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seventy five. sound sculpture. mechanical music machine overall. and also a suite take a closer look at the bizarre european style. let's get cracking by celebrating the birthday of a living legend of rock music as the guitarist of led zeppelin jimmy page took the swinging sixties into the era of hard rock the band started rocking and nineteen sixty eight when jimmy page was working as a session musician musician in london alongside bassist john paul jones they were distant a singer and a drama and subsequently spent twelve years at the top of the charts since the band's breakup in one thousand nine hundred eighty jimmy page maintained his rock star status and at age seventy five he's still got it with no plans for retirement just yet. one of rock music's most

famous guitar riffs. stairway to heaven was even voted as having the ultimate guitar solo of all time by readers of guitar magazine. and rolling stone magazine ran jimmy page third in their list of the one hundred best guitars to music history what he lacked in technical virtuosity page more than made up for with his unique sound some even credit him with having invented hard rock. now the british musician is turning seventy five and for more than sixty years he's been involved in an intense relationship with the sax i had an infatuation with the town and wanted to have more of a love affair with it. a passionate love affair not an easy peasy one one the.

bass got his first gets hard each well he found it when his family moved into a new house and he taught himself to play by practicing day seems. like the regular cut kind of kid. who spent hours in the habit of taking the kitten to school and you know sort of practicing it wasn't the academic. it was early twenty's ph worked as a session guitarist playing with eric clapton the kinks the who the yardbirds the rolling stones in one nine hundred sixty eight at the age of twenty four page founded led zeppelin he hired singer robert plant bases john paul jones and drummer john bonham in the years that followed led zeppelin would become one of the most influential and innovative bands in rock music.

it often isn't a lot of each of those four guys is a genius and they fused in such a way that every aspects of their music profited they're an exceptional case and i can't think of another at least not any other rock band like them. the band recorded their first album in a matter of an hour jimmy page wasn't just the group's main songwriter and producer he also covered all the costs for the studio recordings with the foundation of led zeppelin sound a fusion of hard rock blues and heavy metal. but it was with the release of their second album led zeppelin two one thousand nine hundred sixty nine the band's career really took off. they were superstars. for the for this their lives were completely disconnected from riyadh. is he.

played out exclusively on stage in private jets hotel rooms at coke tables and with groupies etc the total rock star stereotype. but like many rock stars of that era led zeppelin paid a heavy price for this lifestyle in september one nine hundred eighty excessive alcohol consumption caused the death of their exceptional drummer john bonham. and for a time jimmy page was also addicted to heroin. after bonham's death the band called it quits led zeppelin released nine studio albums in total and sold some three hundred million records they feel huge stadiums and their spectacular concerts have become the stuff of legend the group has even reunited on rare occasions like for this london appearance in december two thousand and seven. eight droege music history with led zeppelin the band is his life's work and he tends to its legacy

though he's done various projects since he's never quite a skit led zeppelin shadow his passion for playing is as strong as ever. if you want to get full attention. like. individually every single. even at seventy five you still can't get enough of playing the guitar so literate happy birthday to me. now let's get our round up of the news in europe and eastern countries christmas celebrations quite differently one that in our express first bit of cuteness overload. the baby polar bear at pedants to a park zoo has opened its eyes for the first time zookeepers report that the

couple's been getting more and more active in recent days it was born an addict is somebody but is still not allowed out of the birthing that the keepers are monitoring it by camera only and do not go near it so as not to endanger its health it won't be known if the cop is male or female until a veterinarian determines the gender about a month from now. or the docs christians across eastern europe celebrated christmas on monday in serbia's capital belgrade patriarch to rename is celebrated with many of the faithful after the service a large christmas bread was blessed and old serbian tradition meant to bring good fortune for the coming year. in skopje to macedonia celebrated in the churches and on the streets. could get eaten and other cities in montenegro held christmas

bonfires many orthodox churches go by the old julian calendar putting christmas thirteen days later than the holiday as observed by other christians. stressed out urbanites in st petersburg russia can turn to a new therapeutic treatment involving raccoon says. the program is quite popular both with local people and tourists they can play with the raccoons pet or feed them and altogether relaxing experience one hour of raccoon therapy costs between twenty five in full. years. after opening the show with some hard rock it's time now to get our groove on with a completely different take on new zick the swiss sculptor zong tangle he was a pioneer of so-called kinetic out his creations move independently and even make their own sounds one of them called harmony two has now been restored so that one

small creates uniquely intriguing sounds without without the help of a musician playing it. it's not been running against a. swiss artist john tank lee's sound sculpture metal harmony too has been restored to its former glory after forty years of rattling and clattering the parts were worn and the sound was anything but impressive so wheels were set in motion to give the machine some much needed maintenance. kinetic art was tank least trademark he saw movement as a metaphor for modern life as he explained back in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven in a machine with these machines i want to exemplify the new absurdity. a neverending futility which you could like into everyday life. i will give it in.

