Kraftwerk's live performances

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15 жыл бұрын

A chronology with Kraftwerk's live performances during the years. The featured songs are :
1970 - Ruckzuck (by Organisation & Kraftwerk)
1971 - Rueckstoss Gondoliere
1973 - Tanzmusik
1975 - Autobahn
1976 - Antenna
1978 - Die Roboter
1981 - Nummern / Taschenrechner
1991 - Die Roboter / Computer Liebe
1997 - unknown song @ Tribal Gathering NY
1998 - Music Non Stop
2004 - Radioaktivitat / Die Roboter
2008 - Computer Liebe.

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@RobBeatdownBrown 4 жыл бұрын

This is insane 😳 I knew these guys have been around for decades, but I had no idea they went back THAT far. Legends and pioneers! 🏆

@hotelmario5203 3 жыл бұрын

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@hotelmario5203 3 жыл бұрын

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@ronduff4325 2 жыл бұрын

I didn't know they were still around . I first heard them around 1975

@deftcoleman0552 2 жыл бұрын

They had quite a journey!

@TheGzillaman Жыл бұрын

Same here, lol their journey lasted more than most wish their group would. 🛸

@thecitizenjoan 4 жыл бұрын

If Kraftwerk doesn’t calm you down or get you hyped we cannot be friends.

@misha2197 3 жыл бұрын

@ElectroRome Жыл бұрын

Omg I couldn’t have said it better!!! ❤❤❤

@dansawyer13 Жыл бұрын

Hello my friend.

@Jhensy-be2mk 10 жыл бұрын

1981 was the best. I love them getting all funky at the front of the stage during 'Pocket Calculator'. Almost human for once!

@omegaman2767 2 жыл бұрын

Went their concert 2 months ago! One of the GREATEST ever!! Wish I could have seen the Ralf, Florian, Wolfgang & Karl version in concert before!!

@LawnMeower 10 жыл бұрын

this video can be also interpretated as a review at the evolution of electronic music

@MegaPhalaenopsis 4 жыл бұрын

5 years later,I answer NO,I disagree,because Kraftwerk weren't alone to explore synthesis even if they are a master piece in the history of électronic music of today,for sure.

@ObviousSchism 4 жыл бұрын

This video can also be interpreted as a review of the worst possible audio and video recording quality of all time

@Pulsonar 4 жыл бұрын

I’m glad that I gave the 255th thumbs up, there is 8-bit CPU computer significance there, and of the same era too 😂

@jeremyc9593 3 жыл бұрын

@@MegaPhalaenopsis Nobody said they were alone

@sisteray3539 4 жыл бұрын

I will love this band till my dying day ❤

@chishunwong6630 2 жыл бұрын

So am I

@bernhardherrmann9230 Жыл бұрын

@@chishunwong6630,... so do I !

@mak8836 5 жыл бұрын

I love how their hairstyle and clothes are so 80's althrough the 70's

@tbraysfan2008 4 жыл бұрын

Kraftwerk-one of all time greatest bands should be in the Rock and Roll HOF. Pioneers of electronic music.

@nottherealpaulsmith 2 жыл бұрын

funny you should mention that

@SonicgoalieActualhockeygoalie Жыл бұрын

Well, my friend, you just predicted the future.

@styxcreek 5 жыл бұрын

I love the early 80s NASA mission control look

@jayanthony2342 6 жыл бұрын

God.... Pocket Calculator makes me so happy.

@lecco666 5 жыл бұрын

Saw the computer World tour at the Gaumont Southampton on 26th June 1981. What a privilege. The clip here brought back great memories.

@WrvrUgoThrUR 5 жыл бұрын

1981 was the sweet spot. Their rig bore no resemblance to anything musical- like four guys at work at the nuclear power station control room, yet music they made.

@NinjaDash360 5 жыл бұрын

That year was like the start of electro break dance hip hop. I'm sure this was the inspiration, because this sounds like something that Afrika Bambataa would make.

@silverdroid 4 жыл бұрын

@@NinjaDash360 I don't know if you're naive or if you're joking, but that entire album was the inspiration for modern hip hop and electro. Africa Bambataa's "Planet Rock" was literally a fusion of "Trans-Europe Express" and "Numbers". Karl Bartos remains furious about it to this day.

@BillBondsHasAPosse 4 жыл бұрын

silverdroid exactly!! well done 👍🏼

@brianbrian6pstokes390 Жыл бұрын

Pioneers of Dance music. I first seen them in the BARROWLANDS GLASGOW in the 90s one of my best nights ever, it was a pleasure guys.

