Kraftwerk - Radioactivity - Reaction

Wow, truly a unique experience. I'm surprised I haven't checked this out before. It's really good!

[@matekochkoch]

They are not old school sounding, they were the predecessors of old school. It was experimental, it was something completely new and unique. They started 1969 more than a decade before techno became a notion almost two decades before Detroit-techno.

[@darrylrotrock7816]

Sellafield is an English nuclear fuel reprocessing facility. Their leaked materials have made the Irish Sea the most radioactively contaminated sea in the world, causing much concern in Ireland and Norway.

[@Brickschooter]

If you react to "Kraftwerk - Model", you could combine it with the rammstein version of it "Rammstein - Modell". Both Versions are Insane!! :)

[@andreasbinner3657]

This video is from one of there later concerts around 2010. It is actually quite experience: They use a 3D sound system. Never heard such loud, but clear sound combined with an intense bass in a concert before! BTW: There is only one of the original members left in the band: Ralf Hütter (the guy singing live). He is now 74 years old...

[@4vinylsound]

Its 20 years before techno was invented. It's electronic musica from the 70s.

[@LaptopLarry330]

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania was the location of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Reactor that nearly blew up in 1979 (I think). Harrisburg is the state capital of Pennsylvania.

[@4vinylsound]

If you watch that exact full concert you'll see who does what, when they exit the stage

[@MiyuMedia]

Oh what a classic! Yes they do everything live. There's another version of this live track with the words in Japanese, recorded in Tokio in 2012, that includes Fukushima in the lyrics. I love Kraftwerk so much, they are truly influential and their live shows are awesome, i've seen them twice: on this 2004 tour and then on their 3D tour in 2016. Originally their songs had a more minimalistic style, and sometimes even a bit dark (some of their videos used to scare me a little when i was a kid, ahaha) But in 1991 they released a remix album with most of their greatest hits in a more upbeat version, the remixes were made by them of course. The album is called "The Mix" and since then, they started touring using those remixed versions of their songs instead, for their live shows. This version of "Radioactivity" is from their official live DVD called Minimum-Maximum [2004] if you love techno i strongly recommend their live versions of "Pocket Calculator" (that also has a japanese version called Dentaku that is often mixed with the english version live) , "Aéro Dynamik", "Music Non Stop" and "Home Computer".

[@4vinylsound]

Only one is on keyboard and another 1 has 1 but barely uses it

[@PalomaPM]

Those amazing musicians played 4 different issues: one goes with the basses, another with the visuals, the third with the melody and the fourth, with the voices.

[@arnodobler1096]

Kraftwerk is the most influential German band, from the music of the 80s to techno and today. They invented, developed and built instruments and sounds that are taken for granted today.

[@justston188]

Yes Kraftwerk, the pioneers of electronic music. The band has been playing electronic music since the early 1970s. Back then this type of music was so new that musical instruments were designed especially for the band. A lot of electronics experts created the instruments especially for Kraftwerk. Well before there was techno, these guys provided the electronic sound and gave the world the electronic sounds that have greatly influenced subsequent generations of music. There is a great deal of ancient influential music by them. I recommend some classics. Autobahn, Die Mensch-Maschine, Computerworld, Trans-Europa-Express, Neon Lights and some other important songs. Thanks for reaction.

[@PropperNaughtyGeezer]

This song is from 1975. The original is a little different. The original does not yet have this strong negative reference to nuclear energy. This opening credits with the disasters were completely missing. Back then it was more about the play on words radioactivity and radio-activity (broadcasting activity). The text "Radioactivity brings waves to the receiving device - radioactivity when it comes to our future." was changed for the later version. The latter is ambiguous in German as to whether you have a better future through nuclear energy or whether the future is radioactive.

[@berlindude75]

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[@freudsigmund72]

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[@kratzvonscharfenstein]

You really have to check out the band "Welle Erdball", a lot of their songs are created with den Commodore 64 (C64), try Welle Erdball = Deutsche Liebe, great music!

[@andreasbinner3657]

Fun fact: Rammstein in their video to "Radio" use a very similar antenna+radiowaves imagery like in this video at

[@commanderkruge]

Back in the olden days Kraftwerk actually played "really" live - computers weren't really a thing then and even they only had one analogue sequencer.

[@Oilerator_]

There are some great videos on a channel called "Willy Billiams" of Kraftwerk's live performances from above them and you can see what they are doing. They are very interesting.