thought for you for. tandy created metal harmony two in one thousand nine hundred seventy nine the work now belongs to the emmanuel hoffman foundation its collection is overseen by shel aga a research institution founded by our patron. shall nagas restores marcus pucca and. spent a year documenting repairing and where absolutely necessary replacing every little part is like this figurine from a donald duck comic after identifying its serial number they found a replacement on the internet the original is beyond repair try as she might the third restore can change that but show law aims to restore the machine to its original state both visually and acoustically. we have the picture from. those photos. and based on this color photograph we can recognize

a few interesting things like for instance that the light bulb which has always been white for as long as i can remember was originally yellow just. it's a small change which has a big effect if the overstretched bungee cords were repaired rather than replaced and. i'm proud that the percussion hammond's once again strike the instruments with a certain tension and power in doing so they produce very different sounds to. the team even developed a technique to repair a well worn metal parts by filling them with a synthetic material. even iron can show signs of wear not to mention softer materials. we couldn't find a replacement for the shoes. that's why we've tried to preserve it by giving it to

metal soul. as in the ties the metal so prevents it from bendy too much when it strikes the keyless. and he made a three d. scan of this object so that we could make a duplicate she liked. but would it then still be an art work by shantanu lead restoring his machines has proved more complicated than the swiss artist would have imagined if you say it's all very simple the motors are always the same the fastenings are all standard ones and easily replaced it's no problem. following it's restoration metal harmony to was delivered to the museum tangly in vassal switzerland where the work is on permanent loan tank lease long time assistant use of imhoff stopped by to see the machine being set up he helped to construct the artist's sound mixing machine. came

off knew all about tankless idiosyncracies should have never. mind where my work is made from garbage and it's garbage to me it's behind me and doesn't concern me anymore. i think he just said that to provoke people in the world. that would tank lee approve of his machine getting a facelift because he'd be most pleased absolutely music to the restoration team's ears and all she. tanky enthusiasm around the world it's. definitely an acquired taste shall we say that music now i do know max we wonder what images come to mind when you think of the typical german someone who drives like a madman on the motorway or as we call it the out obama or perhaps someone who loves drinking beer and eating sausages it's not all true the new face book series that

so german takes a playful. dance so. once a week cartoonist miguel for a man days pokes fun at. typically germany idiosyncracies. so that your weekly dose of german humor. i don't know but today you don't leave your max facebook page. next up is today's installment of this week's series the call of the mountains you can catch up with yesterday's match the whole magic online but now we're off to the german austrian border to visit the pits it's germany's highest mountain and attracts hundreds of thousands of businesses every year including myself on

a clear day you can see a total of full countries from its peak and recently it's become quite a lot easier to get to the top. bitsa is germany's highest mountain just under three thousand meters it's about average for the alps. the choke is also a popular tourist destination every year around five hundred thousand people visit the mountain to enjoy the breathtaking views. the trip to the summit is spectacular this new cable railway has been running since last december covers a total of two thousand meters which is a record for this kind of transport. and there's just one support call of the trip to the top of the street i'm foxed.

in the city but it's not so long and you can even see the station from here we're travelling at a forty six degree angle you won't see the summit until we get close to us the station is glass panels from top to bottom of wood and when the weather is nice enough provide some spectacular views. for the last. your one on the bottom of the . there's not much to see when the weather's bad of course but the trip is still worth it as it is standard it was pretty scary at first because of the window to vent but when you're in that big cable car it's actually quite pleasant thoughts and guns on the name it's a very beautiful cave and we like it very much because it's so much big and we have the space well a lot of people it's very impressive it's a very high. amazing amazing. just below the summit there's a ski area with twenty kilometers of ski routes that's not

a lot by international standards but there is plenty of snow. visitors can stay overnight in the igloo village it's made of snow and is rebuilt every year from scratch sculptors create each individual room based on a specific theme. it's an unusual way to spend the night in freezing temperatures. he will not mention money it's really something special and he admitted in the middle of the night when things are quiet here on the mountain the guests and staff sometimes go sledding or hiking we also have germany's highest whirlpool and germany's highest sauna as far as elevation is concerned it's an exclusive experience the fight over much put it. but most overnight tourists stay hand in the town of garmisch poppin cation population about twenty six thousand

