Kraftwerk's live performances

[blueicedeejay]

6.35 what's the name of this song please??????

[djmixsound]

@blueicedeejay "Computer Love" !

[zeppelo]

Fathers of all electroic music....

[lennoxido]

@zeppelo not really

[zeppelo]

@lennoxido Ok... let's say.. among the fathers of electronic music, with artists like Wendy Carlos and Karlheinz Stockhausen...

[lennoxido]

@zeppelo i'd call Ramond Scott, Hugh LeCain fathers of electronic music, Kraftwerk fathers of techno and electronic pop, and please do not mistake my love for Kraftwerk is my fav band ever.

[zeppelo]

@lennoxido Yaeh right, but people hardly know Scott or LeCain, while Kraftwwerk brought electronic music to the masses. And, by the way, if we talk about pioneers, I still think Wendy Carlos is one of the greatest.

[heavyrockfan98]

5:21 look at Ralf

[heavyrockfan98]

the 1978 part, they were humans, not robots in that video

[heavyrockfan98]

1:55 Wolfgang?

[djmixsound]

Yes, that's him...

[heavyrockfan98]

1:13-1-29 the drummer looks like ozzy

[menschemaschine]

pretty good !!

[alexmortland]

That 1981 set is DOPE!

[AllTimeIsRelative]

In the 91 part, Computer Liebe sounds just like that song Talk by Coldplay... I'm guessing Mr. Martin sampled it?

[djmixsound]

yes he did... with permission from kraftwerk

[AllTimeIsRelative]

@djmixsound Thought so.

[NintendoSegaSonyGuy]

That "Unknown" song is fucking amazing! I don't think it's on any of the albums. Hope they release it sometime! :D

[diavlo182]

Gracias al creador de este video por realizar esta reseña!!!  =D

[velvetravyn]

That's an unusual drum instrument they used in the 70's. Did they design it themselves?

[djmixsound]

Yes, the electronic drums were designed and built by Florian Schneider. He has a big passion for handmade electronic instruments. Even his flute was electronic.

[TheMetalMachineMusic]

@djmixsound Pretty Sure Wolfgang Flur had more to do with the concept, design and production of the electronic drums.

[3transmit]

@djmixsound

Great video, but you are wrong regarding the electronic drums. Wolfgang Flur built the first drum pad set in Kraftwerk.

[brianjcavanaugh]

Geat video, thanks for posting.

[DhanDim]

Autobahn! :))

[wiccan31576]

As has been mentioned on wikipedia ,The song at 6:36 was used by Chris Martin and Coldplay on the song Talk ..

[Cyberpunk747]

It's so amazing to see them go from experimenting to what later became the Kraftwerk that we know during The Robots performance. They had finally found their niche

[LRoyz]

Awesome stuff!!!!

[houstonfob2FOREVER]

They seemed like a completely different band from 70 to 75

[Electrickbreadstick]

whyd it jump from 81 to 91?

[djmixsound]

because the live gigs were the same in that period

this video is a chronology of their technology used

[jamezdd73]

@Electrickbreadstick They didn't play any shows between 81 and 91.

[damedavid]

Re the "checking their email" comment. I had that feeling when I saw the Yazoo: Reconnected tour a few years ago. Vince Clarke was pressing a button here and there on an Apple Mac and not much else. Of course it doesn't detract from his genius...it just doesn't make for a very exciting concert experience!

[Dialectomx]

No one like Kraftwerk, not only the music but the technological evolution.... awesome video!

[bernathfamily]

Hát ez igaz !Nagyszerü munka !Gratulálok biztos hogy sokáig tartott összeszedni ezt a sok számot.Igazábol sose tudtam hogy ijen régen kezdték el.Koszi ezt a remek osszeálitást.

[skrikon]

Oh my god! Is that Wolfgang Flür at 2:00 ?

[djmixsound]

yes he is... in 1973 ! :)

[verapamil07]

Great video, thank you for the upload. Long live KRAFTWERK!!!

[Tangobob1]

Good Job!!!!

[LIGHTRONIX]

their concerts get progressively more lame until finally they are just sitting there on stage checking their e-mail.

[mrsdengler]

@LIGHTRONIX haha...harsh...but made me laugh

[sternumagnum]

@LIGHTRONIX Not "lame" but robotic - mechanical - automatic. Yes, that was the objective.

[damedavid]

@LIGHTRONIX Chuckles :) I'm only a casual Kraftwerk fan, have a few albums (even on VINYL!) and the "I Was A Robot" book, though I never read it (bought about 10 years ago, as it got such bad reviews).

It seems there is only ONE original Kraftwerk member remaining on tour? Surely that's not very fair.

[kofferfischii]

Yes!! ;-)

[3joliemiss]

I would liKE to return zuruck to Trans Europe Express !

[chv176]

TRACKLIST¿?...SONG¿

[djmixsound]

read the video description... below the video :)

[7OLGA7]

Kraftwerk in early times is like Pink Floyd for me! Also, I loved the performance for "Pocket calculator" - they are really "dancing mekanik"!))))

I want to watch even some of bootlegs you mixed here!

p.s.: Music in black-and-white performance reminds me of Depeche Mode's "Barrel of a gun" beginning, exactly, on the contrary.)

p.s.: Even DVD of "Minimum-maximum" exists in two variations, right?

[djmixsound]

Yes, there is a German and an English version of that DVD

Thank you for your comment !

[KodosMusic]

Tears in my eyes while hearing this...what a great time

[yootoobah1]

the performances of radioaktivitat and die roboter were from minimum maximum, yes? minimum-maximum was released in 2005. anyway, crticisms aside absolutely wonderful and rare material!

