KRAFTWERK - Heimcomputer (Live 1981 - ORF) - HIGH QUALITY

[@dylandowling1]

kraftwerk is like a spider. it scares me when they actually move

[@EazySpeezyLemonSqueezy]

Ya look at Karl dancing in 2:15

[@klaushermann2180]

Spinnen ängstigen mich heute nicht mehr 🕷

[@11equalsfish]

AHHHHH

[@tryfishin9]

We need a good Kraftwerk documentary

[@PetrolBastard]

There are so many

[@polofunk]

Exactly we do need a good documentary about them.

[@Otm_Shank]

Unreal that they could do this live with analog.

[@clarknova6346]

Man,it's Kraftwerk!!They take they whole studio on stage that times and they built a lot of instruments and sequenzers by they own what you can't buy at this time.They are unique genius far ahead of there times!

[@CertainlyCaro]

CLARK NOVA TRANSMISSION Berlin-Neukőlln,Germany the drums and sequencers are definitely custom, but I recognize the Minimoog, Prophet 5, and Polymoog

[@eklektikTechno]

Tom Lane Why not what other technologies were available to them?

[@top-ten.music_and_more]

At this stage the drumsounds were played by a sequencer and this squencer also triggerd the synths or in some cases sequenced them. The device was called TRIGGERSUMME (you can see it in this clip aswell) and was a custom bulit sequencer by Matten & Wichers in Bonn. Kraftwerk used the first sequencer on the Trans Europe Express Album, but this sequencer was used for melodic patterns. And do not forget: Many 80s Band had their drums on tape-machines and played the synths live aswell.

[@zarcon85]

@@top-ten.music_and_more yeah, like Depeche Mode for Instance...or Human League. but i agree Kraftwerk were different and waaayy ahead of the competition. and even Kraftwerk used a short tape thing sometimes at the end of performin TEE in this era. actually they used a cassette. lol.

[@BiserAngelov1]

40 years ago. Four musicians became the pioneers of the music today.

[@WrvrUgoThrUR]

Well said. And that's damn near every genre. The most surprising....Hip Hop. Maybe not the fathers, but the stepfathers of hip hop😂

[@gabin1539]

@@WrvrUgoThrUR There is no music like that anymore! Not fathers, grandfathers, or something. It's on it's own way. What has inspired, that's something else, other style, nothing like that :)

[@xavierrandall]

I loved the way each member leaves the stage at the ending. Very uniqueness to end.

[@SalDOWN]

They are the robots! ^^

[@xavierrandall]

@@SalDOWN 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

[@WellingtonSilvaFilho123]

The best thing about these performances is that they were always different from the original album versions. After The Mix, it became very similar to that album's versions. Exception made to Musique Non Stop.

[@alexanderfischer9972]

How right they are with this statement in 1981. "Am Heimcomputer sitz ich hier und programmier die Zukunft hier"

[@JustJayGaming]

Would be awesome to see the whole show in this quality.

[@halfrutter2226]

YES!!!!

[@jeshkam]

Somebody should contact the ORF station to put it out, seriously.

[@user-vi1lv2xi9i]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXWYnJxsqbiMpbs

[@robotik400]

@@user-vi1lv2xi9i thank you my friend for sharing this link I am super happy to be able to recover it for me personally

[@MRANTN]

@@user-vi1lv2xi9i OMGGG THANK YOUUUUUUUU

[@JeeGee114]

He really rocks his Casio Calculator watch

[@Plastic_Ivory]

I rock mine too! Ralf gave me the idea!

[@atlaslyrical7118]

Ralf has unique walking style, the real depiction of shy robot with odd dancing, i like him

[@silverwheel]

1:43 Florian's standing there like he's waiting for the Blair Witch

[@showdown2006]

I can only imagine how long it took to setup this stage at that time just to make it sound like that

[@watchthegamer73]

Holy crap these guys really were incredible with the stuff available at the time

[@macronencer]

"Gute Nacht!" :D

[@wallyaudio]

Kraftwerk Live, Sophiensäle, Vienna, 21.11.1981 Florian Schneider - Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 (Rev 3, spot the volume knob) Karl Bartos - Keyboard Controller + Korg PS-3300 (behind) Ralf Hütter - Moog Minimoog + Polymoog 203a (x2) Wolfgang Flür - Custom 16x3 Trigger Sequencer (x2) (The famous Synthanorma sequencers can be seen in the first 2 racks behind Ralf) About the Polymoogs: The top one is clearly a 203a, the bottom one is a rare early model with keyboard starting at F so it is definitely not a 280a.

