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---------------------------------------- > October/2009 < ----------------------------------------   27/10/2009   Der Katalog: One of the first samples has arrived. source: Dirk Matten "THE CATALOGUE" Official release... Kling Klang shopping: THE CATALOGUE BOX-SET 8 CDs + T-SHIRT (English) THE CATALOGUE BOX-SET 8 CDs + T-SHIRT + 8 MOUSEPADS (English) DER KATALOG BOX-SET 8 CDs + T-SHIRT (German) DER KATALOG BOX-SET 8 CDs + T-SHIRT + 8 MOUSEPADS (German)   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     08/10/2009   Kraftwerk New Album For 2010... With a boxed set of its primary catalog on the way, Kraftwerk is eyeballing 2010 for the release of its first new album since 2003's "Tour De France Soundtracks." Co-founder Ralf Hutter tells Billboard.com that with the group's 2009 live shows -- including some featuring 3-D background graphics and several with Radiohead -- the pioneering German electronic outfit has returned to its Kling Klang multi-media facility in Dusseldorf. "There' s still time to go," Hutter reports, "but in the winter it's pretty gray here, so it's a good situation to go into the studio." As to what the album -- Kraftwerk's first without co-founder Florian Schneider, who left the group last November -- will sound like, Hutter says "it's still very early. It's still in its embryonic stage." Hutter says he expects Kraftwerk to tour again once the album is completed and released. Until that time, fans will be able to tuck into "The Catalogue," an eight-disc boxed set due out Nov. 17 that commemorates the 35th anniversary of Kraftwerk's breakthrough hit "Autobahn" and contains all the albums it released between 1974-2003. Each of the titles has been remastered and come in "mini-vinyl" wallet card packaging, with large-format booklets that replicate the artwork of the original releases. Additionally, 1986's "Electric Cafe" has been returned to its originally intended title, "Techno Pop." Five of the titles, meanwhile -- "Autobahn," "Radio-Activity," "Trans Europe Express," "The Man Machine" and "Tour De France Soundtracks" -- have just been released as individual CDs. The other three albums are not currently licensed for separate release in the U.S. "It's a piece of work that just had to be done," Hutter says of the catalog overhaul. "The quality (of previous CDs) wasn't always as it should have been...especially the artwork was just cut down from the LP format or scanned down, especially in America. Now we found the time to finish it, and we're very happy. You have everything from Kraftwerk in high (quality) formats." Hutter says he also plans to upgrade the three Kraftwerk albums that preceded "Autobahn," though he won't predict a timetable for those. "When I find the time and go through the archives again, we'll do those also in a new format," he promises. "But my perspective now is forward for the next album." Original article by Gary Graff, Detroit @ Billboard.com "THE CATALOGUE" Official release...   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     ---------------------------------------- > August/2009 < ----------------------------------------   25/08/2009   Belgium concerts report... Kraftwerk played a two-hour set at Pukkelpop, Hasselt, Belgium; last friday 21 Aug 2009. They started at 00:30, show ended at 2:00 exactly. The lineup consist of Ralf Hutter, Henning Schmitz, Fritz Hilpert and Stefan Pfaffe. Complete set-list: ("warm up" detuned notes followed by vocoders saying "Meine Damen und Herren... Ladies and Gentlemen... Heute Abend.. Die Mensch-maschine"). (Wearing the shiny zippy tops) (Intro) 01. MAN MACHINE 02. PLANET OF VISIONS 03. HOME COMPUTER 04. TOUR DE FRANCE / TDF03 05. VITAMIN 06. AUTOBAHN 07. COMPUTERLOVE 08. DAS MODELL 09. SCHAUFENSTERPUPPEN 10. TRANS EUROPA EXPRESS (curtains) 11. WE ARE THE ROBOTS (curtains) 12. NUMBERS 13. COMPUTERWORLD 14. RADIOACTIVITY 15. AERODYNAMIK 16. MUSIK NON STOP Ralf ended with 'Goedenavond, bonsoir, goodnight. Gute Nacht, auf wiedersehen' Report by Stijn Hüwels, Belgium. Thank you very much.   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     20/08/2009   ''THE CATALOGUE'' Official release... FOUR DECADES OF MASTERWORKS 12345678 THE CATALOGUE CD, CD BOX SET, VINYL & DOWNLOAD Mute: 5th OCTOBER 2009 KRAFTWERK: Electro Pioneers, living legends and globally revered masters of electronic sound, celebrate the 35th anniversary of their landmark 1974 hit ‘Autobahn’ by releasing digitally remastered versions of eight astounding albums on 5th October 2009. Rolling back musical barriers with every forward-thinking phase of their career, Dusseldorf's Zen masters of electronic minimalism laid the foundations for four decades of computerised pop and dance music. By chain reaction and mutation, they have influenced generations of artists in all genres, mapping musical futures yet to come. From Bowie to Daft Punk, Aphex Twin to Portishead, Dr Dre to LCD Soundsystem, and almost everyone in between, the mark of Kraftwerk is endless, endless. In 2009 Kraftwerk have upgraded their Kling Klang masters with the latest studio technology and these eight magnificent recordings still sound like nothing else in the history of music. Kraftwerk are unique, pristine, profound and beautiful. Decades may pass, but their streamlined synthetic symphonies stand outside time, as fresh as tomorrow, transcendent and sublime. 12345678 The Catalogue will be released across the following formats: . 8 x individual CDs presented in special slipcases featuring newly expanded artwork, including many previously unseen images all of which have been reproduced to the highest technical standards. . CD Box Set containing 8 x CDs in ‘mini-vinyl’ card wallet packaging, plus individual large format booklets. . 8 x individual heavyweight vinyl LPs with large format booklets. . Digital downloads. After their recent jaw dropping 3-D show at the Manchester Velodrome, Kraftwerk’s next UK live appearance will be as headliners for Bestival on 12th September. 12345678 THE CATALOGUE AUTOBAHN (1974) With its iconic Emil Schult sleeve, Kraftwerk release their international breakthrough album. The symphonic title track, an epic ode to the joys of motorway travel, wraps a mesmerising motorik rhythm around a sampled collage of car horns, engine noise, whirring tyres and radio crackle. In edited form, it becomes a revolutionary hit single around the world. Elsewhere, in wordless industrial folk music, the band reveal both their light and dark sides – ‘Mitternacht’ is all creeping midnight shadows, while ‘Morgenspaziergang’ is fresh with morning dew and birdsong. Two versions of ‘Kometenmelodie’, one a starkly gothic prowl, the other a sunny electro boogie, provide further instrumental sound paintings. Pure and strong and bold, Kraftwerk compose cinema for the ears. The pop world falls in love with them. RADIO-ACTIVITY (1975) Kraftwerk embrace the atomic age with mixed emotions. Surfing on sine waves, scanning the stratosphere for stray radio signals, they plug themselves into a buzzing grid of energy and communication. From the stately eco-angst anthem ‘Radioactivity’ to the synthetic Gregorian chants of ‘Radio Stars’ and the melancholy machine processional of ‘Ohm Sweet Ohm’, a sombre but engrossing monumentalism dominates. With heavily processed vocals in both German and English, Kraftwerk go global with depth and majesty. If factories and power stations are the new cathedrals, they write liturgies for a new industrial epoch. TRANS EUROPE EXPRESS (1977) Kraftwerk celebrate Europe's romantic past and shimmering future with a glistening panorama of elegance and decadence, travel and technology. The infinite vistas of ‘Europe Endless’ and ‘Endless Endless’ bookend the album, which includes the unsettling Kafka-esque fable ‘The Hall Of Mirrors’ and the hilarious ‘Showroom Dummies’ - Kraftwerk's elegantly ironic reply to critiques of their deadpan manner. But it is the streamlined rhythmic locomotive of ‘Trans Europe Express’ which dominates with its doppler-effect melodic swerves and hypnotic, pneumatic, piston-pumping rhythm. Along with its sister track, ‘Metal On Metal’ which New York DJ Afrika Bambaataa would re-construct five years later for his own seminal ‘Planet Rock’, this milestone in avant-pop modernism later becomes a crucial influence on the early pioneers of hip-hop & sampling, electro and industrial music. Poetry in motion. THE MAN MACHINE (1978) A bold new look, sound and concept for Kraftwerk. Over supple processed rhythms which predate the rise of European techno and trance, they address automation and alienation, space travel and engineering, the seductive allure of urban landscapes and the vacant glamour of celebrity. Clipped and funky, ‘The Robots’ adds another dimension to Kraftwerk's ultra-dry sense of humour. Behind its intoxicating melodic pulse, ‘The Model’ is a highly prophetic satire on the beauty industry, so ahead of its time that it only becomes a UK chart-topper by accident three years later. And ‘Neon Lights’ is Kraftwerk's most achingly romantic song to date, a sci-fi lullaby for cities at twilight. Pure magic. COMPUTER WORLD (1981) Kraftwerk beam themselves into the future by writing about home computers, online dating and globalised electronic surveillance years before these phenomena truly come into being. A journey into the bright hopes and dark fears of the booming microchip revolution, ‘Computer World’ is a serenely beautiful and almost seamless collage of sensual melodies and liquid beatscapes. Tracks like ‘Numbers’ and ‘Pocket Calculator’, with