I have "re-werked" the Kraftwerk-page on my
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind gallery after last weeks Krafwerk gig in Helsinki. It has now pictures of their each gig in Helsinki: 1991, 2004 and 2009.
1991: The Kraftwerk lineup was already the same as through '90s and '00s until Florian Schneider left quite recently. Stage set-up is very different from what it is now and you could see them actually play their
elektrik instruments, even percussion.
As far as I can remember 1991 photos are mostly taken by a very tall guy called
Arto Marjoniemi who was with us to see the mighty Kraftwerk play live.
2004: We sat so far away from stage that there were no point to take "on stage" pictures. I took "close encounters" pics instead. Ralf Hutter signed four CD-covers and an after party flyer but said "no pictures". We were nice/stupid enough and didn't take any pics of him. It was lucky that I met Florian Schneider before he left Kraftwerk.
2009: This was last thursday. I think here is some very nice pictures. My favourites are
Schaufensterpuppen pics and especially the last one where Ralf Hutter is alone on stage and plays last notes of 'Musique Non-Stop'. For me as a Kraftwerk-fan since 1981 that last picture is enough to make me a bit sentimental.