[@elwro07]

There's also a Roland MC-8 behind Ralf.

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

@ wallyaudio: Well spotted my friend

[@berrygrash6124]

.....macht heut alles mit ner HandyApp

[@finlaybiddlesden2426]

Do you know I think you’re right……..😝

[@adrienpeirac851]

I don't think there are 2 polymoog. Any Polymoog starts with a F key, the early models start with a C key. And Karl Bartos played a modified Korg PS3100 and not with a 3300.

[@logonazo]

The great & Classic KRAFTWERK (Ralf,Florian,Karl & Wolfgang) nowadays is more "Ralfwerk"

[@illegalquantity]

Yes , there is no Kraftwerk without Florian .

[@Gyrbae]

Kinda prophetic that in the live shows he was always the last one to stay on the stage and leave.

[@russallert]

He should go on tour co-billed with The Beach Boy......

[@robbe4711]

Every detail of this show is a masterpiece.

[@robynsegg]

Kraftwerk was truly ahead of its time. So much so that the future finally caught up with Kraftwerk.

[@AndrewHillis_2024]

KLING KLANG ! ! ! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@ledivo59]

... I saw them in Cologne in 1981, unforgettable concert!

[@robotik400]

Il devait être sons genial

[@EazySpeezyLemonSqueezy]

1981 Sartory säle, Cologne, germany?

[@ledivo59]

@@EazySpeezyLemonSqueezy ganz genau!

[@compfox]

Hey, da war ich auch! Hab noch die Karte.

[@softpixels4355]

@@compfox Verdammt, das ist cool, hast du irgendwelche wertvollen Informationen und weißt du, ob das Konzert überhaupt aufgezeichnet wurde? Und mit Karte meinst du das Ticket?

[@julieboyce4614]

When I a 10 years old the first time I heard of them it was something modern and was cold I started to like that sound electronic and futuristic it had changed my life of my anxiety but I can't say it anymore

[@gsipkoi]

This is much better than today's shows!! Amazing!

[@WrvrUgoThrUR]

Exactly. Ironically, they really too much on technology. It was better when their reliance actually forced them to move more than their fingers and wrists.

[@nomad1517]

Must have been a literal pain in the ass to set all that shit up for every location.

[@elektrodark001]

1:10 ralf playing baseball

[@SalDOWN]

What a rare moment! :)

[@Plastic_Ivory]

He definitely got a home run. Or a home computer lol

[@atlaslyrical7118]

Or golf

[@jeshkam]

Ryuichi Sakamoto nailed Ralf's "dance" just perfectly. 😂

[@atlaslyrical7118]

Link?

[@jeshkam]

@@atlaslyrical7118 kzbin.info/www/bejne/fmSyeJ17lNSArtUsi=vvw4Hwq9f0OX0fXR

[@B4StudioJP]

​@@atlaslyrical7118If my memory serves kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJScamWMo5dsi7Msi=HA61LOTuP6PbW0Ii

[@mrz80]

I thought it was Sakamoto but I can't find my original source any more... someone said that Yellow Magic Orchestra was going for "like Kraftwerk but happier." 😀

[@dejan_krsic]

musique classique, musique magnifique

[@ROBOTkw1]

I love this version! GO RALF!

[@egaer8371]

R.I.P. Florian Schneider

[@Kerlimann]

Their dance moves are as awesome and pioneering as their music! Diggin it!!

[@juancarlosmiranda5244]

Karl bartos que efectos de sonido hace en esta canción very good

[@doom6015]

I saw them live around 80 or 81 at the Capitol Theater in D.C. Remarkable. It was this setup. RIP Mr. Schneider.

[@DariuszMarekMorawski-lz8vt]

Siedzę przy Domowym Komputerze i programuję sobie Przyszłość ...

[@valentinmateve5182]

Fantastische Version. Spannend!

[@oele]

i like this version so much

[@steveviney9566]

Was lucky enough to see this set up in OZ back in the 80s awesome 👏

[@WrvrUgoThrUR]

Something has always been appealing to me about music and music performance being set in a factory and performing it with the machines on the factory floor. Very close to the actual english translation of the German word ˈkʁaftvɛɐ̯k'

[@rubemrizzo4504]

Muito bom, excelente!!!!!