their weightless bleeps and elastic beats, predict the silky rhythms of Chicago house and inspire a generation of Detroit techno artists. Kraftwerk's fanfare for the silicon age still sounds ageless, timeless and throbbing with invention. TECHNO POP (1986) Kraftwerk return from five years of silence to reclaim their throne as leaders of a machine-pop revolution that they themselves began over a decade before. Their ‘Techno Pop’ album, first released under the name ‘Electric Café’ but now restored to its originally intended title, provides a 360-degree overview of a multi-lingual, multi-channel, musically diverse global village. From the block-rocking beats of ‘Boing Boom Tschack’ to the electronic funk and computer animation of ‘Musique Non Stop’, Kraftwerk soar into the digital age. Their first excursion into digital recording finds both beauty and unease in a polyglot world of permanent media overload. Once again, Dusseldorf’s test pilots of the musical future effortlessly break new ground. THE MIX (1991) Kraftwerk's first fully digital album confirmed their clubland credentials and reworked 11 of their best-loved tunes for a new generation. Painstakingly reconstructed and sequenced in the band's Kling Klang studio, new versions of tracks like ‘The Robots’, ‘Trans Europe Express’ and ‘Home Computer’ now feature more funky rhythms and cleaned-up, liquid-crystal sounds. A stark warning about pollution at Sellafield is added to the glistening overhaul of ‘Radioactivity’, sparking a war of words with British Nuclear Fuels. But most of all, ‘The Mix’ is a career-spanning collection of legendary electro anthems and a classy acknowledgment of the two-way traffic between Kraftwerk and club culture. TOUR DE FRANCE (2003) The year 2003 marked the centenary of the Tour de France, the conceptual starting line for Kraftwerk's first album for over a decade. Although it features an immaculate new version of a 20-year- old former single, the exquisitely graceful ‘Tour de France’, pop nostalgia is not on the menu. From the chunky cyber-funk of ‘Vitamin’ to the restless metallic shimmers of ’Aéro Dynamik’, this is emphatically the sound of 21st century techno visionaries. Der Katalog: One of the first samples has arrived. www.astralwerks.com/kraftwerk www.kraftwerk.com Kling Klang shopping: THE CATALOGUE BOX-SET 8 CDs + T-SHIRT (English) THE CATALOGUE BOX-SET 8 CDs + T-SHIRT + 8 MOUSEPADS (English) DER KATALOG BOX-SET 8 CDs + T-SHIRT (German) DER KATALOG BOX-SET 8 CDs + T-SHIRT + 8 MOUSEPADS (German)   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     16/08/2009   Denmark concerts report... Randers, Denmark Venue: Vaerket Outdoor Capacity: 5000 (not sold-out) Support: Electrojuice (Denmark) & Tosca (Austria) Kraftwerk played near to two hours. Start time was set to 22:30 but they were a few minutes delayed. Concert ended just before 00:30. 3D glasses were given out before the concert when going passed security/ticket check. Everyone was told to use the glasses after The Robots. There were two small video screens at each side of stage showing partly same video as the big screen, but also showing various stills like album covers of Radioactivity and Computer World and more. The Personnel was Ralf Hütter, Henning Schmitz, Fritz Hilpert and Stefan Pfaff. Complete setlist: ("warm up" detuned notes followed by vocoders saying "Meine Damen und Herren... Ladies and Gentlemen... Heute Abend.. Die Mensch-maschine"). 01. THE MAN-MACHINE 02. PLANET OF VISIONS After Planet of Visions, Ralf spoke to the audience (some were already wearing the 3D glasses). - "The 3D glasses work only in around one hour after the performance of The Robots... Okay" 03. HOME COMPUTER 04. TOUR DE FRANCE 05. TOUR DE FRANCE 2003 06. AUTOBAHN 07. COMPUTER LOVE 08. DAS MODELL (in German) 09. NEON LIGHTS 10. SCHAUFENSTERPUPPEN (in German) 11. TRANS-EUROPE EXPRESS (Curtains) 12. THE ROBOTS (Curtains) 13. NUMBERS 14. COMPUTER WORLD 15. RADIOACTIVITY 16. VITAMIN 17. AERODYNAMIK 18. MUSIQUE NON STOP Ralf’s message at the end of Musique Non Stop was in Danish, English and German. "Tak for i aften, good evening, auf wiedersehen" Review (in Danish) Photos Thanks to Morten, Denmark. Thank you very much.   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     ---------------------------------------- > July/2009 < ----------------------------------------   13/07/2009   Manchester concert report... Kraftwerk played a two-hour set to open the Manchester International Festival at 20:00 on the 2nd July 2009. They were supported by Bang On A Can performing "2x5", a piece composed especially for the Festival by Steve Reich. The set was similar to Wolfburg with the band wearing shiny zip up jackets. The Personnel was Ralf Hütter, Henning Schmitz, Fritz Hilpert and Stefan Pfaff. Complete set-list: ("warm up" detuned notes followed by vocoders saying "Meine Damen und Herren... Ladies and Gentlemen... Heute Abend.. Die Mensch-maschine"). 01. THE MAN-MACHINE 02. PLANET OF VISIONS 03. HOME COMPUTER 04. TOUR DE FRANCE 05. TOUR DE FRANCE 2003 * 06. AUTOBAHN 07. COMPUTER LOVE 08. THE MODEL 09. NEON LIGHTS 10. SHOWROOM-DUMMIES 11. TRAN-EUROPE EXPRESS (Curtains)(Malfunktion) 12. THE ROBOTS After the appearance of The Robots the second half of the show saw Kraftwerk in Gridsuits accompanied by a special 3d graphic show. (3D glasses given out). (Curtains) 13. NUMBERS (Great 3D video) 14. COMPUTER WORLD (Great 3D video) 15. RADIOACTIVITY (Great 3D video) 16. VITAMIN (Great 3D video) 17. AERODYNAMIK (Great 3D video) 18. MUSIQUE NON STOP (Great 3D video) *As TdF 1983 segwayed into TdF 2003 Kraftwerk were joined by Team GB spinning round the velodrome track, Ralf introducing Olympic Cycling Gold Medalists Ed Clancy, Jason Kenny, Jamie Staff and Geraint Thomas - who all triumphed in Beijing in 2008 and their German Trainers. The quartet appeared from behind the band to ride in a wave and line formation during Kraftwerk's song Tour De France 2003, much to the delight of the crowd. Ralf's Good night message, "Goodnight, Auf Wiedersehen " Report by Nigel Ogden, UK. Thank you very much.   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     ---------------------------------------- > April/2009 < ----------------------------------------   28/04/2009   German concerts report... Kraftwerk played live at Wolfsburg, Germany 25th (20:00 and 23:45) and 26th April. The lineup consist of Ralf Hutter, Henning Schmitz, Fritz Hilpert and Stefan Pfaffe. There was great interaction between them resulting in a excelent perfomance. Complete set-list: ("warm up" detuned notes followed by vocoders saying "Meine Damen und Herren... Ladies and Gentlemen... Heute Abend.. Die Mensch-maschine"). (Wearing the shiny zippy tops) 01. THE MAN-MACHINE (vocoder sung in parts by Ralf, sung in German) 02. PLANET OF VISIONS (new version with complete different arrangment, sung in German) 03. HOME COMPUTER (great version with different arrangment, sung in German) 04. TOUR DE FRANCE 2003 05. TOUR DE FRANCE 06. AUTOBAHN (vocoder sung in parts by Ralf, deep bass) 07. COMPUTER LOVE (sung in German) 08. THE MODEL (sung in German) 09. NEON LIGHTS (sung in German) 10. SHOWROOM-DUMMIES (sung in German) 11. TRAN-EUROPE EXPRESS (sung in German) (Curtains) 12. THE ROBOTS (Curtains, 3D glasses given out, Grid Suits) 13. NUMBERS (Great 3D video) 14. COMPUTER WORLD (Great 3D video) 15. RADIOACTIVITY (Great 3D video) 16. VITAMIN (Great 3D video) 17. AERODYNAMIK (Great 3D video) 18. MUSIQUE NON STOP (Great 3D video) Great concerts, excellent sound with high audio quality and deep bass, new arrangements little bit improved.   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     10/04/2009   Kraftwerk confirms more 2009 concerts... Kraftwerk confirms many 2009 concerts at Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Germany, Austria, Romania, Croatia, UK, Hungary, Serbia, Italy, Finland, Denmark and Belgium. Complete concert date list: 15 Mar 2009, 20:00, Foro Sol, Mexico City, Mexico 16 Mar 2009, 20:00, Foro Sol, Mexico City, Mexico 20 Mar 2009, 20:00, Praça Da Apoteose, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil 22 Mar 2009, 20:00, Chácara Do Jockey, São Paulo, Brazil 24 Mar 2009, 20:00, Club Ciudad, Buenos Aires, Argentina 26 Mar 2009, 20:00, San Carlos De Apoquindo Stadium, Santiago, Chile 27 Mar 2009, 20:00, San Carlos De Apoquindo Stadium, Santiago, Chile 25 Apr 2009, 20:00, Wolfsburg, Germany 25 Apr 2009, 23:45, Wolfsburg, Germany 26 Apr 2009, 20:00, Wolfsburg, Germany 29 May 2009, 20:00, Urban Art Forms Festival, Wiesen, Austria 12 Jun 2009, 20:00, Sala Palatului, Bukarest, Romania 19 Jun 2009, 20:00, Hurricane Festival, Scheessel, Germany 21 Jun 2009, 20:00, Southside Festival, Neuhausen, Germany 24 Jun 2009, 20:00, InMusic Festival, Zagreb, Croatia 02 Jul 2009, 20:00, Manchester International Festival, Manchester, UK 10 Jul 2009, 20:00, Balaton Sound Festival, Zamardi, Hungary 11 Jul 2009, 20:00, Exit Festival, Novi Sad, Serbia 18 Jul 2009, 20:00, Italia Wave Love Festival, Livorno, Italy 13 Aug 2009, 20:00, Flow Festival, Helsinki, Finland 15 Aug 2009, 20:00, Vaerket Outdoor, Randers, Denmark 21 Aug 2009, 20:00, Pukkelpop Festival, Hasselt, Belgium 12 Sep 2009, 20:00, Bestival, Isle Of Wight, UK More information: .. Concert Dates .. .. Kraftwerk official website .. .. Kraftwerk mySpace official section .. .. Brazilian concerts report... .. .. German concerts report... .. .. Manchester concert report... .. .. Denmark concerts report... .. .. Belgium concerts report... ..   