@djmixsound 13 жыл бұрын

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.

@keithsaxon4866 4 жыл бұрын

Actually built by Wolfgang Flur, then patented by Ralph and Florian in1977 without Wolfgang's knowledge. To his credit, Wolfgang shows a slide of the patent during his current DJ set (2020)

@b17bomber 4 жыл бұрын

@@keithsaxon4866 thank you for that info

@michaelohare2928 4 жыл бұрын

Keith Saxon you’re absolutely right it was Wolfgang he was a furniture designer by trade he also built the stage sets

@GVike 4 жыл бұрын

F-ing blows my mind that these cats created electronic drum pad sets in the early 70s!!! I wanna know those who lived it at the time tell how they processed seeing these things out there... had to blow minds back in the day or leave people asking WTF? (I was just born and my first time seeing electronic drums were the classic Simmons)

@cahenr5045 4 жыл бұрын

@@GVike you are right... I was a kid by that time... 9 years old at 1970. These sounds simply didn't exist. We were living the time for space exploration. Electronics was inspiration for everyone. Sounds like that should come from UFO.... These sounds certainly inspired many guys to be electronic technician or engineer.

@user-xu3dk6wo5d 3 жыл бұрын

Самая уникальная группа за всю историю электронной музыки!

@tonybear7359 2 жыл бұрын

Первые электронщики.

@djmixsound 15 жыл бұрын

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

@jeffbragg7389 6 жыл бұрын

saw them in '74 or '75 in New Orleans at the warehouse. very sparse equipment and light show was slide projections... great show!

@MegaPhalaenopsis 4 жыл бұрын

JEFF bragg,you can consider yourself very lucky to have seen them live at the best moment.Personally,I would not go to see them live today , as for me it doesn't have the same interest today.

@isaactorres5908 4 жыл бұрын

Wow! Must have been amazing

@sisteray3539 4 жыл бұрын

You are so lucky!

@PitchSkullBlack 4 жыл бұрын

@@MegaPhalaenopsis You're missing out. Saw them in 2017, fantastic show. The sound was imense and the performances were great. Look up Kraftwerk The Robots live Belfast, to get a glimpse at what I saw. There's a few videos of it on KZfaq.

@MegaPhalaenopsis 4 жыл бұрын

@@PitchSkullBlack Am I allowed to disagree? for me,kraftwerk was much more interested before their lp "the mix"After that one,their sound changed for something more digital , and for me,whith much less soul than the originals "trans europ express" "radioactovity" "computer love" etc...The tr 909 techno beats in their old tracks was for me a huge mistake.But everybody is allowed to have his own tastes.Strangely , I prefer what Karl Bartos did alone till recently , than kraftwerk after 1995.And about live acts,I prefer to see a minimoog than their digital cold static desks whith "reaktor"that's my opinion.

@jackv2244 4 жыл бұрын

My how they evolved through the decades, Rest in peace Floridan

@julesmorgan7496 3 жыл бұрын

I have loved Krateerk since I was 12 years old. 1982!! I remembering listening to Kraftwerk One night at my friend's Loft when we were having a camping out night and just being mesmerized by numbers I had no idea that I was listening to some of the hardest core acid music before I did acid I did some shrooms a little bit after that and they have always been one of my favorite groups!!!! I had no idea at the time they were so influential with hip hop in other music!!! Still to this day I love Kraftwerk numbers And Computer World the album that numbers came off of Computer World with revolutionary back in the day and it had Reynolds locations in the future because hip-hop and a lot of other genres took some of the things that Kraftwerk did because they were the first one of the first it had influence on all genres breakbeat the back in the day it was called breakdancing but it was way more than breakdancing it was a feeling it was a sound that you had never heard before they are Legend!!!!!!!!!!!

@nickd7225 3 жыл бұрын

Me since i was 5, 2014

@toddmorris1858 5 жыл бұрын

Most influential band in the last 50 years! Iconic

@lukes-uf4bc 5 жыл бұрын

GENIUS OF THE FIRST ELECTRONICS!!!

@richl6966 4 жыл бұрын

Changed hugely with the Autobahn album

@magicdave93 4 жыл бұрын

What a transformation from Acid to pioneering Electronica, great video.

@lostcelts1536 3 жыл бұрын

2:20 so the eighties actually started in 1975. This clip proves Kraftwerk was always at least five years ahead of their time.

