Live Aus Berlin has become classic Rammstein. The music gives the memory a schlagt, a wake up blow like a bucket of ice water, and the mind reels back to the concert, the performance, and the opening curtains on fire beckoning, "Welcome my frends to the show that never ends. Rammstein's glad you could attend. Step inside."
Spiel Mit Mir is the opening number, the invitation to enter the playground. Till's voice is deep, rich and clear. When he sings "Vater, Mutter..." the crowd willingly shouts back "Kind!" A few songs later in Bestrafe Mich, the techno keyboard begins and the tribal drumbeat sets the pace as the invitation to stay and play is open. The music has a forbodence, the child says, "I know I shouldn't stay, supper is almost ready... but... I've been in trouble before." (And the crowd grins.) After the action picks up like children running around in a game of tag when WeiBes Fleisch and Asche zu Asche follow, all rest during Wilder Wein as if we are out of breath and need a moment to decide what we should do next. Rammstein knows just what to do.
The performance is presented like a rock-opera. Every detail and act is precisely orchestrated including the keyboard interludes. What you don't know about are the props Rammstein incorporates in the show if you haven't been able to make it to a concert yet. They are a quality act, funny, serious and explosive which is all caught on the CD. The music quality is good for a live performance. Rammstein sees to that. There is also a DVD available. Buy that and get the complete experience. Better yet, get to a show.