alphaville were the pioneers of e-pop. with their cd+graphics cd "the breathtaking blue" alphaville were the first to release the forerunner of the dvd. the video for alphaville's song "middle of the riddle" (directed by the lauenstein brothers) from their video project "songlines" won an oscar under the name "balance" back in 1989, and 4 years after alphaville's first single "big in japan" was on top of the american billboard dance charts their song "forever young" re-entered the regular us charts.
but sixteen years after alphaville's sensational debut record "forever young" and four years after starting to tour, to release a first live album now is much more than a simple surprise: it is a musicians dream come true.