December 2002 - Kraftwerk - mailman.xmission.com

Languages and politics
by Tomek 17 Jun '03

17 Jun '03

> Damn! I didnt know they spoke Italian too (according to Dual > Reaction[?])...Where do they find all the time to learn these > languages...English, > German, French, Spanish, Russian, Italian, Japanese, what else? Polish! Taschenrechner: "Jestem operator i mam swój kalkulator. Ja dodaję, odejmuję, kakuluję i komponuję. Mały klawisz naciskając i melodię wygrywając" Good! And... Die Roboter without russian, with polish "Ja twój sługa, Ja twój robotnik". In august 1981 (Poland concerts) Kraftwerk played for Solidarity. Kraftwerk fight with communism (no russian, but polish words) I have this bootleg (dzięki Tomek!) Greetings Tomasz

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Review of Kraftwerk concert in Vooruit, Ghent
by Ivo Peeters 21 Jan '03

21 Jan '03

Hello When cleaning up I found a review of the KW concert in Vooruit, Ghent on the 23rd of September that appeared in the Flemish newspaper 'De Morgen'. I made a scan and a translation for those who are interested. If you want to receive it, please email me privately. Merry Xmas to you all. Regards Ivo

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by Daft Punk 31 Dec '02

31 Dec '02

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Re: Kraftwerk digest, Vol 1 #437 - 2 msgs
by Oystein Moe 28 Dec '02

28 Dec '02

That would appear to be one possible reason, another being that they're strongly biased against letting bootleggers earn more money than necessary from their early recordings. As to producing new ones, as Didi put it: HA!!! huppy new year everybody. oystein >Because Kraftwerk I and Ralf & Florian absolutely rocks? > >Peo > > > Why the hell should they waste time in remastering old records instead >of > > producing new ones??????????? > > > > Didi > > Milan - I > > > >--__--__-- > >_______________________________________________ >Kraftwerk mailing list >Kraftwerk(a)mailman.xmission.com >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kraftwerk > > >End of Kraftwerk Digest _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 3 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail&xAPID=42&PS=47575&PI=7324&… http://www.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/getmsg&HL=1216hotmailtaglines_addphotos_…

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A new interview from HÜTTER
by Benoît MOREL 28 Dec '02

28 Dec '02

There is an interview of Ralph HÜTTER on the edition of the french review "les inrockuptibles" of this week. It had been made during the french concerts in september. I can try to make a translation, even if it contains nothing really new. Quickly, what we can discover : - The band is still (still !) at work, all day long (Cycling ?) - They finished to compute all the old tapes. The first 3 records would be re-issued nextly (no date) - Nothing about a new album of course, but it seems that there is no problem between the Band and E.M.I., wich have never refused to published any new material of the group - A live recording can be issued at the end of the 2003 tour (no date either) I hope you could understand what I wrote, english lessons are very far in my mind ... Benoît

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RE: Kraftwerk digest, Vol 1 #435 - 4 msgs
by Marston, Richard 24 Dec '02

24 Dec '02

Very minimal & classy-looking. I like the way the stage lighting complements the screen graphics. Maybe the supposed "live album" should be a DVS: that way we would get to see their video archive, too! > ---------- > From: kraftwerk-request(a)mailman.xmission.com / Date: Tue, 24 Dec > 2002 01:02:52 -0500 (EST) / From: Eric Gartner <kraftwerk(a)audiferous.com> > / To: kraftwerk(a)mailman.xmission.com / Subject: [Kraftwerk] Electraglide > Pictures > Five pictures of Kraftwerk at the Electraglide Festival are available at > http://www.watmm.com/gallery/electraglide_japan_2002 > > -Eric > > > > > > > > This email may contain confidential material. If you were not an intended recipient, please notify the sender and delete all copies. We may monitor email to and from our network.

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Electraglide Pictures
by Eric Gartner 24 Dec '02

24 Dec '02

Five pictures of Kraftwerk at the Electraglide Festival are available at http://www.watmm.com/gallery/electraglide_japan_2002 -Eric

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Somegirl
by Der Automat 23 Dec '02

23 Dec '02

The following is quoted from the UK recordshop Music Non Stop newsletter #115: Somegirl - Defeatist Debut single from a new unique American act that combine lush electronics with passionate female vocals, blending synthpop elements with the popular heavenly voices sound. The single includes four versions of the title track, plus two exclusive B-sides, including a club friendly cover version of KRAFTWERK's "The Model". Released 15th January 2003. A Different Drum. MCD £6.95 Direct Order Link :- http://www.musicnonstop.co.uk/store/erol.html#12213x12212 DER AUTOMAT

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Music industry sadness
by MuzikJunky 23 Dec '02

23 Dec '02

Another casualty for you pop-oriented electric music fans: legendary house-music label Strictly Rhythm closed its doors in October--how come no one noticed or noted this? What happens to the catalog? Mark Finklestein and co.'s new venture is called Blue Chip Records, distributed through Caroline Distribution in the USA. If the merger between MCA & PolyGram never occurred, do you think there would be as many label shutdowns/absorbtions as there have been this year? Peace.

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KW Live at Electraglide 2002 & Zepp Osaka
by chado 21 Dec '02

21 Dec '02

Hi, there! I went to Kraftwerk's gigs at Electraglide 2002 in Tokyo and Zepp Osaka. I was really excited with the gigs!! I think the song list is almost the same as Paris concert, the tracks which made us hot came first and after that it's gradually cooling down. At Electraglide, the live started not with the voice that says "Meine Damen und Herren...," but saying "Nihon no minasan..." in Japanese. At Zepp Osaka, when somebody shouted "Guten Abend!," I heard Ralf replied "Guten Abend." They looked somewhat relaxedduring the time. Usually they stand still and never moves, but in Osaka live, Florian sometimes looked other way. He put his hand backwhen he didn't operate the Laptop PC (as always he does.) The sound is slightly different from the live in Tokyo in 1998. "Expo 2000 mix" was so nice that I almost tripped. I thought it was the mixture of Expo 2000 and Airwave, but I seemed to be wrong. "Radioactivity" started with its old 70's version and then changed to 90's version, that was good. I couldn't find if they were using Cubase or other synth software or other keyboards, but only Laptop PC's were on the stage. At Electraglide live, I saw some people taking photos with their mobilephones with the functions of digital camera. Unfortunately I couldn't because I didn't have that kind of mobile phone. By the way, rhodri wrote: >It was clear that some Japanese people are >very territorial, and, did not want to share their >space. Unlike U.S. audiences in 1998, I am the one who is "territorial." Actually, however, 3 people from other country squeezed their way forward and made noise without listening to KW's songs. They were even talking about Square Pusher! So I squeezed myself into them because I thought such people shouldn't be here if they don't want to listen to Kraftwerk >it was also >clear that this was not the sort of audience that >wants to chat with foreigeners, a kinda of a shame. I agree with you. On the other hand, Osaka live is so quiet for me. It seemed that the audience listened the songs carefully. Anyway I really enjoyed the gigs. And Kraftwerk is the Techno God! They are on the flight to Germany now...?

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