Kraftwerk - Tribal Gathering 1997

Intro (0:39)
Numbers (4:07)*
Computerworld (3:27)*
Home Computer (7:14)
Man Machine (7:43)*
Tour De France (6:31)
Autobahn (11:35)
Radioactivity (7:39)*
Trans Europe Express (2:31)*
Abzug (3:32)*
Metal on Metal (4:56)*
Pocket Calculator/Dentaku (10:00)*
The Robots (11:18)*
NEW TRACK (5:56)
Boing Boom Tschak/Music Non Stop (10:18)

SOURCE	RB	SOUND QUALITY	A+	FORMAT	Mp3	BITRATE	192	TRACKS #	6
LOCATION / VENUE		Luton Hoo Estate		Tribal Gathering Festival		DATE		25.5.97
NOTES:		In October 1997 in addition to the song 'Luton' Kraftwerk performed 2 new songs in Linz, Austria. The beginning of the first song (the so called 'Tango') is the melody of the song Airwaves, originally released in 1975. 'Tango' was also performed later, in 1997-1998 and mainly in 2002-2003 (known from fan reviews). The second song was played the first time in Linz and the last time in Karlsruhe. This 'two-time performed song' is the so called 'Lichthof'. Shamefully, the BBC was supposed to be broadcasting the gig live, but instead edited it down and only broadcast the tracks marked above with asterisks.

Kraftwerk - Cite de la Musique

Very good article about one guy who attended the show… Bootlegger story here… whish there would be more Laurel & hardy at some other venue!!!

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Kraftwerk- the paradoxical nature of modern urban life

The completion of the 1981 Computer World tour then saw almost a decade-long hiatus in Kraftwerk's live activities. They did not perform again until 1990, by which time Flür had left the band three years earlier in 1987. The next proper tour was in 1991, for the album The Mix. By this time, Bartos also had left the line-up. Hütter and Schneider wished to continue the "electronic quartet" style of presentation, and recruited engineers Fritz Hilpert and, initially, Portuguese Fernando Abrantes, soon replaced by Henning Schmitz, to take to the stage with them.

From this point, the band's equipment increasingly deprecated manual playing, replacing it with interactive control of sequencing equipment. Hütter retains the most manual performance, still playing selected musical lines by hand on a controller keyboard, and singing live vocals and having a repeating Ostinato. Much of Schneider's live vocoding has been replaced by software-controlled speech-synthesis techniques. By 2002, the band were touring using four laptop computers, running all their sequencing, sound generating and visual display software. Back-projected computer-generated video, synchronized with the songs, was an increasingly integral component of the show. The band also continued to develop their "robots", which by now featured computer-controlled mechanical pivoting limbs, allowing them to "dance".
The increased availability and sophistication of portable digital recording equipment means that bootlegs from this period are numerous, despite the band's efforts to prevent such recordings…. Catch me if you can!!!!!