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     ---------------------------------------- > March/2009 < ----------------------------------------   24/03/2009   Brazilian concerts report... Kraftwerk played live at Just a Fest, Rio and São Paulo, Brazil last 20/22 March. They opened Radiohead concert, main attraction of the event. Almost 30 thousand people attended each 2 Kraftwerk concerts. Rio concert happened at Praça da Apotesose place where the parades of the "escolas de samba" from famous Rio's "carnaval". São Paulo concert happened at chácara do Jockey, a huge open place like a farm surrounded by the city. The lineup consist of Ralf Hutter, Henning Schmitz, Fritz Hilpert and Stefan Pfaffe. There was great interaction between them resulting in a excelent perfomance especially at São Paulo concert. The stage had no curtains and we could see Fritz and Stefan setting up the equipment. At Rio some technical problems probably due short time to assembling the equipment. At São Paulo there was a problem in "THE MAN-MACHINE" (flicks and little audio freezing) probably due excess CPU load setup. They played short set-list: ("warm up" detuned notes followed by vocoders saying "Meine Damen und Herren... Ladies and Gentlemen... Heute Abend.. Die Mensch-maschine"). (Shiny zip-up jackets) 01. THE MAN-MACHINE (vocoder sung in parts by Ralf, short version) 02. PLANET OF VISIONS (new version with complete different arrangment) 03. NUMBERS (great version with different arrangment) 04. COMPUTER WORLD (with ending back to Numbers) 05. TOUR DE FRANCE 03 (Etape 2) 06. AUTOBAHN (short version, vocoder sung in parts by Ralf) 07. THE MODEL 08. SHOWROOM DUMMIES (short version, same parts sung by Ralf in Portuguese at São Paulo concert "Nós saimos, e passeamos na cidade" "Nós somos os manequins" "Vamos ao clube, e começamos a dançar") 09. RADIOACTIVITY (new video starts with images of old orginal video-clip) 10. TRANS-EUROPE EXPRESS (great and dense metal-on-metal sounds) (Shiny zip-up jackets) (Laptops are closed and technicians assembling the robots quickly, AERODYNAMIK was started by mistake) 11. THE ROBOTS (Grid Suits) 12. AERODYNAMIK (long and grooving intro before them come to stage, short version, improved arrangment sung by Ralf and vocoders) 12. MUSIC NON STOP (without Florian's solo, Ralf closes saying "Vamos ao clube" in Portuguese) Great concerts, excellent sound, new arrangements little bit improved. Several songs were performed in very short versions resulting in concert with 1 hour. Many thanks to Nicolau Centola, Twingo and Sintetik from Brazil. Multishow videos at Youtube from São Paulo concert: THE MODEL MUSIC NON STOP ----x----   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     ---------------------------------------- > December/2008 < ----------------------------------------   10/12/2008   Kraftwerk played live at Asia & Australia... Fritz has recovered completely, but there is no official statement from Kraftwerk yet, except cancellation of the Melbourne concert (22th November). Concerts at Global Gathering Festival, The Esplanade, Perth, Australia (23-Nov-2008, 20:30,) Auckland Town Hall, Auckland, New Zealand (26-Nov-2008, 20:00), Brisbane Turf Club, Brisbane, Australia (29-Nov-2008, 20:30) and Hordern Pavilion, Royal Hill, Moore Park, Sidney, Australia (30-Nov-2008, 20:30), The Esplanade Theatre, Singapore, Singapore (03-Dec-2008, 20:00) and AsiaWorld-Expo, Hall 9, Hong Kong (05-Dec-2008, 20:00) were very well with same set-list from other 2008 concerts. The lineup consist of Ralf Hutter, Henning Schmitz, Fritz Hilpert and Stefan Pfaffe. Ralf Hutter gave an interview to NZ Herald on last 27th, September. See complete interview at here. .. Complete 2008 concert dates... .. .. Kraftwerk cancel Australian concert... ..   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     09/12/2008   Complete 2008 concert dates.... Kraftwerk confirms sixteen 2008 dates: 4 at USA, 5 at Europe (1 at Ireland, 3 at Poland, 1 at Ukraine), 4 at Australia, 1 at New Zealand, 1 at Singapure and 1 Hong Kong. Complete 2008 concert dates list: 19-Apr-2008, Myth Nightclub, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA 20-Apr-2008, Eagles Ballroom, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA 23-Apr-2008, The Fillmore, Denver, Colorado, USA 26-Apr-2008, Indio Coachella Music Festival, Indio, California, USA 13-Sep-2008, 21:00, A Day in The Life Festival, Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin, Ireland 19-Sep-2008, 20:00, 6th Sacrum-Profanum Festival, Old Lenin Factory, Nowa Huta, Cracow, Poland 20-Sep-2008, 20:00, 6th Sacrum-Profanum Festival, Old Lenin Factory, Nowa Huta, Cracow, Poland 21-Sep-2008, 20:00, 6th Sacrum-Profanum Festival, Old Lenin Factory, Nowa Huta, Cracow, Poland 27-Sep-2008, 20:00, Pinchuk Art Center, Kiev, Ukraine 22-Nov-2008, 20:30, Global Gathering Festival, Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, Australia [canceled] 23-Nov-2008, 20:30, Global Gathering Festival, The Esplanade, Perth, Australia 26-Nov-2008, 20:00, Great Hall, Auckland Town Hall, THE EDGE, Auckland, New Zealand 29-Nov-2008, 20:30, Global Gathering Festival, Brisbane Turf Club, Brisbane, Australia 30-Nov-2008, 20:30, Global Gathering Festival, Hordern Pavilion, Royal Hill, Moore Park, Sidney, Australia 03-Dec-2008, 20:00, The Esplanade Theatre, Singapore, Singapore 05-Dec-2008, 20:00, AsiaWorld-Expo, Hall 9, Hong Kong, Hong Kong More information: .. Concert Dates .. .. Kraftwerk player live at Global Gathering Festival... .. .. Kraftwerk played live at Australia and New Zealand... .. .. Kraftwerk cancel Australian concert... .. .. Kraftwerk played live at Poland... .. .. Kraftwerk official website .. .. Kraftwerk mySpace official section .. .. A Day In The Life .. .. Sacrum Profanum Official .. .. Julia Stoschek Collection/Andreas Gursky/KRAFTWERK-Kiew, PinchukArtCentre, 27/09/2008 .. .. Kiev .. .. GlobalGathering Australia .. .. Great Hall, Auckland Town Hall, THE EDGE .. .. The Esplanade Theatre .. .. Live Nation Asia .. .. AsiaWorld-Expo .. ----x----   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     ---------------------------------------- > November/2008 < ----------------------------------------   22/11/2008   Kraftwerk cancel Australian concert... Unfortunately the Australian Melbourne concert was cancelled because Fritz Hilpert had suffered heart attack. He is in hospital, but there is no official statement from Kraftwerk yet, except cancellation of the today concert (22th November). Our thoughts are with his family and the other members of Kraftwerk. More information soon as possible. .. Kraftwerk confirms more 2008 dates... ..   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     ---------------------------------------- > September/2008 < ----------------------------------------   27/09/2008   Ralf Hutter gave an interview... Ralf Hutter gave an interview last Saturday, 27th September to NZ Herald, New Zealand. Full interview can be found at here. More information: Rock und rolle roboter (NZ Herald article). Thanks to Edimes Cagliari, Germany.   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     22/09/2008   Kraftwerk played live at Poland... Kraftwerk played live at 6th Sacrum-Profanum Festival, Old Lenin Factory, Nowa Huta, Cracow, Poland, 3 concerts on last Friday, Saturday and Sunday 19th, 20th and 21th October. In total, almost 10 thousand people attended the 3 Kraftwerk concerts. The gigs were held in an old factory which is part of huge ironworks complex called Nowa Huta. It gave the gigs special atmosphere. Music harmonized perfectly with the venue. Both the same setlist and full audiance. The lineup consist of Ralf Hutter, Henning Schmitz, Fritz Hilpert, and Stefan Pfaffe. There is not official statement from Kraftwerk about why Florian Schneider is not included in the lineup. They played similar "Minimum-Maximum" set-list including "Computer Love" and "Showroom Dummies", but in German versions. Complete set-list was: ("warm up" detuned notes followed by robovox saying "Meine Damen und Herren... Ladies and Gentlemen... Heute Abend.. Die Mensch-maschine"). (Curtains open) (Shiny zip-up jackets) 01. THE MAN-MACHINE (vocoder sung in parts by Ralf, short version) 02. PLANET DER VISIOMEN (new version) 03. NUMMERN 04. Computerwelt (with ending back to Numbers) 05. HOMECOMPUTER 06. TASCHENRECHNER / MINIKALKULATOR (original 1981 mixed with new version, sung too in Polish) 07. TOUR DE FRANCE 03 (Etape 1, 2 & 3) 08. TOUR DE FRANCE (1983 original version) 09. VITAMIN 10. AUTOBAHN (short version) 11. COMPUTERLIEBE (short version) 12. DAS MODEL 13. NEON LIGHTS / NEONLICHT 14. SCHAUFENSTERPUPPEN (short version) 15. RADIOACTIVITAET 16. TRANS-EUROPA EXPRESS (Curtains close) (Curtains open) 17. THE ROBOTS (Curtains close) (Curtains open) (Grid Suits) 18. ELEKTROKARDIOGRAMM 19. AERODYNAMIK (short version) 20. MUSIK NON STOP (without Florian Schneider solo) Great, little bit improved, arrangements. Part of Pocket Calculator was sung in Polish language ("Jestem operator i mam mini kalkulator. Ja dodaję, odejmuję, kontroluję, komponuję."). Songs Pocket Calculator and Home Computer were arranged for about 8-9 minutes each while Autobahn, The Man Machine last for ("only") 3-4 minutes. Planet of Visions had a completely different arrangment from Minimum-Maximum version. Computer Love had also different arrangment from Computer Welt version. More information: Kraftwerk confirms more 2008 dates... Kraftwerk played live at Ireland... Many thanks to Tomasz Kirmuc and Maciek Smolka from Poland. ----x----   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     15/09/2008   Kraftwerk played live at