garmisch is one of germany's most popular ski resorts. just stamp side the town is part not gorge which features cliffs that rise to a height of eighty metres the gorge is part of a protected nature preserve. the seven hundred metre long hiking trail follows the stream gorge for. by some unique winter landscapes like these gigantic icicles. another popular attraction is the olympic ski jumping site it's home to the annual competition known as the four hills tournament. the tower at the top of the jump is sixty meters high visitors can see what it's like for world class athletes to stand here before a jump. there's at least one person who travels up and down the troop schmidt's that every day letter carrier and grass of our neither snow nor wind will keep him

from the swift completion of his appointed rounds which includes opening germany's highest post office for the day. this is sleuth each and every day it's a new experience you get to meet people from all over the world. in your car. stamps that are canceled here are marked with that so schmidt says elevation and zip code. in any kind of weather in any season of the year germany's highest peak and the scenery that surrounds it never cease to fascinate. before we present some fascinating cuisine

a quick reminder of this week's competition life of a summit series we want to see your experiences of hiking in the mountains one lucky participant will be paid to win an exclusive euro max wristwatch you can upload your pictures to our website at www dot com slash lifestyle now as promised we turn to a unique restaurant the ultimate in the finnish capital helsinki prides itself on sustainability in fact they use extremely local products there are plenty of plants and vegetables cultivated in and around the restaurant with many ingredients growing right in front of the eyes of the guests so that's going to test. the dishes on the menu of the ultimate restaurant are often quite extraordinary. like a cricket taco or reindeer blood crap or buckwheat ice cream but chef only a lame is determined to use only locally produced ingredients he grows many of them

right in the restaurant. we had lots of ideas for what could be done here in the city we considered working with the hydroponic cultivation system growing crickets and lambs growing mushrooms and alkie then we gathered all the information together and got started. with hydroponic cultivation and water is almost all it takes to grow vegetables lettuce and herbs. from the roots are submerged in the nutrient solution to provide optimal growing conditions for. other plants are grown in a conventional way. in soil. i'd say about ten to twenty percent of what we use comes from our own production all the hooks for instance in general we are only using greedy and when we know where they come from even space agencies have expressed interest in these air grown potatoes there's a fine with nutrients from a daily spray on missed also on the menu crickets they're bred in nice fears.

unseen remark he says the restaurant's concept has only positive aspects. of. the hydroponic cultivation system is great because it enables us to grow fresh helps ourselves but what i also really like is our interior design. there are some of the restaurants furnishings came out of a three d. printer the patrons appreciate the spirit of innovation. that the question that got me interested in the ultimate is what the food of the future needs to look like so it's sustainable for the coming generations the concept is great and the food tastes good too like the. good food and major social issues are brought together at the baltimore restaurant in helsinki. we often present you the best architecture that europe has to offer in fact you can

find plenty of great examples on our you tube channel interior design but today we take a look at some of the most unique living spaces or disease that you may never have seen the like of before buildings that up bizarre here are. european houses you wouldn't think are inhabited. this concrete box has no windows is it appears you or a warehouse. nika it's a villa outside lisp in portugal the facade keeps out prying eyes it's number five in our ranking of homes you wouldn't think are inhabited but in the back there's plenty of glass the interior is bright airy and friendly. this may look like some kind of animal creeping along the forest floor maybe a giant snail but in fact it's

a house it's number four of our house you wouldn't expect to be inhabited by dutch architect had it built in sweetness a vacation home for his family. in fact it looks a little like a goblin house from a fairy tale. to the average apartment blocks in warsaw poland but we're not interested in them but rather what's in between it's another house no wider than two arm's length it's in third place on our list of houses you wouldn't think anyone lives in. it gets rented out regularly but no one can stand it for any real stretch of time. whether claustrophobic or not anyone would start feeling walled in here. here things growing thrive it's a green house after all and it's in second place among houses in europe you would

hardly expect to make good homes planted among the grapes tomatoes and palm trees is a family the owners they decided to live in their place of work a garden center near dresden germany that sounds practical as long as they've worked out whose job it is to wash the windows. this silo at the waterfront of the hague in the netherlands store's father for new living ideas a father and daughter are planning to move in without money for a custom designed interior they'll have to use second hand furniture and their own . an imagination it's in first place on our ranking of european houses you wouldn't think are inhabited not some money went into making the old silo or real home but the one hog makes it all worthwhile. some incredible ideas for now that's all we have time for we're back again tomorrow with more your remarks here on d w including

a close look at some winds of one glass. on the next edition of your own. parts of your winter is cold and dark which makes it unpopular with many but the season has its bright side choose like snow covered country signs trash clear air winter sports. and a cozy warm climate. to return next time on your own max.

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