German electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk will play eight 3-D concerts at Walt Disney Concert Hall, March 18-21, 2014 to launch the LA Phil’s Minimalist Jukebox Festival. These will be their first L.A. dates since 2005.
They will perform eight of their albums, spread across eight performances.
KRAFTWERK – THE CATALOGUE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 is a chronological exploration of their work. Starting with Autobahn, each performance will cover one of Kraftwerk’s studio albums in full and in order of their release:
- Autobahn (1974), Tuesday, March 18, 7:30 PM
- Radio-Activity (1975), Tuesday, March 18, 10:30 PM
- Trans Europe Express (1977), Wednesday, March 19, at 7:30 PM
- The Man-Machine (1978), Wednesday, March 19, at 10:30 PM
- Computer World (1981), Thursday, March 20, at 7:30 PM
- Techno Pop (1986), Thursday, March 20, 10:30 PM
- The Mix (1991), Friday, March 21, 7:30 PM
- Tour de France (2003), March 21, 10:30 PM
See the LA Phil site for details.
I always think it’s a shame they never play (or acknowledge) the 1st two albums.
“Ralf & Florian” is a great album, with a pretty diverse cross-section of moods. Part of its merit lies in being a bit more experimental than what they became for their main body of work. Its almost an EDM primer from the high end of the style. Check it out.
I’m still waiting for their “coming soon” album. Its been over 10 years since any new material. They have become an 80s greatest hits touring band, which is a shame for such a once infuencial group.
Yawn. Kraftwerk is so not there anymore. Seriously, what is the point in watching them “live” these days – checking their emails on stage in weird suits? And yes, I do acknowledge and appreciate their heritage in electronic music. But, quite frankly, they are stretching that replaying your back catalogue thing even worse than New Order did with the old Joy Division songs.