Ireland... Kraftwerk played live at A Day in The Life Festival, Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin, Ireland on last Saturday 13th October. Due extreme weather conditions Ireland concert originaly scheduled for next 13th September at Luggala Estate, County Wicklow, Ireland has moved to Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin, Ireland. The lineup consist of Ralf Hutter, Henning Schmitz, Fritz Hilpert, and Stefan Pfaffe (video-operator). There is not official statement from Kraftwerk about why Florian Schneider is not included in the lineup. They played similar "Minimum-Maximum" set-list including "Computer Love" and "Showroom Dummies". Complete set-list was: ("warm up" detuned notes followed by robovox saying "Meine Damen und Herren... Ladies and Gentlemen... Heute Abend.. Die Mensch-maschine"). (Curtains open) (Shiny zip-up jackets) 01. THE MAN-MACHINE (vocoder sung in parts by Ralf) 02. PLANET OF VISIONS 03. NUMBERS 04. COMPUTER WORLD (with ending back to Numbers) 05. HOME COMPUTER 06. POCKET CALCULATOR (original 1981 mixed with new version) 07. TOUR DE FRANCE 03 (Etape 1, 2 & 3) 08. TOUR DE FRANCE (1983 original version) 09. VITAMIN 10. AUTOBAHN 11. COMPUTER LOVE 12. THE MODEL 13. NEON LIGHTS 14. SHOWROOM DUMMIES 15. RADIOACTIVITY 16. TRANS-EUROPE EXPRESS (Curtains close) (Curtains open) 17. THE ROBOTS (Curtains close) (Curtains open) (Grid Suits) 18. ELEKTRO KARDIOGRAMM 19. AERODYNAMIK 20. MUSIC NON STOP (without Florian Schneider solo) All the songs were condensed to roughly 3 to 4 minutes and were re-worked and re-mixed. Stefan spent the first half of the concert trying to sort out a misalligned left-side screen. He had to continuously look behind him to re-allign them. But was unsuccessful. The curtains malfunctioned a number of times leaving Kraftwerk on-stage with a guy climbing up to the top of the stage trying to free them. The music was absolutely amazing and I noticed that Kraftwerk were laughing more and really enjoying the crowd who were, in Irish fashion, going absolutely going crazy. Even singing along to Man Machine etc. The 5.000 people crowd were really going mad and Kraftwerk really responded to this. Ralf noticed this and smiled at the others who also smiled. Pocket Calculator was incredible with the original version opening mixed with the later version. Ralf used the vocoder live on many songs and they seemed to be really in great form. Brilliant concert and the crowd were brilliant too. More information: Kraftwerk confirms more 2008 dates... Many thanks to Dermot from Dublin. ----x----   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     ---------------------------------------- > April/2008 < ----------------------------------------   27/04/2008   Kraftwerk played live at USA... Kraftwerk played live at Myth Nightclub (Minneapolis, Minnesota, 19/04/2008), Eagles Ballroom (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 20/04/2008), The Fillmore (Denver, Colorado, 23/04/2008) and Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (Indio, California, 26/04/2008), both at USA. The lineup consist of Ralf Hutter, Henning Schmitz, Fritz Hilpert, and Stefan Pfaffe (video-operator). There is not official statement from Kraftwerk about why Florian Schneider is not included in the lineup. At Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Kraftwerk performs between a massive LED video screen and a huge crowd. They played similar set-list from 2006 concerts including "Computer Love" and "Les Mannequins". Complete set-list was: ("warm up" detuned notes followed by robovox saying "Meine Damen und Herren... Ladies and Gentlemen... Heute Abend.. Die Mensch-maschine"). (Curtains open) (*) (Shiny zip-up jackets) 01. The Man Machine 02. PPlanet Of Visions 03. Numbers / Computerworld (with ending back to Numbers) 04. Homecomputer / It's More Fun to Compute 05. Prologue / Tour de France 2003 (Etape 1, 2 & 3) 06. Tour de France (original) 07. Vitamin 08. Autobahn 09. Computerlove (new version with graphics) 10. The Model 11. Neon Lights 12. Les Mannequins (French version) 13. Radioactivity (without "Sellafield 2" intro) 14. Trans-Europe Express / Abzug / Metal on Metal (Curtains close) (*) (Curtains open) (*) 15. The Robots (with "Robot ballet") (Curtains close) (*) (Curtains open) (*) (Grid Suits) 16. Elektro Kardiogramm 17. Aerodynamik 18. Music Non Stop (without Florian Schneider solo) (*) There are not curtain at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival Same reviews can be found at: Kraftwerk's minimalist music needs a tune-up Future Classic: Kraftwerk Live at Myth Review: Kraftwerk - Eagles Ballroom, Milwaukee The W -- CONCERT OF THE DAY I.SAW.THE.ROBOTS Coachella: Saturday Night Live With Kraftwerk Kraftwerk create visual spectacle at Coachella RA: Florian goes AWOL. Local News   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     Florian Schneider has left Kraftwerk... Florian Schneider has left Kraftwerk.   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     ---------------------------------------- > March/2008 < ----------------------------------------   13/03/2008   Kraftwerk confirms four 2008 concerts... Kraftwerk confirms four 2008 USA concerts: 19-Apr-2008, Myth, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA 20-Apr-2008, Eagles Ballroom, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA 23-Apr-2008, The Fillmore, Denver, Colorado, USA 26-Apr-2008, Indio Coachella Music Festival, Indio, California, USA More information: Concert Dates Kraftwerk official website Myth Nightclub The Rave/Eagles Club The Fillmore Auditorium Denver Coachella Ticketmaster   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     ---------------------------------------- > October/2007 < ----------------------------------------   26/10/2007   Fat Boy Slim Radioactivity coverversion... Fatboy Slim has recorded his own version of Kraftwerk’s "Radioactivity". This is Fatboy Slim’s only single release this year called "LateNightTales". Tracklisting: 1. Mink De Ville "Spanish Stroll" 2. The Modern Lovers "Roadrunner" 3. Nick Lowe "I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass" 4. Paul Davidson "Midnight Riders" 5. Hopeton Lewis "Express Yourself" 6. Dave and Ansel Collins "Monkey Spanner" 7. Rupie Edwards "Ire Feelings (Leggo Skanga)" 8. Trinity "Three Piece Suit" 9. Angie Stone "Wish I Didn't Miss You" 10. Little Beaver "I Can Dig It Baby" 11. Syreeta "Your Kiss Is Sweet" 12. Oscar Brown, Jr. "Brother Where Are You?" 13. Vince Guaraldi Trio "Linus And Lucy" 14. Kenny Rogers & The First Edition "Just Dropped In (To See WhatCondition My Condition Is In)" 15. Señor Soul "Don't Lay Your Funky Trip On Me" 16. Fatboy Slim "Radioactivity" 17. The Velvet Underground "Who Loves The Sun" 18. Taj Mahal "Satisfied 'N' Tickled Too" 19. Sly & The Family Stone "My World" 20. Bootsy Collins "Everything Is Everything" More information: Fatboy Slim LateNightTales Amazon Fatboy Slim Official   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     ---------------------------------------- > August/2007 < ----------------------------------------   21/08/2007   Kraftwerk official section at myspace.com... Kraftwerk has an official myspace section with some information, sound clips and images. More data will be added soon. More information: Kraftwerk official myspace section   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     16/08/2007   Hot Chip Kraftwerk remix pre-order and sound-clips available... Hot Chip, UK dancepunk/electropop group, remixes: "Intelligent Design Mix" of "Aerodynamik" (8:31) and "King of the Mountains Mix" of "La Forme" (11:32), are available to pre-order with audio sound clips at MNS in the following formats: Kraftwerk - Aerodynamik / La Forme (Remixed By Hot Chip) (GER) CDS Kraftwerk - Aerodynamik / La Forme (Remixed By Hot Chip) (GER) 12" Kraftwerk - Aerodynamik / La Forme (Remixed By Hot Chip) (UK) CDS Kraftwerk - Aerodynamik / La Forme (Remixed By Hot Chip) (UK) 12" More information: Hot Chip Remix Kraftwerk (official release).. MNS, UK Kraftwerk official myspace section   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     09/08/2007   Hot Chip Remix Kraftwerk (official release)... Hot Chip, UK dancepunk/electropop group, and Kraftwerk, have joined forces for a special collaboration: a remix single. The single will consist of remixes of two tracks from Kraftwerk's 2003 album, Tour de France Soundtracks: "Aerodynamik" and "La Forme". Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor and Joe Goddard contribute the "Intelligent Design Mix" of "Aerodynamik" (8:31), and the band's Al Doyle and Felix Martin do the "King of the Mountains Mix" of "La Forme" (11:32). The single will hit UK retailers on September 17 and U.S. retailers September 18 courtesy of Astralwerks. It will be available in CD, download, and limited edition 12" formats. The single is being released "In honor of this year's Tour De France commencing in London for the first time in its history." More information: Kraftwerk Official Kraftwerk Official Remix Release NME, Hot Chip EMI MUSIC GERMANY, PRESS-RELEASE   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     ---------------------------------------- > January/2007 < ----------------------------------------   27/01/2007   Listen ''8-Bit Operators'' samplers... Astralwerks will release "8-Bit Operators", a various artist covers compilation, featuring interpretations of classic Kraftwerk songs, arranged primarily on lo-bit handheld gaming devices, vintage video game consoles and obsolete 8 bit home computers, revered for the rich and distinctive sound of their lo-bit microchips. This video game-influenced branch of electronic music, sometimes referred to as "chiptune", "bitpop" or just "8-bit", has developed a flourishing international live scene, and is one of the first new genres of music to use the internet to its fullest advantage, with the advent of home-brewed synth cartridges and hacker influenced musical tools. Many stream audio samplers and more information can be found at here. Full Glomag "Pocket Calculator" audio stream can be found at here Pre-order will be available at MNS Release Date: February 6, 2007. Tracklisting: 01. Bacalao - The Robots (Die Roboter) - Switzerland 02. Glomag - Pocket Calculator - USA 03. Covox - Computer Love - Sweden 04. Role Model - Showroom Dummies - Sweden 05. Nullsleep - The Model - USA 06. David E. Sugar – Radioactivity - UK 07. Oliver Wittchow – Kristallo - Germany 08. 