwerk's concert in Madrid last night was almost awful, dreadful in certain parts. I myself cannot explain why they played in that place. Why they consented to play in such a venue, a coarse, horrendous pseudo-macro-discotheque (which was really crowded). Especially Aerodynamik's sound was very distorted, some parts of the lyrics couldn't be heard. What a shame! Lyrics appearing on the screen during The Man Machine were in German, actually it was Die Mensch Maschine and it was even sung in German. And in the intro the "aus Deutschland" part was left out as in the concerts in Germany. The rest was the same setlist as in non-German speaking places. In the first tracks Huetter was trying not to put his hand shielding his mouth. At the very end Ralf took out a piece of paper and reading it he said "Buenas noches. Auf Wiedersehen". During 'Prologue' screen showed equalizer graphics in blue and white. Florian didn't move (except in The Robots ;-) during the whole concert and sang in Autobahn. Music Non Stop rendition was pretty short. Screen showed "boing bumm tschak" instead of "boing boom tschak" Background colour of the graphics during Pocketcalculator changed from white to yellow. There were too many mobile phones with camera among the audience, and also some photo and video cameras. There were also two "official/authorized" video cameras, one from a local TV channel (Telemadrid, which also broadcasts via satellite) and the other from Kling Klang, I guess. What I don't understand is some people's attitude, why they chatter away all the concert long?, don't they like to hear the music? That drove me up the wall! A note about this tour. Have you notice Kraftwerk's members' faces are quite illuminated? I saw them in Paris in 2002 and they weren't as much. By the way, it's ironic that they were criticized for not being playing live (in a traditional way) and the most cheering song be The Robots; four robots performing the programmed and previously recorded music. I bought Der Katalog (EUR 15) and an Aerodynamik T-shirt (EUR 25). There was no item of the Catalogue promo box. DER AUTOMAT

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if this is true :))))))))))
by twingo 02 Apr '04

02 Apr '04

from the newsgroup alt.news.kraftwerk: about the 8box set ------- there are "secret" extra tracks on every cd which actually are the songs from the ditched technopop album. watch out for a 5 minute break of silence after the last song of each cd. the tracks starts afterwards. ------- joepieeeeeeeeeeeeee! wow! but... first see/hear with kraftwerk info... /twingo @ http://twingokraftwerk.com

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RE: [KRAFTWERK] Peter & Dirk Boetcher
by twingo 01 Apr '04

01 Apr '04

bartos clip to be downloaded here: http://www.archive.org/movies/details-db.php?collection=brick_films&collecti onid=apeman -----Original Message----- From: kraftwerk-bounces(a)activerecord.com [mailto:kraftwerk-bounces@activerecord.com]On Behalf Of twingo Sent: Thursday, 01 April 2004 17:31 To: Kwlist1; Kwlist2; Kwlist3 Subject: [KRAFTWERK] Peter & Dirk Boetcher Promo photographer Kraftwerk: Peter Boettcher Director/Creator Promo Video Karl Bartos (Electronic Apeman): Dirk Boettcher (nice video btw: with LEGO(tm) puppets) family or just coincidence? /twingo @ http://twingokraftwerk.com

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Tourbook 2004 scans
by twingo 01 Apr '04

01 Apr '04

but, to put my mind on other things I created a page with scans of the Tourbook 2004 :) http://twingokraftwerk.com/news /twingo

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RE: [KRAFTWERK] Press info
by twingo 01 Apr '04

01 Apr '04

from the .doc you can get to: http://www.mcmarketing.at/wiesenpresse/kraftwerk/ 300dpi officical pics are nice :) /twingo @ http://www.twingokraftwerk.com -----Original Message----- From: kraftwerk-bounces(a)activerecord.com [mailto:kraftwerk-bounces@activerecord.com]On Behalf Of Georg Jajus Sent: Thursday, 01 April 2004 04:29 To: kraftwerk(a)activerecord.com Subject: [KRAFTWERK] Press info Kraftwerk press info (vienna konzert): http://www.mcmarketing.at/wiesenpresse/kraftwerk/presseinfo_kraftwerk.doc Greets, Georgie ===> "The thing about a shark, it's got lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eyes. When it comes at you it doesn't seem to be livin'... until he bites you, and those black eyes roll over white." ( Quint / 'Jaws')

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