Kraftwerk: Multimedia Tour 2025 - 50 Years Of Autobahn
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Sun., March 23
Kraftwerk, The Eastern—Kraftwerk co-founder Ralf Hutter still leads the iconic German synth outfit on this rare Atlanta stop. The gig is billed as “Multi-media Tour-50 Years of Autobahn” paying tribute to the band’s first US tour in 1975 to promote the album of the same name, interestingly their fourth release. It may not sound groundbreaking now, but at the time a full electronic band with just two players was beyond edgy. The outfit has become legendary over the decades, and the evening will surely include other Kraftwerk “hits.” This is a sure sell-out, so get tickets early.— Hal Horowitz
From the venue:
Bringing together electronic-music computer animations and performance art, Kraftwerk concerts are a true "Gesamtkunstwerk – a total work of art.”
The multi-media project Kraftwerk was started in 1970 by Ralf Huetter and Florian Schneider. They set up their electronic Kling Klang Studio in Duesseldorf, Germany, where they conceived and produced all Kraftwerk albums.
By the mid 1970’s Kraftwerk had achieved international recognition for their revolutionary electronic ‘sound scapes’ and their musical experimentation with robotics and other technical innovations. With their visions of the future, Kraftwerk created the soundtrack for the digital age of the 21st century.
Their compositions, using innovative techniques, synthetic voices and computerised rhythms, have had a major international influence across an entire range of music genres: from Electro to Hip Hop, from Techno to SynthPop.
In their live performances, Kraftwerk founder Ralf Huetter and his team illustrate the belief in the respective contributions of both man and machine.
Starting with the retrospective of their Catalogue at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2012, in recent years Kraftwerk have returned full circle back to their origins within the Düsseldorf art scene of the late Sixties.
The 3-D concert series at MoMA was followed by further presentations at Tate Modern Turbine Hall (London), Akasaka Blitz (Tokyo) Opera House (Sydney), Walt Disney Concert Hall (Los Angeles), Fondation Louis Vuitton (Paris), Neue National Galerie (Berlin) and Guggenheim Museum (Bilbao).
In 2014 Ralf Huetter and his former partner were honoured with the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. And in In October, 2021 Kraftwerk were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame.
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