8-Bit Weapon – Spacelab - USA 09. firestARTer - Computer World (Computerwelt) - Germany 10. Neotericz - Electric Café - Argentina 11. Receptors - Trans Europe Express - USA 12. Herbert Weixelbaum – Tanzmusik - Austria 13. Bubblyfish - It's More Fun To Compute - USA 14. Bit Shifter – Antenna - USA 15. gwEm and Counter Reset - The Man-Machine (Die Mensch-Maschine) - UK Pre-order MNS: 8-Bit Operators - 8-Bit Kraftwerk Tribute 8-Bit Operators - Pocket Calculator More information at: Astralwerks - 8-Bit Operators 8bitoperators.com www.myspace.com/8bitoperators Astralwerks Records   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     ---------------------------------------- > December/2006 < ----------------------------------------   22/12/2006   Updates at Kraftwerk's official website... Many updates can be found at Kraftwerk's official website including new sounds, animations, videos and photos. Check at www.kraftwerk.com   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     ---------------------------------------- > August/2006 < ----------------------------------------   20/08/2006   Kraftwerk played live at Summer of Love 2006... Last night, 23:00, Vodafone Main Stage, Summer of Love 2006 Festival, The Pardubice Horse Racecourse, Czech Republic: Kraftwerk played welcomed by fireworks. Set list was as follows: ("warm up" detuned notes followed by "Meine Damen und...") (Dark grey Suits, Grey Shirts, Black Ties) 01. Mensch Maschine 02. Planet of Visions 03. Tour de France Etape 2 04. Tour de France 05. Vitamin 06. Computerliebe 07. Autobahn (shorter version) 08. Das Modell 09. Schaufensterpuppen 10. Radioaktivität 10. Nummern 11. Computerwelt 12. Trans Europa Express (Curtains close) 12. Die Roboter (with fade out, not the original ending) (Curtains close) (Grid Suits) 13. Aerodynamic 14. Music Non Stop GOODNIGHT MESSAGE: "Dobrou noc, gute Nacht und auf Wiedersehen." Special thanks to Jiri Suchomel, Czech republic. More information coming soon and at: KRAFTWERK OFFICIAL WEBSITE Kraftwerk will play at Summer of Love 2006 Festival... Kraftwerk played live at SonneMondSterne-Festival... Kraftwerk played live at Norway... Kraftwerk confirms six 2006 concerts...   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     16/08/2006   Kraftwerk will play at Summer of Love 2006 Festival... With ten years of existence, the Summer of Love Open Air Electronic Festival will occur in the Pardubice Racecourse, Sobota, Czech Republic, in 19/08/2006. Inspired by the British festival Tribal Gathering 97, it will be 27 hours of music, with more than 60 groups and DJs performing in seven stages, introducing a varied scale of all electronic dance styles as techno, electro, progressive, trance, electroclash, house, breakbeat, drum’n’bass, hard techno, minimal, jungle, tech house and others. For all the fans of the electronic music, this year Summer of Love will become an unforgettable experience for the whole life. Kraftwerk is headliner in the Festival, bringing their specific combination of music and visualization which are put into a very original and futuristic concept, each single with its own character and stylization, composing a complete artistic work. Kraftwerk will play in the Vodafone Main Stage, 23:00 hs. Official website: www.summeroflove.cz Tickets available at: www.ticketpro.cz More information coming soon and at: KRAFTWERK OFFICIAL WEBSITE Kraftwerk played live at SonneMondSterne-Festival... Kraftwerk played live at Norway... Kraftwerk confirms six 2006 concerts...   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     14/08/2006   Kraftwerk played live at SonneMondSterne-Festival... Kraftwerk played live at SonneMondSterne-Festival, Saalburg, Germany last Saturday (12/08/2006) with reduced set-list: ("warm up" detuned notes with the Sonne/Mond/Sterne vocoder followed by "Meine Damen und ...") (Dark grey Suits, Grey Shirts, Black Ties) 01. Mensch Maschine 02. Planet of Visions 03. Tour de France Etape 2 04. Vitamin 05. Computerliebe 06. Autobahn (shorter version) 07. Das Modell 08. Schaufensterpuppen 09. Radioaktivität 10. Nummern 11. Computerwelt (Curtains close) 12. Die Roboter (with fade out, not the original ending) (Curtains close) (Grid Suits) 13. Aerodynamic 14. Music Non Stop GOODNIGHT MESSAGE: "Jetzt gehen wir in den Club und tanzen." Special thanks to Mirko Günther, German. More information coming soon and at: KRAFTWERK OFFICIAL WEBSITE Kraftwerk played live at Norway... Kraftwerk confirms six 2006 concerts...   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     09/08/2006   Kraftwerk played live at Norway... Kraftwerk played live at Bergen and Oslo, Norway, last nights. Computerliebe (*) was played instead of the 2nd Tour de france and Showroom Dummies (*) was played instead of Pocket Calculator and Dentaku of 2004/2005 setlist. Set list was as follows: ("warm up" detuned notes before the intro voice "Meine Damen und Herren...") (at Oslo vocoder saying "Sonne... Mond... Sterne" moving into "warm up" detuned notes) (Dark grey Suits, Grey Shirts, Black Ties) 01. Man Machine 02. Planet of Visions 03. Tour de France Etape 2 04. Tour de France 05. Vitamin 06. Computer Liebe (*) 07. Autobahn 08. Das Model 09. Neon Licht 10. Schaufensterpuppen (Showroom Dummies) (*) 11. Radioactivitat 12. T.E.E. (Curtains Close) (Flashing Ties On) 13. Numbers 14. Computer Welt 15. Home Computer Curtains Close 16. The Robots Curtains Close (Grid Suits) 17. Elektro Kardioggram 18. Aerodynamic 19. Music Non Stop GOODNIGHT MESSAGE: "Good Night, Guten Nacht and Aufwiedersein" Special thanks to Nigel Ogden from UK and Henrik from Sweden. More information coming soon and at: KRAFTWERK OFFICIAL WEBSITE Kraftwerk confirms six 2006 concerts...   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     04/08/2006   Kraftwerk confirms six 2006 concerts... Kraftwerk confirms live performances in a series of events and festivals in 2006. They confirmed live performances at the following events: :: 07/08/2006, Grieghallen, Bergen, Norway :: 08/08/2006, Sentrum Scenne, Oslo, Norway :: 12/08/2006, SonneMondSterne, Saalburg, Germany :: 19/08/2006, Summer of Love Festival, The Pardubice Horse Racecourse, Czech Republic :: 21/10/2006, I Love Techno, Flanders Expo, Gent, Belgium :: 11/11/2006, M2 Indoor Festival 2006, Monegros, Zaragoza, Spain More information coming soon and at: KRAFTWERK OFFICIAL WEBSITE SonneMondSterne Billettservice: Velkommen Sentrum Scenne Grieg Hallen Summer of Love Festival I LOVE TECHNO Flanders Expo Monegros Desert Festival   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     ---------------------------------------- > December/2005 < ----------------------------------------   09/12/2005   MINIMUM-MAXIMUM at 48th GRAMMY... MINIMUM-MAXIMUM, live album from Kraftwerk featuring the full live set from last 2004-2005 World Tour, was indicated for 48th GRAMMY for "Best Electronic/Dance Album" category (Category 13). MINIMUM-MAXIMUM, can be found at stores in CD-AUDIO, VINYL and DVD formats and several versions. More information: 48th GRAMMY KRAFTWERK OFFICIAL WEBSITE KRAFTWERK OFFICIAL WEBSITE - MINIMUM-MAXIMUM NOTEBOOK KRAFTWERK OFFICIAL WEBSITE - MINIMUM-MAXIMUM EMI MUSIC GERMANY, KRAFTWERK OFFICIAL SECTION, MINIMUM-MAXIMUM DVD ASTRALWERKS KRAFTWERK OFFICIAL SECTION news.php#10/11/2005 news.php#21/10/2005 news.php#14/10/2005 Orders can be requested (follow links): KLING KLANG, OFFICIAL KRAFTWERK ONLINE SHOP, GERMANY: KLING KLANG ONLINE SHOP MNS, UK: MNS MINIMUM MAXIMUM DVD SPECIAL EDITION NOTEBOOK BOX SET MNS MINIMUM MAXIMUM DVD STANDARD EDITION MNS MINIMUM MAXIMUM AUDIO CD UK MINIMUM MAXIMUM AUDIO CD GERMAN MNS MINIMUM MAXIMUM AUDIO CD US MNS MINIMUM MAXIMUM AUDIO 4LP VINYL BOX   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     ---------------------------------------- > November/2005 < ----------------------------------------   10/11/2005   ''Notebook'' is available at Kling Klang on-line... "Notebook", a special Kraftwerk edition Live-DVD, is available now at Kling Klang shop for on-line purchase. Contents of the "Notebook" is a deluxe 'laptop' style box featuring the double DVD ("Minimum-Maximum DVD") and double "Minimum-Maximum" audio CD from live set in exclusive 6 page digi-packs with a wide format, 88 pages, hardback book featuring a host of Kraftwerk live photos (including some previously unseen images), stage artwork and technical tour data. Orders can be requested (follow links): KLING KLANG ONLINE SHOP MNS MINIMUM MAXIMUM DVD SPECIAL EDITION NOTEBOOK BOX SET MNS MINIMUM MAXIMUM DVD STANDARD EDITION More information: KRAFTWERK OFFICIAL WEBSITE KRAFTWERK OFFICIAL WEBSITE - MINIMUM-MAXIMUM NOTEBOOK KRAFTWERK OFFICIAL WEBSITE - MINIMUM-MAXIMUM