August 2004 - Kraftwerk - mailman.xmission.com

Ritual Kirlian Camera
by Der Automat 31 Aug '04

31 Aug '04

A couple of things you might be interested in knowing, otherwise please disregard. The following is quoted from the UK recordshop Music Non Stop 09/07/2004 and 23/07/2004 newsletters: Ritual Magazine Issue 17 £8.95 Italian language Ritual magazine comes with Skinny Puppy on the cover and contains a full-length CD with a total of 16 tracks, including an exclusive Covenant Remix of a Fixmer / McCarthy-track, which will not be on their new album! Other tracks on the CD come from: Skinny Puppy, The Retrosic, Omnicore, Foresta di Ferro, Attrition ( from their upcoming next album ), Argine, Fleur, Limbo, Rotersand, Plastic Noise Experience, Atarxia and a ''Rome: The Empire Strikes Back" Special with 4 acts from the Italian capital : Pleasure and Pain, Void of Silence, Letatlin and Kingdom ... who are the most talked about band in Italy right now, compared to the best period VNV Nation! The magazine itself ( in Italian language ) features interviews with most of the bands on the CD plus Icon of Coil, Kraftwerk, Kirlian Camera, Ain Soph, Gridlock, Adjacency Pair, The Last Dance, Lycia, Typhoid, Iszoloscope ... a Tesco Label Special and the first part of a Report on Rome's music-scene with Spiritual Front and many others! 110 record reviews plus much, much more - Outstanding! Released 12th July 2004. http://www.musicnonstop.co.uk/store/erol.html Kirlian Camera Pictures From Eternity ( re-release + bonus ) Twilight CD £12.95 After the highly deserved success of their current album ''Invisible Front.2005'', it was just a question of time, to see the re- release of Kirlian Camera's long deleted and much demanded backcatalogue. This is the re-release of one of their most legendary and best albums ''Pictures From Eternity''. Originally on Discordia in 1996, it now comes with 3 Exclusive bonus tracks ! ''Pictures'' followed the very "difficult" conceptual album ''Solaris'', and marked the return of Kirlian Camera to their earlier, darker, romantic and melodic days. It's a definite Retro album and includes some of the most beautiful tracks, Angelo Bergamini has written in 20 years. The opening track ''Ascension'' has become a Classic, but also the highly infective single ''Your Face in the Sun'', the original version of ''I am the Light'', the remake of a very early KC track from 1981 ( ''Meine Nachte Sind Heiser Zerschrien'' ) and the amazing Kraftwerk inspired track ''Haalh'' (a sort of revisited and re-imagined version of Kraftwerk's ''Metropolis'' ) are real jewels in the KC discography - as well as the orchestral ''Wasted Bridges'' or the neo-folkish ''The End of Days''. Kirlian Camera today are without a doubt one of the most important acts in the electro scene and this work marked without a doubt one of the peak moments of their career and is regarded as their most "accessible", and most "darkwave" kind of album. This new version comes with full colour 8-pages booklet and runs more than 72 minutes - not only containing 3 BONUS tracks, but also the ''Kuolema'' remix of ''Ascension'' from the original edition has been replaced by a much better sounding version ! Please note that this is an Argentina only pressing and quantities are very limited. Please order quickly to avoid disapointment. Released 30th August 2004. http://www.musicnonstop.co.uk/store/erol.html End of quote. DER AUTOMAT

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Rare images
by Electram 27 Aug '04

27 Aug '04

Hello to all, I'm not sure if all members know these 4 images of 1978, they're really good and rare registers: www.corbis.com (digit Kraftwerk on search tool and see the results) It's a pity that they are property of Mr. Gates now, because I would like to publish them. Unfortunately, with that "Corbis" printed upon the images and the copyright it's not possible. If any member have similar images of that event (release party of Man Machine in New York - 1978), please send me a message. Marcelo Duarte

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TECHNOLOGY (OT)
by Dante de Conti Neto 26 Aug '04

26 Aug '04

There is new R-O-B-A-T-O's workd called TECHNOLOGY avalaible at www.robato.com (mirror at www.tramavirtual.robato.com or www.fiberonline.com.br) Very Kraftwerk sounds. I hope you enjoy ;) Dante. www.technopop.com.br

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Inspiration the ´86 Album
by Georg Jajus 25 Aug '04

25 Aug '04

(...) >Could this be the inspiration for naming Kraftwerks Â´86 album ? > >http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017726/ No. It's a typical austrian kitschfilm about post-monarchy vienna by the later Nazi-propaganda director Gustav Ucicky - however, Marlene Dietrich is great (as always). Gruesse aus dem Nachtcafe, Georgie -- "Be a mensch!" [ Dr. Dreyfuss / 'The Apartment' ]

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Inspiration the ´86 Album
by henrik.olsson＠equant.com 25 Aug '04