[@fredfloyd68]

All you needed was a guitarist....be glad to fill in....Lovely music.

[@mauriziosaccaggi4505]

Sie sind und bleiben zweifellos die besten

[@davidames1746]

hell of a backline

[@joeturner6192]

Wish I could see the whole concert.

[@LavendusMusic]

1:50 Are we just going to ignore Wolfgang wearing high heels?

[@SadBnnuy]

He had some style

[@finlaybiddlesden2426]

This is the most animated I’ve ever seen Ralph…….!

[@pankaburek59]

Ralph Are you sure?

[@Rolybot]

INCREÍBLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@SY27196]

Great Having command on those instruments is not easy lot of people struggled with live concerts playing Kraftwerk here show their mastery

[@SY27196]

@Satanic Panic Fun and Games got that Musician yes but they also mastered the instruments and even invented to suits their design It is beyond normal achivement

[@IsabelDhampir82]

Wuauu, gran sonido.

[@СергійПоляков-х6в]

Гарна рiч!

[@miyamusic]

awesome quality!!

[@LocalGambler]

Amazing!

[@HennieVredeveldt]

KARL AND WOLFGANG ❤❤

[@LovePhantom00]

It sounds better than album version 🤔

[@shikushiku0920]

この公演はノリノリですね！メンバーが。

[@gelsonluizraolinocoelho1570]

Simplesmente 💯 sacional valeuuuuuuuu

[@AnnaSenPrice]

SICK!!!!!!!!

[@Hiro_Protagonist]

best video by KRFTWRK ever there is all no more

[@jamestuff5240]

and ralf blamed fernando for dancing around to much during shows...

[@MrChromed]

+Jamestuff By the 80s, Ralf (and the other members in general) inclined to "move" on stage. By the 90s (and, by meaning, for "The Mix" tour), they weren't "dancing" like Fernando did. Fernando danced/moved too much on stage, and that broke the "Aesthetics" of the new Kraftwerk 90s era. In general, Abrantes wasn't a bad member (in fact, I like his "Music Non Stop" Solos).

[@SaintCharlos]

But with music like this there's NO FREAKING WAY how you're not supposed to dance on stage XD

[@rickjansen3823]

I think he just needed to go back to Portugal for his military service.

[@mastersoftoday]

I agree that he danced too much, but judging from his recent activities - releasing an "album" called Mix 2.0 with track names Musique Non Stop 2015, Solo Non Stop (his Music Non Stop solo stretched out for 3 minutes), Tour De France 2.0, Man Into Machine, The Model (Mix 1991) and Laser Harp (Live), he's also a fucking idiot, so it's probably that too

[@jamestuff5240]

@@bertrahm3104 yeh but ralf was dancing so lol hipocrite

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

They were much better with the 1980/1981 gear instead of the boring Laptops shows nowdays.

[@Fehlfarbenblind]

KRAFTWERK2K6 I think synthesizer are real instruments by the Laptops i didnt think so

[@bertrahm3104]

Thats exactly why I prefer the old versions, it sounds so much better

[@johannesweiss4691]

I just they want to keep up with the time, as Kraftwerk always wanted to be percieved as a visionary "half human, half computer" band. Those synthies do not fit with that idea imo

[@bertrahm3104]

@@johannesweiss4691 I know, I do think that it wouldn't fit nowadays too. It's just that the synthesizers sound better (In my opinion).

[@CertainlyCaro]

While it does look less interesting, the modern technology has its benefits over the old gear. For one, those older analog synthesizers, especially ones built in the 1970's, would very often be out of tune after being turned on. I'd still argue in favor of their sound though. Analog synths like Florian's Prophet 5 are fantastic, and I'd love to get the opportunity to play one.

[@ebmindustrial6754]

Great! Thanks for your upload!

[@NatsSt]

You can hear Thomas Dolby in this

[@adolfnoise4673]

aaah... the golden age of wireless, spring issue....

Excellent!!!

[@poraomisantropico78]

Rip Florian

[@NickXenol]

They all walk off in apathy one by one lmao

[@feliperaurich]

¡ Thanks !! This is great

[@白鳥颯也]

very very coooool!!!

[@junokarah3495]

I wonder if this is where Radiohead got their idea for looping a section of “everything in its right place” and leaving the stage. (I think probably)

[@nataliaq4803]

omaigaad

[@fabioupc]

Thomas Dolby

[@lecco666]

saw them Gaumont Southampton on 26th June 1981

[@nickelodeonstuff1572]

Saw them at Manchester Free Trade hall on 15th June 1981!