@SalDOWN 2 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah! ^^

@joselourenco5542 2 жыл бұрын

More like 1000 years!

@pankaburek59 2 жыл бұрын

No one makes music like kraftwerk even the mix has something that no one haves maybe karl bartos haves Oh i forgot he is biggest part of kraftwerk music

@velenpufa1510 5 жыл бұрын

Was at a concert in 2004. The sound is great! I saw the main part of the group.The best people of the group! Florian Schneider, Ralf Hütter, Wolfgang Flür, Karl Bartos. True Kraftwerk. In 2018, everything was wrong. The name remains, the spirit has disappeared.

@top-ten.music_and_more 5 жыл бұрын

In 2004 there was no Bartos and Flür - They already had left the Band at that time

@tomhoggart715 4 жыл бұрын

Rip Florian Schneider

@PropaneWP Жыл бұрын

I saw them in '96. I've seen a lot of epic concerts through the years and it remains one of my favorites.

@pokkerhonklers6625 4 жыл бұрын

4:18 I dont know why but suddently seeing their clones in the crowd gets me every time

@donmajer9607 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome clip. Thanks. Been following Kraftwerk 41 years. Great performance 7-5-2020 shrine auditorium Los Angeles. Unforgettable 3-D show and incredible sound system.

@wreckage-vs5jv 4 жыл бұрын

1:11 it's little known but they also invented the VLC media player in 1971.

@RiasatSalminSami 4 жыл бұрын

Desirable Jodie good old VLC

@edgyweebsorcerer 4 жыл бұрын

Why do I feel a r/Wooosh... brainlet incoming?

@netcrns 4 жыл бұрын

@@edgyweebsorcerer "r/whooosh" "brainlet" I fucking hate today's internet culture...

@yecuzz 4 жыл бұрын

It was released in 2001 lol

@Rid-iculo-us 4 жыл бұрын

The also were the 1st to acknowledge the spherical shape of the earth.

@KeepWerking 15 жыл бұрын

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

@infokriegerodin 3 жыл бұрын

these guys have written music history! love from germany and peace

@yardelli 11 жыл бұрын

1978 - what a performance!!!

@Rid-iculo-us 4 жыл бұрын

When sounds from the past sound like from the future it's Kraftwerk. Was. Will be.

@andyblitz6056 8 жыл бұрын

legends! ahead of there time

@constantinosschinas4503 5 жыл бұрын

4:20 clones of them, watching them. chilly.

@nickd7225 3 жыл бұрын

Are you greek? So im not the only greek fan 😂😂😂

@stevenleslie8557 4 жыл бұрын

Wish the original four were still together. Still love their music

@djmixsound 15 жыл бұрын

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 !

@MegaPhalaenopsis 4 жыл бұрын

Sorry but it does matter , as it is written "kraftwerk live performances".Some tracks weren't live and weren"t also performances , using the sound from the records,and videos that have nothing to see whith the music , that were done recently,but aren't lives at all.I prefer 10 000 times Kraftwerk before 1990, than the digital "new kraftwerk" after "the mix", the 3D dvd...I hate their dancefloor "boum boum" kicks for exemple applyed on old tracks , it is totally different , and doesn't have the same interests than to see them live in 1976 whith real analog synthesizers,not these digital consoles whith reaktor that ate all their soul.

@ramonrojasalmuzara290 4 жыл бұрын

Saw them in 91 in Barcelona. The gig was one of a kind as during Autobahn all of a sudden power went off. They had to reboot everything and retake the gig from there, which was cool. I remember the mouse of an Atari computer booting the OS on the four screens :D

@houstonfob2FOREVER 14 жыл бұрын

They seemed like a completely different band from 70 to 75

@top-ten.music_and_more 4 жыл бұрын

Well Ralf and Florian were experimenting with sounds and people. With Wolfgang and then shortly after Karl they found the perfect members.

@goatskindreams 4 жыл бұрын

band evolving

@SinclairIyama 4 жыл бұрын

7:34 I was at that concert!!! Boing Boom Tschak!!!

@djmixsound 12 жыл бұрын

My fav band too... worldwide! Glad to hear you saw them live... I also did, but in 2009... Cheers!

@coastallad1010 4 жыл бұрын

Seen them live in Sydney Capitol theatre around 1981 just after the release of " Computer World". Amazing concert, they even let the crowd interact with "Pocket calculator".