[Kraftwerkification]

I think that unknown trach is Nummweltschmutzung (Lutton).

[zyniko]

Great material! Thanks a lot !!!!!!

[mongoslade3]

Thank U man...Been waiting 4 this...

[YoYoBIOS]

Where did you get all this material?I can't seem to find it anywhere.LOL there Traffic cones everywhere!

[djmixsound]

I found the material right here on YouTube :)

[TheModCon]

The first three are terrible! Thank God they picked up synthesizers, music wouldn't be the same if they hadn't!

[romeropablo]

It was the begining. Every story has a begining. They were experimenting woth sounds...influenced by Stockhausen...

[sabotage1111]

never saw them move like 5:20

[syncwithmisery]

Great job djmixsound !

[djmixsound]

thank you! glad you liked it!

[bessadale]

@djmixsound Just a little correction, the first clip you used is not Kraftwerk, but Organisation.

[djmixsound]

read the video description please

it says "by Organisation & Kraftwerk"

i mentioned this !

[pippigladstone]

germans invented hip hop.

[xavneosid]

ok, tks'

[xavneosid]

* 6'40'' Coldplay Talk =D

[xavneosid]

6'43'' , Coldplay has stole them melody OMFG!

[djmixsound]

Coldplay had official permission from Kraftwerk to use that sample in their song "Talk"

[Flowerbranche]

Too bad I've never got the chance to see Kraftwerk with Ralf UND Florian! It's not the same anymore, they're just a name...

[ScottishGeordie39]

The unknown track certainly sounds like it could be an embryonic early version of Aerodynamik. Just a guess though.

[Froschman80]

Great performances. The have one unique way for their shows.

[6364gg2]

Is the unknown vid aeodynamic?

[djmixsound]

No

The unknown song is from a 1997 performance

"Aerodynamik" is a song from 2003

[sanspoint]

That doesn't rule out Aerodynamik. Considering how long it took Kraftwerk to make that album, the tracks were probably being worked on for quite a while.

[TheSuperheroes2000]

Thanks! very good video

[HarryPotter87]

Dinger looks like Ozzy. RIP.

[KeepWerking]

A great way to see the evolution of Kraftwerk .. and to see them Keep Werking

;o)

[SirHawkeyeWho]

God I miss Florian ='[ </3

[metalvolatil]

very good !! Where you find 1978 video? i never see this

[djmixsound]

here on YouTube :)

[spinfin]

Only Ralf remains

[CAPITALISTagenda]

Wow, I never thought that I would get to see some Dinger/Rother footage. Awesome!

[djmixsound]

thanks

glad you liked it :)

[crious06]

the first performance reminds me animal collective...somehow

[HarryBlach]

so in the first clip of 1970 when it was orginisation when it was re named kraftwerk did most of the people in that clip leave because in ruckzuck thwere is only three

[djmixsound]

yes, after organisation only ralf and florian continued as kraftwerk, and also included Klaus Dinger and Michael Rother in their performances

for a full list of kraftwerk members, check out kraftwerk's fan website, Techno Pop

[HarryBlach]

that first clip is that really kraftwerk who is on the guitar and who is on the drums were is ralf. in the second clip of ruckzuck what are this two metal boxes above ralf keyboard. 1971 what is that song called who is on stage with florian? 1973 what is that small box on ralf piano. 1976 what is that song in pocket calculator what is florian using 1997 what is that song?

so does steffern actually play anything or does he just use his laptor 4 the graphics

please reply if you know any answers

[djmixsound]

1. in the first clip the band is named Organisation... not really kraftwerk... only ralf and florian went to kraftwerk later. on the guitar is Butch Hauf, and on the drums is Alfred Monicks. Ralf is on the keyboards but isn't filmed.

2. the two metal boxes are some sort of mini synthesisers

3. the song is called Truckstop Gondolero. on stage are florian, michael rother and klaus dinger

4. that small box is, i believe, some sort of sound changing mini machine

[djmixsound]

5. the song from 1976 is antenna (it is mentioned in the video description also)

6. florian is using a mini calculator

7. the 1997 song doesn't have an exact title

8. stefan is a video technician in the group, but i think he makes also some sound effects

Thanks for your comment. Forever KRAFTWERK

[kraftvolt]

hah! I used to run Bootleg TV :) good times...

[technik56]

The 1976 part from 3:03 to 3:40 is not live! It's an excerpt from the videoclip of Antenna, which was never been played live.

Also The Robots 1978 is NOT live. It's the studio version.

Computerlove from 6:28 to 6:50 is not from 1991. Its from 1992 at the Leicester Uni.

The part from 6:51 to 7:33 is Nummweltverschmutzung and is from a concert given in 1998 and not in 1997.

[djmixsound]

i know all of this stuff

i just wanted to show how the band Kraftwerk evolved over aprox. 4 decades

it doesn't matter if some songs are live or not

What is wonderful, is their extraordinary evolution !

Thank you though for the informations ;)

Forever Kraftwerk !

[kraftvolt]

it's alright mate, technik56 thinks he knows everything anyway...

[Eremita68]

Nummweltverschmutzung is not an official name of the song, this title was given by fans.

[sitgesflorenci]

A really good selection. Of course, everybdy would pick their own favourite excerpts, but some of them are really nice.

My only suggestion is that you could take some of the professional footage of the 2008 gig made by the Brazilian tv (there are a really nice version of Les Mannequins, between others).

Apart from that, I think that to watch this clip is a good way to see their evolution on stage in 10 minutes.

Thank you/Danke/Gràcies ;)

[flashchrome]

"1997 - unknown song @ Tribal Gathering NY".

Sounds like a weird remix of dentaku.

[KeepWerking]

A great selection.

Keep Werking!