EMI MUSIC GERMANY, KRAFTWERK OFFICIAL SECTION, MINIMUM-MAXIMUM DVD ASTRALWERK KRAFTWERK OFFICIAL SECTION K R A F T W E R K_____M I N I M U M - M A X I M U M news.php#21/10/2005 news.php#14/10/2005   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     ---------------------------------------- > October/2005 < ----------------------------------------   21/10/2005   MINIMUM-MAXIMUM Live-DVD is available to order... MINIMUM-MAXIMUM Live-DVD is available to on-line order at MNS Online Store, UK. Live-DVD will appear as a "Minimum-Maximum DVD" double DVD disc set featuring the full live set from Kraftwerk's 2004-2005 World Tour in PCM stereo and DTS 5.1 surround sound (plus bonus track of Aero Dynamik filmed live at the MTV Music Awards in Edinburgh - 2003) and as a box with the title "Notebook". Contents of the "Notebook" is a deluxe 'laptop' style box featuring the double DVD ("Minimum-Maximum DVD") and double "Minimum-Maximum" audio CD from live set in exclusive 6 page digi-packs with a wide format, 88 pages, hardback book featuring a host of Kraftwerk live photos (including some previously unseen images), stage artwork and technical tour data. Pre-order can be requested (follow links): MNS MINIMUM MAXIMUM DVD SPECIAL EDITION NOTEBOOK BOX SET MNS MINIMUM MAXIMUM DVD STANDARD EDITION Source: MNS Online Store, UK More information: news.php#14/10/2005   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     14/10/2005   Kraftwerk Live-DVD coming soon: next December... Astralwerks announced 6 December 2005 as release date of Kraftwerk Live-DVD for the USA. German EMI announced 5 December 2005. Live-DVD will appear as a "Minimum-Maximum DVD" double DVD disc set featuring the full live set from Kraftwerk's 2004-2005 World Tour in PCM stereo and DTS 5.1 surround sound (plus bonus track of Aero Dynamik filmed live at the MTV Music Awards in Edinburgh - 2003) and as a box with the title "Notebook". Contents of the "Notebook" is a deluxe 'laptop' style box featuring the double DVD ("Minimum-Maximum DVD") and double "Minimum-Maximum" audio CD from live set in exclusive 6 page digi-packs with a wide format, 88 pages, hardback book featuring a host of Kraftwerk live photos (including some previously unseen images), stage artwork and technical tour data. Pre-order can be requested (follow links): MNS MINIMUM MAXIMUM DVD SPECIAL EDITION NOTEBOOK BOX SET MNS MINIMUM MAXIMUM DVD STANDARD EDITION Tracklist from "Minimum-Maximum DVD": Disc One 01. Meine Damen Und Herren - 00:35 02. The Man Machine - 07:54 03. Planet Of Visions - 04:46 04. Tour De France 03 - 10:40 05. Vitamin - 06:42 06. Tour de France - 06:18 07. Autobahn - 08:52 08. The Model - 03:42 09. Neon Lights - 05:52 10. Radioactivity - 07:41 11. Trans Europe Express - 09:38 Disc Two 01. Numbers - 04:33 02. Computer World - 02:55 03. Home Computer - 05:55 04. Pocket Calculator/Dentaku - 06:14 05. The Robots - 07:23 06. Elektro Kardiogramm - 04:42 07. Aero Dynamik - 07:13 08. Music Non Stop - 09:49 09. Aerodynamik / MTV Awards 2003 - 03:48 "Minimum-Maximum" Audio CD & Vinyl editions are available since 6th June, 2005. Another package, "The Catalogue", bringing the remastered versions of their 8 main albums as CD and Vinyl editions, must be released soon without confirmed release date by EMI and Astralwerks USA. Source: Dirk Matten ELEKTRONIK TANZPALAST ELEKTRO GEMEINSCHAFT MNS PRE-ORDER MINIMUM MAXIMUM DVD SPECIAL EDITION NOTEBOOK BOX SET MSN PRE-ORDER MINIMUM MAXIMUM DVD STANDARD EDITION. More information: Astralwerks Records: New Releases Kraftwerk Astralwerks :: EMI MUSIC GERMANY :: CAPITOL MUSIC :: KRAFTWERK :: Minimum-Maximum :: Kraftwerk official website Kraftwerk Official Kling Klang Studio Digital Master 2004 MINIMUM-MAXIMUM 2005 Tour Pictures MNS Online store, UK Kraftwerk start 2005 concerts... 2005 Tour Kraftwerk albums will be released in new editions... "MINIMUM-MAXIMUM" Audio CD... MNS, UK   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     ---------------------------------------- > May/2005 < ----------------------------------------   30/05/2005   Kraftwerk starts 2005 concerts... Kraftwerk starts a series of concerts through USA and Europe, including presentations in countries where they never played live before, like Greece, Turkey, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Macedonia. The set-list is basically the same from 2004 Tour: 01. Intro 02. The Man Machine 03. Planet of Visions (Expo 2000) 04. Tour de France (Étapes 1,2,3 and Chrono) 05. Tour de France (1983 version) 06. Vitamin 07. Autobahn 08. The Model 09. Neon Lights 10. Sellafield/Radioactivity 11. Trans Europe Express/Abzug/Metal on Metal - Curtains closed 12. Numbers/Computer World 13. It's more Fun to Compute/Homecomputer 14. Pocket Calculator - Curtains closed 15. The Robots (with robots dance) - Curtains closed 16. Elektrokardiogramm 17. Aerodynamik 18. Music Non Stop These concerts precede the upcoming release of their live DVD and live Audio CD called MINIMUM-MAXIMUM with full perfomance recordings from the last Tour 2004. Audio and video stream samples from MIMIMUM-MAXIMUM can be found at Kraftwerk, Astralwerks offical section. Read more about these concerts through the interviews and articles published recently: Kraftwerk "Minimum/Maximum", TransformOnline Minimum-Maximum, TheStar Kraftwerk: Live aus dem Kling-Klang-Studio Der Fuß wippt, das Knie schwingt, Welt amm Sonntag Robots, vitaminas y tecno, Clarín The robot-loving Germans who invented electronic music are back to reinvent it—live!, Blender Reduce to the Max, Evolver Minimum – Maximum, Austriancharts Minimum - Maximum, Laut Minimum – Maximum, Die Presse Kraftwerk - Minimum-Maximum review, Virgin.net Kraftwerk: Minimum-Maximum, Pitchfork German robo-pop legends stand still like mean machines, The Village Voice Minimum-Maximum, All Music Guide "Victory for men and machines", Chicago Tribune "Once before its time, Kraftwerk is now", Newsday "Amazing Kraftwerk hits 'evolve' button, moves ahead", Chicago Sun-Times "That was now, this is then", TIMES ONLINE "Kraftwerk still ahead of their time", Chicago Sun-Times "Minimum-Maximum Live", NME "Music: Man-Machines of Loving Grace", LA Weekly "These Days, Kraftwerk Is Packing Light", Washington Post "Kraftwerk: Electro Pioneers", NY Newsday "Pop CDs of the week: Kraftwerk, James Brown, Oasis, Sizzla and more", Telegraph "Uniamo l’Europa col techno rock", Avvenire "They Are The Robots", BBC "KRAFTWERK - MINIMUM-MAXIMUM", Barcodezine More information: Kraftwerk official website Kraftwerk Official Tour 2005 website 2005 Tour Pictures Kraftwerk Astralwerks MNS Online store, UK 2005 Tour 2004 Tour More about "MINIMUM-MAXIMUM" CD & VINYL "MINIMUM-MAXIMUM" Audio CD... Kraftwerk releases live DVD... Kraftwerk DVD will be released in September...   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     ---------------------------------------- > April/2005 < ----------------------------------------   19/04/2005   More about MINIMUM-MAXIMUM CD & VINYL... The "MINIMUM-MAXIMUM" DOUBLE AUDIO CD and 4 LP VINYL BOX will be released on next 6th June by EMI. The Double Audio CD includes the whole Kraftwerk live perfomance selected from the World Tour 2004 with 22 tracks from the following concerts: - Tokyo (28/02 - 04/03) - London (18/03 - 20/03) - Paris (22/03) - Berlin (25/03) - San Francisco (28/04) - Ljubljana (24/05) - Budapest (25/05) - Riga (29/05) - Tallinn (30/05) - Warsawa (27/05) - Moscow (03/06) The Double Audio CD "MINIMUM-MAXIMUM" will be available in english and german versions. Tracklisting (English version): Disc 1 01. The Man Machine (Warszawa - Sala Kongresowa) 02. Planet Of Visions (Ljubljana - Krizanke Monastery) 03. Tour De France Etape 1 (Riga - Skonto Hall) 04. Chrono (Riga - Skonto Hall) 05. Tour De France Etape 2 06. Vitamin (Moscow - Lushniki Sports Palace) 07. Tour De France (Paris - Grand Rex) 08. Autobahn (Berlin - Tempodrom) 09. The Model (London - Brixton Academy) 10. Neon Lights (London - Royal Festival Hall) Disc 2 01. Radioactivity (Warszawa - Sala Kongresowa) 02. Trans Europe Express (Budapest - Sportarena) 03. Metal On Metal (Budapest - Sportarena) 04. Numbers (San Francisco - Warfield Theatre) 05. Computer World (Moscow - Lushniki Sports Palace) 06. Home Computer (Warszawa - Sala Kongresowa) 07. Pocket Calculator (Moscow - Lushniki Sports Palace) 08. Dentaku (Tokyo - Shibuya Ax) 09. The Robots (Moscow - Lushniki Sports Palace) 10. Elektro Kardiogramm (Tallinn - C-Hall) 11. Aerodynamik (Riga - Skonto Hall) 12. Music Non Stop (Mosvow - Lushniki Sports Palace) Tracklisting (German version): Disk 1: 01. The Man-Machine - (Warszawa Sala Kongresowa) 02. Planet Of Visions - (Ljubljana Krizanke) 03. Tour De France Etape 1 - (Riga Olimpiska Hall) 04. Chrono - (Riga Olimpiska Hall) 05. Tour De France Etape 2 (Riga Olimpiska Hall) 06. Vitamin - (Moskwa Lushniki) 07. Tour De France - (Paris Le Grand Rex) 08. Autobahn - (Berlin Tempodrom) 09. Das Model - (Berlin Tempodrom) 10. Neonlicht - (London Royal Festival Hall) Disk 2: 01. Radioaktivität - (Tallinn Exhibition Hall) 02. Trans Europa Express - (Riga Olimpiska Halle) 03. Metall auf Metall - (Riga Olimpiska Halle) 04. Abzug - (Riga Olimpiska Halle) 05. Numbers - (San Francisco the Warfield) 06. Computer Welt - (Riga Olimpiska Halle) 07. Heim Computer - (Warszawa Sala Kongresowa) 08. Taschenrechner - (Berlin Tempodrom) 09. Dentaku - (Tokyo Shibuya Ax) 10. Die Roboter - (Berlin Tempodrom) 11. Elektro Kardiogramm - (Tallinn Exhibition Hall) 12. Aerodynamik - (Riga Olimpiska Halle) 13. Music Non Stop - (Moskwa Lushniki) Audio and video stream samples from MIMIMUM-MAXIMUM can be found at Kraftwerk, Astralwerks offical section. Pre orders are available at MNS Online store, UK: :: MINIMUM-MAXIMUM LIVE 2CD (UK VERSION) :: MINIMUM-MAXIMUM LIVE 2CD (US VERSION) :: MINIMUM-MAXIMUM LIVE 2CD (GERMAN VERSION) :: MINIMUM-MAXIMUM LIVE (4LP VINYL BOX) Detailed informations will be published soon. More information: Kraftwerk Official website Kraftwerk MINIMUM-MAXIMUM official Kraftwerk Astralwerks MNS Online store, UK EMI German press-release German Kraftwerk Official EMI (Double CD) German Kraftwerk Official EMI (4 LP-Vinyl) Kraftwerk DVD will be released in September...   