It was great to see Kraftwerk live after all these years of enjoying their music.

I think the extreme minimalism of the performers is an intentional juxtaposition against the more kinetic (albeit primitive, they’re not pulling down Pink Floyd money here)video which results in perpetual commentary of one of their primary themes- dehumanization via mechanization.

This comes to a head as they are replaced by robot versions of themselves, but are then reborn or subsumed- either interpretation works depending on how full your glass is- as grid-suited beings of the future. Or perhaps they just really like Tron.

In any case, it was a very enjoyable show and satisfying enough for this fanboy that objectivity becomes irrelevant, and that’s exactly what I look for when I peer into the soul of art.

— a comment in response to the STrib’s Kraftwerk review