German music pioneers Kraftwerk have just been announced as a headlining act for Sydney’s VIVID Live program at the Opera House, as part of Sydney’s acclaimed light, music and ideas festival.
NSW Deputy Premier and Minister for Trade and Investment, Andrew Stoner says “Vivid Sydney continues to attract the world’s most outstanding talent, with German legends Kraftwerk set to present their acclaimed retrospective series in eight unique performances at the Sydney Opera House as part of Vivid Live.”
The performances by Kraftwerk, dubbed THE CATALOGUE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8, will showcase nearly 40 years of musical and technical innovation, including new improvisations, 3D projections and animation.
In the 1970s and 1980s, Kraftwerk’s distinctive sound (repetitive rhythms, electronic instrumentation and computer-generated speech software) was considered revolutionary, and has had a lasting effect on the development of popular music and other genres of modern music.
Each performance will cover one of Kraftwerk’s ground-breaking studio albums, in order of release, commencing with Autobahn (1974) then Radio-Activity (1975), Trans Europe Express (1977), The Man-Machine (1978), Computer World (1981), Techno Pop (1986), The Mix (1991) and Tour de France (2003).
Now in its fifth year, Vivid Sydney has become a platform to highlight Australia as a global city by showcasing some of the biggest names in music, lighting artistry and ideas to local and international audiences.
In 2012, Vivid Sydney delivered record crowds of over 500,000 people, generated global media coverage in over 150 countries, fostered new tourism markets and opportunities, and saw tens of millions of dollars in new business achieved for NSW.
Mr Stoner believes “Vivid Sydney has firmly established its credentials as a ‘must-see’ global event and continues to highlight Sydney as the creative hub of the Asia Pacific, and will continue to grow and surprise audiences in 2013”.
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