25 Aug '04

Could this be the inspiration for naming Kraftwerks ´86 album ? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017726/ //Henrik

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Paradiso 76
by Electram 16 Aug '04

16 Aug '04

Hello to all, In that interview to Aloha Magazine, there's a passage where Ralf said: "Well, I just tried to speak Dutch. That was with the introduction speech of Trans Europe Express, because we played that track for the first live in Paradiso in 1976." As the collectors of Kraftwerk concerts knows, there's not too many recordings of that period. Most known are Photokina-71, St. Ingbert-71, Leverkusen-74, Louisville-75, Cleveland-75, Dallas-75 (Concert Classics), Brighton-75, Sartorysale-75, Roundhouse-76 and Olympia-76. The most complete and in better audio conditions appears to be Roundhouse and Leverkusen. Well, for the surprise of many fans, I supposed, there's a recording of Paradiso-76 (11/09/1976 - Holland) concert, sent by a dutch fan, complete and in very good conditions of audio. These are the tracks: 1 - Intro (Meine Damen und Herren...) - 1:14 2 - Europe Endless - 12:32 3 - Goethe Poem/Kometenmelodie - 13:19 4 - Radioactivity - 8:56 5 - Airwaves - 8:52 6 - The Voice of Energy - 0:45 6 - Die Sonne, Der Monde, Die Sterne/Ohm Sweet Ohm - 9:38 7 - Trans Europe Express - 14:30 8 - Autobahn - 20:30 The version of Trans Europe Express, played for the first time live, is substancially different from the final version, released officialy only on 1977. Europe Endless have a different and interesting bass/percussion work, and Ohm Sweet Ohm is very rare in shows. The recording is perfectly audible, the best I heard from this period. A must for all Kraftwerk lovers and collectors. You can find this little treasure here: Kraft Trade Center http://planeta.terra.com.br/arte/krafttradecenter/ Twingo http://www.slsknet.org Best regards, Marcelo Duarte

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Argentina and Chile dates...
by music＠technopop.com.br 07 Aug '04

07 Aug '04

Kraftwerk scheduled dates to Argentina and Chile was changed to: :: 10/11/2004, Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile :: 12/11/2004, Obras Sanitarias Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina There aren't any changes in another Sout America, Mexico and USA dates. More and latest information: http://www.kraftwerk.technopop.com.br/news_recent.php Dante. http://kraftwerk.technopop.com.br

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OT: Help me!
by didi 05 Aug '04

05 Aug '04

Hi, I've recorded several little videos with my P900 at Amsterdam show in March and I'd like to share them with you. Now I've a problem: videos are recorded in .mp4 format, but WMP, RealOne, DiVX player and WinAmp are not able to read them. How can I do to watch and listen to them? Which software do I need to read .mp4 files? All my researches on Google have been unsuccesfull. Thank you. Didi

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RE: [Kraftwerk] OT: Help me!
by Figueroa, Rene Marcelo 05 Aug '04

05 Aug '04

Hi Didi, I have only one video in mp4 format, it works with Quicktime Player. Try to use it Marcelo Figueroa Cordoba-Argentina -----Mensaje original----- De: didi [mailto:di.di@tiscali.it] Enviado el: Jueves, 05 de Agosto de 2004 07:05 Para: kraftwerk(a)mailman.xmission.com; kraftwerk(a)activerecord.com Asunto: [Kraftwerk] OT: Help me! Hi, I've recorded several little videos with my P900 at Amsterdam show in March and I'd like to share them with you. Now I've a problem: videos are recorded in .mp4 format, but WMP, RealOne, DiVX player and WinAmp are not able to read them. How can I do to watch and listen to them? Which software do I need to read .mp4 files? All my researches on Google have been unsuccesfull. Thank you. Didi

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Muso question
by Mark J Stagg 03 Aug '04

03 Aug '04

Here's a question for any of you musicianly-types out there, something that's been bugging me for a while. Apologies if it's boring for some other list members - please just ignore this post and any replies. One of my favourite moments in Kraftwerk's live show over the last few years has been the end section of the original "Tour De France". After the breakdown/percussive section and subsequent build-up towards the end, the track finally returns to the main melody and chord sequence for the last 32 bars; specifically twice around the 8-chord sequence, 2 bars on each chord. Only here there's a difference in the 2nd and 4th chords in the pattern, giving an extra sense of lift and grandeur to the end of the song. Just have a listen to any of the recent live recordings, though it's not in any of the officially released versions, including the new album. It doesn't seem to be a chord or key change as such, but what is it that gives the sense of change? Just extra notes in the chord? Or is it just in my imagination? Can anyone with some musical ability please enlighten... (I understand chords/keys/harmony etc, I'm just cloth-eared, that's all) ? Staggboy

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