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     ---------------------------------------- > March/2005 < ----------------------------------------   05/03/2005   Kraftwerk releases live DVD... Kraftwerk releases several new products related to their last 2004 World Tour. The new product called "MINIMUM-MAXIMUM" is available as: :: Double DVD :: Double Audio CD :: Double Multichannel SACD (Hybrid) :: 4 Vinyl LPs (Special designed box) Each product offers the complete set of live performance, available in english and german versions and will be released separately in these formats. Audio and video stream samples from MIMIMUM-MAXIMUM can be found at Kraftwerk, Astralwerks offical section. See more information about Double Audio CD here. Detailed informations will be published soon. More information: Kraftwerk Official website MINIMUM-MAXIMUM news.php#19/04/2005 Astralwerks Double Audio CD Pre order double audio CD Pre order 4 Vinyl LPs MNS, UK EMI double audio cd German press-release German Kraftwerk Official EMI double audio cd More about MINIMUM-MAXIMUM CD & VINYL... Kraftwerk DVD will be released in September...   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     01/03/2005   Kraftwerk confirms 2005 concerts... Kraftwerk confirms live performances in a series of events and festivals in 2005. They confirmed live performances at the following events: :: 30/05/2005, Nightclub 9:30, Washington, USA :: 31/05/2005, Nightclub 9:30, Washington, USA :: 01/06/2005, Hammerstein Ballroom, New York, USA :: 03/06/2005, State Theatre, Detroit, USA :: 04/06/2005, Riviera, Chicago, USA :: 06/06/2005, Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, USA :: 11/06/2005, Palagalileo, Venice, Italy :: 13/06/2005, Kalemegdan Fortress, Beograd, Yugoslavia :: 14/06/2005, Palace of Culture, Sofia, Bulgaria :: 16/06/2005, Skopsko Lizgaliste, Skopje, (F.Y.R.O.M) Macedonia :: 17/06/2005, Theatro Gis, Thessaloniki, Greece :: 18/06/2005, Lycabettus, Athens, Greece :: 20/06/2005, Istambul Rock, Istanbul, Turkey :: 30/06/2005, Rock Werchter Festival, Belgium :: 01/07/2005, 0.13, Tilburg, Netherlands :: 03/07/2005, Eurockéennes de Belfort, Frankreich, France :: 04/07/2005, Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland :: 05/07/2005, Bollate, Villa Arconati Festival, Milan, Italy :: 06/07/2005, Piazza Castello, Ferrara, Italy :: 07/07/2005, Arena Flegrea, Neapolis Festival, Napoli, Italy :: 03/09/2005, Electric Picnic, Stradbally, Ireland More dates will come soon. More information: Kraftwerk Official website Kraftwerk Official Tour 2005 website Kraftwerk releases live DVD... More about MINIMUM-MAXIMUM CD & VINYL... Kraftwerk DVD will be released in September... By country: Bulgaria Palace of Culture Belgium Rock Werchter Festival 2005 France Eurockéennes de Belfort Italy Festival Arconati La Biennale Neapolis Festival Ferrara Sotto Le Stelle2005 Ticketone Ireland Electric Picnic Switzerland Montreux Jazz Festival Turkey Istanbul Rock USA Nightclub 9:30 Greek Theatre Hammerstein Ballroom Riviera Theatre State Theatre Ticketmaster   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     ---------------------------------------- > November/2004 < ----------------------------------------   29/11/2004   Kraftwerk finished tour through Americas... Kraftwerk finished its presentation on the American continents, with concerts at Brazil (3), Chile, Argentina, Mexico and USA. All concerts were attended by a large audience (4.000 - São Paulo, 3.500 - Rio de Janeiro, 1.300 - Brasilia, 4.000 - Santiago, 4.000 - Buenos Aires, 6.000 - Mexico City, 2.000 - Miami). The 2004 Tour will finish with the concert at Rennes, France on 4th December, at the Trans-Musicales Festival. This was the most extensive tour of group since 1981, with 69 concerts around the world (48 in Europe, 8 in Asia, 7 in North America and 6 in Central/South America). During this tour, the group presented to the world its new performance at stage, with several improvements in equipment (networked computer-setup with laptops, virtual instruments and samplers) and stage layout (minimal, with a impressive high-resolution projection screen showing videos synchronized with the musics), concluding with success another evolution in its career, pioneering the use of the latest audio/video technologies currently available. More information: - Full 2004 dates list - Kraftwerk played live at Brazil Brazil Culturall Fiber Online Novae SBC Notícias Mood Sala de Estar MTV Brasil Terra Último Segundo Photos Rraurl Chile Radio Beethoven Terra Chile Photos El Beso Canal 13 - Photo 1 Canal 13 - Photo 2 Argentina Clarín Pagina 12 La Nación Universo On Line Mexico Es Mas USA New Times Sun Sentinel Thanks to MzDe, Edimes Cagliari, Twingo, Nicolau Centola, Carlos Latuff, Rene Marcelo Figueroa, Claudio Araya, Juan Pablo Pacheco e Luck Veloso.   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     10/11/2004   Kraftwerk played live at Brazil... Kraftwerk played live at Jockey Club, São Paulo (5 November), Armazém 5, Cais do Porto, Rio de Janeiro (6 November) and Teatro Nacional, Brasília (8 November) inside TIM Festival programming. All the concerts were attended by good audience (4.000 in São Paulo, 3.500 in Rio and 1.300 in Brasília), with an enthusiastic reception to Kraftwerk songs. Brasilia concert was the best concerning to the performance, with perfect clean stereo sound and large stage. Some sounds that couldn’t be heard in São Paulo and Rio were perfectly audible at Teatro Nacional. Ralf, Henning, Fritz and Florian played with perfection and great interaction between them and the equipment. The set-list was the traditional presented at this tour (total playing time about 2:10 hs), with a lot of new variations in Elektrokardiogramm, Aerodynamik and Music Non Stop. Ralf sung Neon Lights, Computer World, Homecomputer, Pocket Calculator in english and german. The Robots, The Model and Music Non Stop were the most celebrated by the audience. Set-list: 01. Intro 02. The Man Machine 03. Planet of Visions (Expo 2000) 04. Tour de France (Étapes 1,2,3 and Chrono) 05. Vitamin 06. Tour de France (old version) 07. Autobahn 08. The Model 09. Neon Lights 10. Sellafield/Radioactivity 11. Trans Europe Express/Abzug/Metal on Metal - Curtains closed 12. Numbers/Computer World 13. It's more Fun to Compute/Homecomputer 14. Pocket Calculator - Curtains closed 15. The Robots (with robots dance) - Curtains closed 16. Elektrokardiogramm 17. Aerodynamik 18. Music Non Stop More information: Ultimo Segundo Revista Novae RRaul MTV Antena 1 Terra UOL TIM Festival Full 2004 dates See review of Brasilia concert soon here.   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     ---------------------------------------- > September/2004 < ----------------------------------------   26/09/2004   Kraftwerk confirms new tour 2004 dates... Kraftwerk confirms their appearance in a series of additional events and festivals programmed to second 2004 semester. In an interview to brazilian newspaper Folha de São Paulo (18/07/2004), Ralf Hütter talked about the upcoming concerts at South America. The last appearance of the group on South America was on 1998, when Kraftwerk played at Brazil (Free Jazz Festival - São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro) and Argentina (Buenos Aires). This time, their concerts include presentations at TIM Festival (São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro), Brasília (Teatro Nacional - projected by the renowned architect Oscar Niemeyer), Buenos Aires, Santiago (Chile), Mexico city, Miami (USA) and France. They confirmed live perfomances in the following events: :: 17/07/2004, Arvika Festival, Arvika, Sweden :: 06/08/2004, Festival of Benicàssim, Castellón, Spain :: 08/08/2004, Festival Optimus Sudoeste, Zambujeira do Mar, Portugal :: 05/11/2004, TIM Festival, Jockey Club, São Paulo, Brazil :: 06/11/2004, TIM Festival, Cais do Porto, Armazém 5, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil :: 08/11/2004, Teatro Villa Lobos/Teatro Nacional, Brasilia, Brazil :: 10/11/2004, Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile :: 12/11/2004, Obras Sanitarias Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina :: 16/11/2004, Carpa Forma, Hipodromo de las Americas, Mexico City, Mexico :: 19/11/2004, Jackie Gleason Theater, Miami, USA :: 04/12/2004, Trans Musicales, Parc-Expo Rennes Aeroport, Rennes, France More informations: Kraftwerk Official website Kraftwerk Official website konzert section Argentina Obras Sanitarias Stadium Rolling Stone LA Soy Rock Brazil Tim Festival - Official site Folha de São Paulo Kraftwerk Brasilia Hotsite Clube Culturall Ticketmaster Online Brasil UOL1 UOL2 Chile www.suburbia.cl Rolling Stone LA France 26e Rencontres Trans Musicales de Rennes Mexico Hipodromo de las Americas Ticketmaster Mexico Spain www.fiberfib.com Sweden www.galaxen.se Ticnet.se Aftonbladet Göteborgs-Posten Portugal www.musicanocoracao.pt USA Jackie Gleason Theater Pollstar Ticketmaster Check full 2004 dates list at here.   