KRAFTWERK

It's almost impossible to review this DVD objectively. Unless you're familiar with KRAFTWERK and their music (?) it's kind of hard to explain.

 I'll try -

Kraftwerk started as a two piece (person) German band in 1967 with Ralph Hutter  and Florian Schneider playing (or programming) computer/synthesizers and outputting some of the most "way out" stuff you've ever heard. As 70% of the vocals are in German, you might think you wouldn't understand the lyrics, but as 100% of the vocals are "mechanized" it really doesn't matter 'cause you wouldn't understand them no matter what language they were in.

Somehow or other Ralph and Florian are still together and along with Fritz Hilpert and Henning Schmitz, Kraftwerk went on tour in 2005. If you think the sight of four aging men standing behind computer/synthesizers doing heaven knows what to them and barely moving a muscle sounds weird - you ought to hear the music!

For full appreciation of this DVD you need a large display panel (you'll know why when you see it) - a bloody good subwoofer (you'll know why when you hear it) and a large supply of mind altering substance (bourbon in my case but could be anything).

If I'm sounding vague here, it's because the music defies definition. I can't say it's one of those "must have" DVD's but it certainly will give any A/V setup a complete workout. I bought it on the basis of remembering their mainstream hit "Autobahn" and it sounds every bit as good live as the studio version (although the term "live" here is ambiguous to say the least)

There's a lot of visual interaction here and if you're into dance music and dance parties, this could give the night a real kick. Certainly the young duff duff car maniacs will love it.

As for me, I just stared at the screen, turned up the volume and sat through the whole thing mesmerized. It's worth purchasing just to see what your system will do.

Come to think of it, after 2 hours of this DVD, you really don't need any mind altering substances - the sound and vision will do that for you.