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Kraftwerk live at Hall Of Culture, Helsinki, Finland
October 18th, 1991
The Mix Tour
Semi-Home Remaster
Recording quality: A-~ - B+ - B - B-~
Attendance: 1000 - 1400
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00:00 Meine Damen Und Herren
00:40 Numbers
05:40 Computer World
10:09 Home Computer
18:22 Computer Love
25:11 The Model
29:15 Tour De France
36:33 Autobahn
48:32 Radioactivity
56:00 Trans Europe Express
1:07:50 The Robots
1:13:17 Robotronik
1:18:06 Pocket Calculator
1:30:34 Music Non Stop
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This is the first gig with Henning Schmitz and the start of the second half of the "The Mix" tour. Henning already worked with Kraftwerk 13 years before they performed this concert. He was the sound engineer of the albums "The Man Machine" (1978) and "Electric Café" (1986). Comparing the performances of both Henning and Fernando, the first noticeable change is that the bass isn't played manually anymore except in The Model, and in Radioactivity, the bassline got reverted to the simple one used in the original. Henning's improvisations in Music Non Stop are more focused on the bass.
Changes weren't only made by Henning. Fritz only played the drums in The Model and complementarily in other songs since this time and changed the drum beats in Home Computer, Pocket Calculator and Music Non Stop. In any other song were he used to play the drums, he simply brought back the drum beats from The Mix album versions.
The audience seemed to be very thrilled seeing Kraftwerk for the first time. They cheered a lot and later they did it even more. After Autobahn, they wanted Kraftwerk to play Dentaku or the English version Pocket Calculator. They shouted these songs out loudly. One person even sang the lyrics of Dentaku during the intro of The Robots (1:08:10). Ralf didn't respond. After Autobahn, they screamed "Radioactivity" and they got what they wanted.
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Uploaded and premiered in celebration of Henning Schmitz' 70th birthday.
Special thanks to Babass_ for uploading the better quality source.
For a long time, there used to be a source with a low frequency range and clicks and speed fluctuations spread on the entire tape. Until Autobahn, it is possible to restore some of the higher frequencies. Then, the audio quality starts to decrease. It seems like that someone tried to enhance this source by correcting the speed with the wrong tool, the Change Tempo tool. The pitch on this source is still too high. I remember when someone commented that the tempo on my enhancement in some songs feels slower than it should be. That's because I used the correct tool, but didn't notice that the tempo is already corrected, so, it was kinda the wrong tool. Because the audio quality is horrendous, I joked that the Finnish winter climate did the damage on the tape, just like in Melbourne '81 where someone made a similar joke. There might be some truth behind these jokes.
Several months ago, Babass_ uploaded a source with better quality. I knew that there are lower generation tape sources of this concert. Only are they not in circulation. The frequency range is broader, but the damage caused by the cold climate is still present which indicates that this damage could be inherited by a lower generation tape. On top of it, there is lots of reverb making the snare sound rough and the audio begins deteriorating in Autobahn as this is the case too for the LQ source. The sound has been strengthened and after Autobahn, I tried to save some of the fidelity and remove white noise by suppressing unnecessary frequencies with the equalizer. The speed has been corrected as well. Numbers and Home Computer have the best audio quality. Songs after Tour De France get a B on the audio quality except in Pocket Calculator where some parts have the lowest frequency range. Hopefully, the master tape or a low generation source get shared one day, but due to them being possessed by hoarders, this is improbable.
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*Copyright Disclaimer: Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.*
Kraftwerk live at Hall Of Culture, Helsinki, Finland
October 18th, 1991
The Mix Tour
Semi-Home Remaster
Recording quality: A-~ - B+ - B - B-~
Attendance: 1000 - 1400
_______________________________________
00:00 Meine Damen Und Herren
00:40 Numbers
05:40 Computer World
10:09 Home Computer
18:22 Computer Love
25:11 The Model
29:15 Tour De France
36:33 Autobahn
48:32 Radioactivity
56:00 Trans Europe Express
1:07:50 The Robots
1:13:17 Robotronik
1:18:06 Pocket Calculator
1:30:34 Music Non Stop
_______________________________________
This is the first gig with Henning Schmitz and the start of the second half of the "The Mix" tour. Henning already worked with Kraftwerk 13 years before they performed this concert. He was the sound engineer of the albums "The Man Machine" (1978) and "Electric Café" (1986). Comparing the performances of both Henning and Fernando, the first noticeable change is that the bass isn't played manually anymore except in The Model, and in Radioactivity, the bassline got reverted to the simple one used in the original. Henning's improvisations in Music Non Stop are more focused on the bass.
Changes weren't only made by Henning. Fritz only played the drums in The Model and complementarily in other songs since this time and changed the drum beats in Home Computer, Pocket Calculator and Music Non Stop. In any other song were he used to play the drums, he simply brought back the drum beats from The Mix album versions.
The audience seemed to be very thrilled seeing Kraftwerk for the first time. They cheered a lot and later they did it even more. After Autobahn, they wanted Kraftwerk to play Dentaku or the English version Pocket Calculator. They shouted these songs out loudly. One person even sang the lyrics of Dentaku during the intro of The Robots (1:08:10). Ralf didn't respond. After Autobahn, they screamed "Radioactivity" and they got what they wanted.
_______________________________________
Uploaded and premiered in celebration of Henning Schmitz' 70th birthday.
Special thanks to Babass_ for uploading the better quality source.
For a long time, there used to be a source with a low frequency range and clicks and speed fluctuations spread on the entire tape. Until Autobahn, it is possible to restore some of the higher frequencies. Then, the audio quality starts to decrease. It seems like that someone tried to enhance this source by correcting the speed with the wrong tool, the Change Tempo tool. The pitch on this source is still too high. I remember when someone commented that the tempo on my enhancement in some songs feels slower than it should be. That's because I used the correct tool, but didn't notice that the tempo is already corrected, so, it was kinda the wrong tool. Because the audio quality is horrendous, I joked that the Finnish winter climate did the damage on the tape, just like in Melbourne '81 where someone made a similar joke. There might be some truth behind these jokes.
Several months ago, Babass_ uploaded a source with better quality. I knew that there are lower generation tape sources of this concert. Only are they not in circulation. The frequency range is broader, but the damage caused by the cold climate is still present which indicates that this damage could be inherited by a lower generation tape. On top of it, there is lots of reverb making the snare sound rough and the audio begins deteriorating in Autobahn as this is the case too for the LQ source. The sound has been strengthened and after Autobahn, I tried to save some of the fidelity and remove white noise by suppressing unnecessary frequencies with the equalizer. The speed has been corrected as well. Numbers and Home Computer have the best audio quality. Songs after Tour De France get a B on the audio quality except in Pocket Calculator where some parts have the lowest frequency range. Hopefully, the master tape or a low generation source get shared one day, but due to them being possessed by hoarders, this is improbable.
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*Copyright Disclaimer: Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.*
