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[OT] Kraftwerk in Toronto

[OT] Kraftwerk in Toronto

2004-03-29 by Tentochi

As some of you know, Kraftwerk is currently touring.

The closest show for me is Toronto on April 23. I am in Columbus, OH.

I am looking for a place to crash for one or two evenings. Does anyone on the
list live in or near Toronto?

Is anyone from the Midwest (Indiana or Ohio) driving up?

Please reply off list.

Cheers!
Todd

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Re: [OT] Kraftwerk in Toronto

2004-03-29 by charlesosthelder

Really? No spandex? No dancing around? Are they at least standing?

I couldn't imagine there'd be much to "see" at a Kraftwerk
concert...except maybe the sign language translator and the audience.

To be fair, I couldn't imagine anyone watching *me* in concert! My
word, the sight of some big, overweight, middle-aged guy facing his
guitar amp and ignoring the audience would surely get the bottles
flying.

Chub- best observed from a safe distance and easily identified from
quite a long ways away...

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--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@a...> wrote:
> Be warned!
>
> What you will see is 4 guys in front of laptops! Really! Several EU
folks
> complained.
>
> Paul S>

Re: [OT] Kraftwerk in Toronto

2004-03-29 by Scott Gibbons

> Be warned!
>
> What you will see is 4 guys in front of laptops! Really! Several EU folks
> complained.

Kind of amusing, kind of sad: the early reviews told of crashing Vaio's and
curtains being opened... (blue screens) closed... (reboot)... opened...
What were they thinking? In concert I'd rather have to re-tune a Mini than
reboot a laptop?! Oh well...

Who are the great live electronic musicians of today? R Rich has a nice
touring rig certainly. I saw Matmos early on and enjoyed their
table-full-of-toys approach, and Mouse On Mars was similar only with a live
drummer... Who else is giving good live performances on actual hardware?

Oh, I found somebody!! Wondering if my personal favorites were doing any
live appearance, I checked their website and YES!

DEVO IS TOURING FOR 2004!!

Now these are some guys who fail to disappoint with laptops...!! But... they
were pioneers in the 70's and early 80's... not exactly contemporary.

best,
- Scott
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Re: [motm] [OT] Kraftwerk in Toronto

2004-03-29 by Mike Estee

On Mar 28, 2004, at 8:42 PM, Paul Schreiber wrote:

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> Be warned!
>
> What you will see is 4 guys in front of laptops! Really! Several EU
> folks
> complained.

How sad :(

I think we're in about the same place with laptops that we where with
turntables in the 80's. Many artists see their potential, but nobody is
really sure how to make an interesting show that doesn't make you look
like your checking your email on stage. It's getting to the point that
an otherwise talented musician will have to cut through all the
negative rep that laptops are accumulating before people even notice.
What to do about this is a daily topic of conversation here in San
Francisco.

I saw Kid Koala at the Mezzanine this weekend. My my how far
turntablists have come. This guy played a single trumpet note on an LP
and with rapid manipulation of the decks and faders re-pitched this
short 3" section of black vinyl in real time into a Jazz trumpet solo.
It's was awe inspiring. There is no substitute for refined talent.
There is also no substitute for the audience being able to directly
translate your actions on stage into what they hear in response.

I think modulars have that same potential as well. Even though they've
been around forever, very few artists use them effectively on stage, or
at all. Robot Rich is the only guy I can think of who treats his system
as a performance instrument, instead of a recording instrument. The
first thing to keep in mind is: keep your hands visible! That's the
great thing about a guitar, you can face the audience, and people can
still see what your doing.

I wonder what Kid Koala or DJ Q-Bert could do with a motm if it had a
scratch fader?

--mikes

Re: [motm] [OT] Kraftwerk in Toronto

2004-03-29 by Jim Black

I saw Kraftwerk in 1981, Cleveland Agora. I was in the
first row of this small club and I think it was
Computer World or whatever tour.

They had these little LED's on the back panel of their
homemade synths that blinked when a key was pressed.
Along with this, they had 2 large video screens and
during Trans European Express they had a video of
looking down onto the track from a moving train.

Awesome. didn't need drugs that night. lol.


--- Paul Schreiber <synth1@...> wrote:
> Be warned!
>
> What you will see is 4 guys in front of laptops!
> Really! Several EU folks
> complained.
>
> Paul S>
>
>

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Re: [OT] Kraftwerk in Toronto

2004-03-30 by tontaub

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, Scott Gibbons <scott.gibbons@m...> wrote:

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> Who are the great live electronic musicians of today? R Rich has
> a nice touring rig certainly. I saw Matmos early on and enjoyed
> their table-full-of-toys approach, and Mouse On Mars was similar
> only with a live drummer... Who else is giving good live
> performances on actual hardware?

AFAIK Radiohead are performing on an custom Analogue Systems RS8000
system on stage. Never saw them live, though.

Michael.