OT: Kraftwerk live in Montreal
Slightly out of topic but technologically (and musically) interesting…
Last evening, I went to see Kraftwerk live in concert in Montreal. For those who don’t know them, it’s a German band that has been making electronic music since the ‘70s. Basically, they have laid the foundations for all the electronic music 20 and 30 years ago.
The show was great with the band playing lots of old songs and new ones from their latest Tour de France Soundtracks album. What’s interesting from a technology point of view is that they only bring laptops along with MIDI controllers to their shows. Every sound is either sampled or generated from soft synths. This could be pretty boring to watch but the visuals are just fantastic.
It was listening to Kraftwerk when a was a boy in the ‘70s and seeing them live was something that I wished for a long time but they don’t tour very often and when they do, they don’t play a lot of gigs (5 in North America for this tour!).
Here’s the set list:
1. Man Machine
2. EXPO 2000 ( Planet Of Visions )
3. Tour De France Etapes
4. Vitamin
5. Tour De France
6. Autobahn
7. The Model
8. Neonlights
9. Radioactivity
10. Trans Europe Express
11. Numbers/Computer World
12. Home Computer
13. Pocket Calculator
14. The Robots
15. Elektro Kardiogramm
16. Aero Dynamik
17. Music Non Stop
Here are some photos that I found on the Web. They were taken In Glasgow. More here.