@dasboot6935 4 жыл бұрын

l knew as a kid back in the mid 70's that Kraftwerk would be a big hit. l still love their music today and l'm old as dirt. l guess they are just a tad older than me. 62 y/o that's me.

@jsanti725_Offl 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting recording thanks for share....through earlier years to 90’s, very well

@Invisibleplqnetsmusic 2 жыл бұрын

Wow their sound has morphed drastically over the years.

@catracho-zb4lw 4 жыл бұрын

Sin lugar a dudas los maestros los creadores del tecno donde muchas bandas inglesas y norteamericanas se influenciaron 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪👍👍👍👍👍👍

@cesarchavez6505 Жыл бұрын

Pero mucho mas los italianos: Moon Ray, Radiorama, Simoncioni, Savage, Camomilla etc etc

@amarokingtelly 12 жыл бұрын

Great compilation btw! The 1998 footage was from one of their Brazilian gigs,missed that because I was underage back then...at least I managed to see them in 2004. My fav German band ever.

@seankoreski5826 4 жыл бұрын

what kills me is how they had their live setup simplified to absolute simplicity by 1978,, then they went and did a complete 360 in 1981 with this massive stage setup that was so burdensome, that the group nearly ended because of it.

@pankaburek59 2 жыл бұрын

They used it to 1998 so it was lot longer

@PEGGLORE 6 жыл бұрын

Wow video quality was way better in 1975 than it was in 1976.

@zyriuz2 4 жыл бұрын

Its the same when you watch a couple of ac dc concerts or elvis Presley the production quality of some performances where higher than others

@bernathfamily 14 жыл бұрын

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.

@harveysmidlap 2 жыл бұрын

Just goes to show... Practice makes perfect.

@DrDoobius 3 жыл бұрын

I was supposed to see them live last summer, unfortunately you can guess what happened. Still have the physical ticket they mailed us though!

@WorksopGimp 5 жыл бұрын

The model was the first track I heard, fantastic and magical

@jeffhaley9494 3 жыл бұрын

So awesome! Willing to push boundaries. Forward thinkers. Thank you.

@ephraimlessell 6 жыл бұрын

They remain utterly miraculously brilliant to this day. Computerliebe is still one of favorite records. It's embarrassing to be an American who can only speak English. Krafterwerk- c'est magnifique et incroyable. Vunderba. Lastly: "Radioactivity- in the air for you and me!" Ephraim Lessell and Raccoon Records salute Kraftwerk Ephraim Lessell and Raccoon Records salute Kraftwerk Ephraim Lessell and Raccoon Records salute Kraftwerk Ephraim Lessell and Raccoon Records salute Kraftwerk Ephraim Lessell and Raccoon Records salute Kraftwerk Ephraim Lessell and Raccoon Records salute Kraftwerk

@shaolin8116 4 жыл бұрын

Rare Version, thank You for uploading this is very nice. Amazingü

@danielangelvazquezvaldes6645 3 жыл бұрын

Amo a kraftwerk Reyes del sonido experimental creador de universos de sonidos abstractos y makina

@marshy1499 4 жыл бұрын

I've been lucky enough to see them at the Blue Dot festival .One of the best bands I've ever seen ...amazing

@alexanderteuman7273 4 жыл бұрын

1971, unfassbar, da war ich 6-7 jahre jung. eine deutsche gruppe hat geschichte geschrieben. dank florian und seine genialen mitbestreiter. gute reise & live long & prosper. seit fast 50 jahren geremixt & kopiert, ich hoffe die nächsten 50 jahre auf neue geniale remixes & weiterleben dieser genialen jungs. gute reise florian. a very nice compilation.

@rudigerschubert5094 Жыл бұрын

1968 war ich zwölf Jahre und wohnte ganz in der Nähe der Remscheider Musikakademie. Dort trafen sich Florian und Ralf 1968 zum ersten Mal bei einem Kurs. Wenn ich heute dort spazieren gehe, bekomme ich Gänsehaut.

@williehampton5588 5 жыл бұрын

To see these guys live in concert before they may Transfer Express Transfer Express is like my all-time favorite instrumental or what have you..I can't get enough of this song it is truly... before its time... today we had a time I sound effect in a studio.. if it had came out today it will truly be a number one hit.. trance Europe Express..👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@bluesavanna 5 жыл бұрын

THATS is a REAL MUSIC EVOLUTION!! Genius!!

@MetalOsuh 10 жыл бұрын

God this video is glory.

