Kraftwerk

*sigh* I guess I'm a little slow, still, better that I had to make a snap decision on the phone than agonize about which one to go to for weeks.

So if I called back to buy for a different eve (but with the same credit card) I would be refused?

that is a rhetorical question i hope

er, hypothetical

Yea, kinda :)

ah, unless the answer is "no" right?

Only Techno Pop left...

Nah, to be honest after 3.5 hours of being a redial bunny I'm pretty burnt.

Poor Techno Pop

i wouldnt mind going to see Techno pop - lost gem as they say

Going to nights 1 & 2, getting excited, anybody else?

I am also really curious about how they're going to perform Morgenspaziergang

got Autobahn tonight then Man Machine saturday, very excited.

I'm going to Radioactivity tomorrow, v excited too. Man Machine would have been my top pick.

dying with jealousy at anyone going to Radioactivity.

dying with jealousy at anyone going, period

Going to Radioactivity tomorrow too, this 3D had better be good

Kraftwerk, Knife, which K-band will be next on my presale disaster list

Wishing all of you lots of fun & excitement, of course.

Krokus?

I was reading DJ Food's diary and he writes that at the Dusseldorf concerts there was only about 800 people, he speculated that the Tate may be doing the same thing, i.e. not selling the space out to capacity.

http://thequietus.com/articles/11321-ten-things-you-possibly-don-t-know-about-kraftwerk

i knew one of those things

I'm going to see them with the writer of that very article.

The tate shows are going to be about 900-1000 people maximum


5) Two of Kraftwerk's most famous sound effects came from a speaking-aid for deaf-mute children, and a popular toy. The Vortrax was invented in Detroit in the early 1970s. A hand-held machine that looked a bit like a pocket calculator, it produced the distorted vocal choir sound that can be heard on 1975's 'Uranium', which was later sampled in the opening build-up of New Order's 'Blue Monday'.

This is slightly off; the Vortrax was used for the vocodered spoken word part, but I'm about 99.4% positive that the 'vocal choir' sound mentioned is just an Orchestron keyboard, the same one they use for Radioactivity (and the same one Popol Vuh used for 'Aguirre' etc). It never occurred to me that 'Blue Monday' lifted a 'Uranium' sample directly, but now that it's mentioned that makes sense!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DXJJ2Ek4bmQ#!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTMow2Sn67A

had never heard of the vortrax speech synth before. it definitely sounds different when you tell it to speak in german.

The tate shows are going to be about 900-1000 people maximum

― Jamie_ATP, Wednesday, February 6, 2013 5:12 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Ah, thanks Jamie, glad to hear, just from the point of view of processing tickets and all that malarkey.

Going tomorrow night for Radioactivity too. Was in the turbine hall for a Jeffrey Lewis gig a couple of years ago. I guess the experience will be quite different!

high five to Radioactive ILXors!

I am sitting by the barrier in the Turbine Hall on a cushion (supplied) listening to quiet space wub noises emanating from the PA

hooray for supplied cushions!

Do you know what the situation was like for people trying to get returns? I work only a few buildings down the road, so tempted to see if I could get a ticket on the night for some of the shows next week...

Wow, I have no advice, everything seemed to be solidly on paper and organised when we came in, today I'm a 'guest' of EMI, but tomorrow I'm am coming back as a ticket buyer, I could def ask for you when I go through.

That's Ok. I'm going to be there tomorrow anyway.

Good to know that at least it seems more organised than the ticketing!

That was a treat!

That was reassuringly brilliant.

Tell us more!

I have to write my review and prepare stuff for tQ before I go to bed and then get back up again at 6am with my son so I'll have to limit myself to saying... I really enjoyed it! Sorry. (There'll be a shortish live review with pictures on the Quietus tomorrow fingers crossed.)

Ah, no worries. I'll be definitely looking forward to what you've got to say about it on the site :)

Don't want to spoil anything for those that are going this week, especially Matt#2 who could easily punch me tomorrow.

I have a pro-tip tho', apparently the sound is much better the closer you are to the front..

Couple of pics.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8102/8451713948_84437146d5.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8239/8451714590_6b0c1e0daf.jpg

This was immense.

The Robots
Autobahn
Kometenmelodie 1
Kometenmelodie 2
Mitternacht
Morgenspaziergang
Geiger Counter
Radioactivity
Trans-Europe Express
Spacelab
The Model
Neon Lights
The Man-Machine
Numbers
Computer World
Computer Love
Home Computer
It's More Fun to Compute
Tour De France 1983
Tour De France 2003
Vitamin
Planet of Visions
Boing Boom Tschak
Techno Pop
Musique Non Stop

One more, this was my view all night.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8086/8452262228_c59be62451.jpg

stoked 4 the madness 2nite, that setlist is amazing!

I forgot what a jam 'Vitamin' is.

radio-active krew here too

did you see them in '07 jabbs

08 i think it was, in NZ. it was amazing. if anything tate modern promises to be an even more spectacular venue than auckland town hall.

So, what kind of Kraftwerk 'merch' is on sale there?

Autobahn Ts, Tote bags from most album covers, Two hardback photobooks - one in 3D, the vinyl and CD box set and a bunch of posters.

I was hoping for a teapot.

I managed to get the (black) CD box set about a year ago, £60 off Amazon