[@iamyourfuture808]

amazing

[@MartinBorman-h9n]

Крафтверк это мощь🤘

[@mastersoftoday]

speaks Russian and names himself after a famous Nazi of course lol

[@paoloraviola8218]

WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

[@fritagogo1]

computer love ;-) live free interprétation

[@enjoythesilnec]

Certainly what instrument use Wolfgang ? Im know instrument use Karl and Florian. Karl use KORG PS3200 and Florian use Sequential Circuits Prophet 5

[@Amuh2004]

+Amuh Studio sorry Francisco Tr808 ?

[@Blank_Frank]

It was a customed designed drum sequencer linked to some kind of what they called a "Drum Computer", the "Friendchip Mr.Lab". The TR-808 was just being released in Japan at the time, and Kraftwerk didn't use it before 1984 for the conception of "Electric Café".

[@Amuh2004]

+Frank Reich Yes very possible. It could be a mofified version of a somekind of drummachine. I sayd that it is tr808 becouse of the snare drum

[@inversion66]

Yellow Magic Orchestra was probably the first band to get an '808 onto an actual issued recording. They used one on a version of "1000 Knives" performed during their December, 1980 performance at the Budokan in Tokyo, which seems to have been broadcast on Japanese radio soon afterward. It then appeared on several tracks on their studio album BGM, released in March of 1981.

[@aceyage]

The Pollard Syndrum and Mr. Lab was driven by the Triggersumme.

[@adirondackcarfoundry368]

Okay, Russian nuclear reactor set design is awesome.

[@grazianocapraro8076]

grandi....

[@enjoythesilnec]

0:11 Minimoog and Polymoog but im not sure the last synthesizer is CS80 im not sure =)

[@wallyaudio]

Yes, you're right, it is in the Kraftwerk FAQ: "Initially they owned a single-manual Orchestron, but later, they obtained another one with two keyboards; this one was used until the first half of their 1981 tour when it was replaced by a second Moog Polymoog synthesiser."

[@theotherbruce]

That is serious techno.

[@Jyorijyyoei]

🎉

[@sanfoxmusicband]

Transgresión...pionera

[@thasinister]

From the flash of Ralf at the beginning, I knew this special must've had something more than just the live performances. Here is the full episode: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXWYnJxsqbiMpbs

[@liamoconnor9314]

Are the guys the pioneers of acid house as well as trance.???

[@SalDOWN]

Yes, pretty much!

[@robotik400]

Super quality, or can one find the live or the complete documentary of this quality?

[@noobfl]

the video is played to fast - the orginal recording of this concert is a bit slower

[@creatornat]

The show would end, and the women descend-lol. :)

[@thomasstein6808]

Einfach Götter, für die, die es wissen ❤

[@patriciobrito8094]

V A N G U A R D A M A Z I N G.

[@eumel776]

Vielen Dank ...

[@KlawEdit]

Polymoog!

[@leandro1118]

😂 Cada doideira...

[@jusa8130]

If only Henning played bass like Karl here...

[@pankaburek59]

Henning must have lot of dust on his keyboard

[@reinholdsklinefelter3879]

This is what you get when you feed cocaine to robots, fuckin' Kraftwerk.

[@MashedPotatoeComedy]

Nice, how much footage have you got from this show

[@Stewie355]

And to think, this was pre MIDI.

[@kraftwerklover69]

They turned boring after General MIDI became a standard.

[@Almudena-z7g]

Hola almudena gqlaxias. De molder talking mix goool max

[@chipwalter4490]

its a rave dave!!!!!!

[@P.Atreides]

damals die zukunft mit betamax und c64 :-) heute hängt ein großteil an der konsole und voll NO FUTURE (nur das die mit punk auch nichts anfangen können)

[@sportbilli735]

Ist damals so aufgebaut worden wie ein UFo ... Enterprise ...War irgendwie geiler auch die Musik

[@piynubbunyip]

Can anyone tell me what is being shown on the screens please. Great quality.

[@halfrutter2226]

Looks like a printer with papers coming out.

[@witnessprotection4233]

The compiler labeled the guy with the nose as the sexiest man who's ugly?

[@fredfloyd68]

Love these guys but they do need a great guitar player.I would be glad to contribute to this bunch of cool noise...makers...