@djmixsound 11 жыл бұрын

Those are the robot dolls they used in their concerts. Sometimes on stage... sometimes in the audience :)

@verapamil07 14 жыл бұрын

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

@alitadurango 4 жыл бұрын

Gracias por esta progresión en el tiempo de Kraftwerk.

@matthewyip8695 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! The live clips are so amazing. Quality is okay but to see them create and hear it as they intended... Awesome! Devo and Daft Punk stole some ideas it looks like. They are electronic music pioneers... Along with Art of Noise and Brian Eno.

@MrSpankee02 3 жыл бұрын

4:02 playing my stove top.

@djmixsound 14 жыл бұрын

thank you! glad you liked it!

@mikeyholtsdreampopgaze 4 жыл бұрын

great effort to the uploader thanks heaps

@javidmirza4584 5 жыл бұрын

Pioneers of electronic music.

@tsingtsai1416 5 жыл бұрын

now, they are click the mouse to send email on stage😂😂😂

@MuziKsAs 11 жыл бұрын

The God Fathers of Techno. Thank you for the compilation. Shame YT don't allow the longer vids anymore. Could of done full length versions :)

@manumore345 Жыл бұрын

I'm going to see them in two months, so excited!

@stevebowman6135 Жыл бұрын

Excellent curation. A fine watch.

@SalDOWN 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for sharing!!!

@brianjcavanaugh 13 жыл бұрын

Geat video, thanks for posting.

@TET2005 8 жыл бұрын

From the tripping LSD acid hippies band to synthesizer electronic band...

@owengameromg6210 7 жыл бұрын

Welcome to Doc Tops :3

@amywood4978 5 жыл бұрын

Love these guys

@languagelover9170 5 жыл бұрын

@Слободан Алексић wtf :DDD

@GuyWhoLikesTheSnarkies1435 5 жыл бұрын

So.. to put it simple, a hippie will eventually evolves into a robot?

@budspencerjr2574 4 жыл бұрын

What in hell s name you knows about acid and hippies, are you kinda 70 nowm so you have a knowledge ? fuck

@williemo44 8 жыл бұрын

They have redefined live performance.

@robertomm6912 4 жыл бұрын

Now one of them lost...many dreams of electronic and maths all together in nights..

@BugsBunnyandArchieMcIvor2024 Жыл бұрын

My 50 year old dad loves this group

@sirpoppinchuck 4 жыл бұрын

The group that influenced n changed Hip-Hop took us into 21st Century in the 70s Them Germans got Robotic Soul!!! Thankyou Kraftwerk!!!! I went to "Amoeba" store in L.A. years ago and picked up Kraftwerks live shows n music Classic Electronica

@mjcowgill7906 4 жыл бұрын

Love you guys as always 💚

@djmixsound 14 жыл бұрын

I found the material right here on KZfaq :)

@JDArtagnanAO 7 жыл бұрын

únicos, ímpares, primos , fantásticos, igual não há!!!!😎em alemão melhor ainda !!!

@hernanrolando1980 7 жыл бұрын

5:21. I love this dance.

@CarloBeranti-cx5eo 4 ай бұрын

Grazie grandi Kratfwerk, grazie per sempre.❤

@stephanmunz2692 4 жыл бұрын

"Nummern" ist seiner Zeit 30 Jahre voraus gewesen. Beeindruckend!

@bach730 4 жыл бұрын

Pioneers. Hard to believe they were doing this 50 years ago!

@MegaPhalaenopsis 4 жыл бұрын

true. I agree they were pioneers. I love their records till they did "the mix". After their album "expo 2000" , their sound changed for something digital that I think much less interesting than in the end of the seventies,the 1st versions of radioactivitat,the robots ,electric cafe , autobahn , tour de France 1st versions are much more exciting than their digital remixes whith this horrible dancefloor kick "boum boum boum boum" that kills all the initial soul of these old tracks.

@AMOKIAN 4 жыл бұрын

Great mix and time chronology.

@djmixsound 15 жыл бұрын

thanks glad you liked it :)

@Kevin-kr5ok Жыл бұрын

This started it out for many musicians !

@georgeobrien9748 2 жыл бұрын

Wow. thank you.

@mikemeengs5720 6 жыл бұрын

Cool video!

@MikeGrand82 11 жыл бұрын

Thank for this precious montage of the Kraftwerk Live History. The first one is very funny, that reminds me maybe Afrika Bambataa. Oh, and something else. The performance from 1997 (unknown song) title is "LUTON'97'. I've got this song in MIDI file.