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     08/09/2004   U2 will release Kraftwerk's song cover on new single... U2 have recorded a cover of Kraftwerk's Neon Lights as one of the B-sides on their new single, Vertigo, to be released on 8 November. The version of great electronic track was produced by Steve Lillywhite and recorded at Dublin's Hanover Quay Studios. The single will be released on two CDs and a DVD single, featuring a video for the song. Other artists covered Kraftwerk songs in the past: OMD and Luna (Neon Lights), Siouxsie and the Banshees (The Hall of Mirrors), Laibach (Spiegelsaal) and Señor Coconut (various). There's also the classic versions of Terre Thaemlitz and Balanescu Quartet to several songs, and the remixes of Orbital, François Kevorkian and Underground Resistance (Expo 2000). Several artists used samples of Kraftwerk songs too: Afrika Bambaataa (T.E.E. and Numbers), Prodigy and Devo (It's More Fun to Compute), Depeche Mode and Erasure (Tour de France and Pocket Calculator), R.E.M. (Numbers), Fat Boy Slim (The Robots), Chemical Brothers (Ohm Sweet Ohm), Madonna (T.E.E.) and many others. See more about U2 release: NME UOL U2 Official Thanks to David Brennan and Mark J Stagg.   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     ---------------------------------------- > June/2004 < ----------------------------------------   13/06/2004   Kraftwerk did press-conference... On June 2nd, 2004 Kraftwerk did press-conference in Moscow Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics, Russian Federation. It was the first time for twenty years when they had real talk with journalists. Full press-conference (Russian language) and some pictures are available at: Izvestia Gazeta.ru TVNET Shout! Online Technopop will publish an english version of that press-conference soon.   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     ---------------------------------------- > May/2004 < ----------------------------------------   21/05/2004   Kraftwerk Catalogue will be available on September... In a recent interview to italian newspaper La Stampa, Ralf Hütter confirmed release of Kraftwerk remastered albuns (The Catalogue) on September, 2004. They will be available in separated pieces and as a box, with the original artwork when they were first published. The 8 albuns (Autobahn, Radioactivity, Trans Europe Express, The Man Machine, Computer World, Electric Cafe, The Mix and Tour de France Soundtracks ) will be published in CD and vinyl, and later in Super Audio CD, in both English and German versions. There will not be unreleased material, only the official material with some known bonus tracks. The only modification will occurs with the album Electric Cafe, renamed as TECHNOPOP, with the original graphics and design from original project. The first three records (Kraftwerk, Kraftwerk 2 and Ralf & Florian) will be released too, after the Catalogue, but as a separated package. The first three records weren't released officialy on CD format until today, and only available in bootlegs with material copied from the vinyl versions were available. The concerts of Kraftwerk Tour 2004 are being registered to production of a DVD, to be released in the beginning of next year. More information, reviews and interviews about Kraftwerk and 2004 concerts (english and other languages): New Kraftwerk single arrived at stores... Dagens Nyheter Aftonbladet Exclaim oslopuls.no - Musikk - Kraftwerk Scotsman.com News - Features - Kraftwerk BILLBOARD, Dublin concert review NewsNow Guardian Unlimited, UK Scotsman.com News Musicalbear Hamburger Abendblatt Hamburger Morgenpost TAZ, Die Tageszeitung Sueddeutsche Zeitung The Milk Factory PUBLICO.PT - Última Hora SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg, Germany sueddeutsche.de FAZ Electronic Media SFGate.com Canoe NowToronto.com TheStar.com cyberpresse.ca seattlepi.com The Seattle Times Bay Guardian ChartAttack SFGate.com Total Obscurity! Origo Zeitung WirtschaftsBlatt Der Standard Die Presse Neue Zuercher Zeitung AG La Stampa Novinky Evolver Prague Post Index.hu (1) Index.hu (2) Gazeta.pl The St. Petersburg Times Skug Szabolcs Online Shout! Online Izvestia TVNET GP RockShock   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     ---------------------------------------- > March/2004 < ----------------------------------------   17/03/2004   New Kraftwerk single arrived at stores... The new Kraftwerk single called AERODYNAMIK is available since 15th March, in the following versions: German CD (Kling Klang label) and UK CD (EMI label, UK), both with the same 4 tracks: 1. Aerodynamik - Kling Klang Radio Mix - 3:47 2. Aerodynamik - Kling Klang Dynamix - 7:01 3. Aerodynamik - Alex Gopher / Etienne de Crecy Dynamik Mix - 7:41 4. Aerodynamik - François K Aero Mix - 7:52 Vinyl 12" version (EMI Label, UK) with the following tracks: A1. Aerodynamik - Kling Klang Dynamix - 7:01 A2. Aerodynamik - Alex Gopher / Etienne de Crecy Dynamik Mix - 7:41 B1. Aerodynamik - François K Aero Mix - 7:52 At USA and Canada it will be available on 23rd March, thru Astralwerks label. More information, audio samples and more: MUSIC NON STOP, UK Kraftwerk official website Kraftwerk official website AERODYNAMIK EMI Music Germany, Kraftwerk, Aerodynamik   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     02/03/2004   Kraftwerk's WORLD TOUR 2004: 69 dates were confirmed... KRAFTWERK's WORLD WIDE TOUR 2004 (Europe, Japan, Canada, USA, Russian Federation and Americas) startet at Finland with 69 dates scheduled: :: 06/02/2004, Helsingin Jäähalli, Helsinki, Finland :: 08/02/2004, Cirkus, Stockholm, Sweden :: 09/02/2004, Cirkus, Stockholm, Sweden :: 10/02/2004, Cirkus, Stockholm, Sweden :: 12/02/2004, Rockefeller Music Hall, Oslo, Norway :: 13/02/2004, Rockefeller Music Hall, Oslo, Norway :: 14/02/2004, KB Hallen, Kopenhagen, Danmark :: 15/02/2004, KB Hallen, Kopenhagen, Danmark :: 24/02/2004, Namba Hatch, Osaka, Japan :: 25/02/2004, Namba Hatch, Osaka, Japan :: 26/02/2004, Kinro Kaikan, Nagoya, Japan :: 28/02/2004, Zepp Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan :: 29/02/2004, Zepp Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan :: 02/03/2004, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan :: 03/03/2004, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan :: 04/03/2004, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan :: 15/03/2004, Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Ireland :: 16/03/2004, Carling Academy, Glasgow, UK :: 17/03/2004, Carling Apollo, Manchester, UK :: 18/03/2004, Royal Festival Hall, London, UK :: 20/03/2004, Brixton Academy, London, UK :: 20/03/2004, Brixton Academy, London, UK (midnight concert) :: 22/03/2004, Grand Rex, Paris, France :: 23/03/2004, Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Belgium :: 25/03/2004, Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany :: 25/03/2004, Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany (midnight concert) :: 27/03/2004, Palladium, Cologne, Germany :: 27/03/2004, Palladium, Cologne, Germany (midnight concert) :: 28/03/2004, CCH 3, Hamburg, Germany :: 29/03/2004, Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam, Netherlands :: 31/03/2004, Razzmatazz 1, Barcelona, Spain :: 01/04/2004, La Riviera, Madrid, Spain :: 02/04/2004, Coliseu dos Recreios, Lisbon, Portugal :: 05/04/2004, Muffathalle, Munich, Germany :: 06/04/2004, Muffathalle, Munich, Germany :: 07/04/2004, Jahrhunderthalle, Frankfurt, Germany :: 08/04/2004, Alter Schlachthof, Dresden, Germany :: 08/04/2004, Alter Schlachthof, Dresden, Germany (midnight concert) :: 23/04/2004, Ricoh Coliseum, Toronto, Canada :: 24/04/2004, Metropolis, Montreal, Canada :: 26/04/2004, Paramount, Seattle, USA :: 28/04/2004, Warfield, San Francisco, USA :: 29/04/2004, Warfield, San Francisco, USA :: 01/05/2004, Coachella Music Festival, Indio, California, USA :: 05/05/2004, Kaplakriki Sports Hall, Reykjavik, Iceland :: 15/05/2004, Gasometer, Vienna, Austria :: 17/05/2004, Gran Teatro, Roma, Italy :: 18/05/2004, Lingotto, Auditorium Gianni Agnelli, Torino, Italy :: 19/05/2004, Reithalle, Bern, Switzerland :: 20/05/2004, Reithalle, Bern, Switzerland :: 22/05/2004, Palác Lucerna, Prague, Czech Republic :: 24/05/2004, Krizanke Monastery, Ljubljana, Slovenia :: 25/05/2004, Budapest Sportárena, Budapest, Hungary :: 27/05/2004, Palacu Kultury, Sala Kongresowa, Warsaw, Poland :: 29/05/2004, Skonto Hall, Riga, Latvia :: 30/05/2004, Exhibition Hall, Tallinn, Estonia :: 01/06/2004, D.S. Yubilenny, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation :: 03/06/2004, Luzhniki Sports Palace, Moscow, Russian Federation :: 17/07/2004, Arvika Festival, Arvika, Sweden :: 06/08/2004, Festival of Benicàssim, Castellón, Spain :: 08/08/2004, Festival Optimus Sudoeste, Zambujeira do Mar, Portugal :: 05/11/2004, TIM Festival, São Paulo, Brazil :: 06/11/2004, TIM Festival, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil :: 08/11/2004, Teatro Villa Lobos/Teatro Nacional, Brasilia, Brazil :: 10/11/2004, Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile [changed] :: 12/11/2004, Obras Sanitarias Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina [changed] :: 16/11/2004, La Carpa, Mexico City, Mexico :: 19/11/2004, Jackie Gleason Theater, Miami, USA :: 04/12/2004, Expo Rennes, Rennes, France More information: Kraftwerk Official website Kraftwerk Official website konzert section Argentina Rolling Stone LA Austria: gasometer.org www.oeticket.com www.ticketline.cc Belgium: www.abconcerts.be Brazil Correioweb Folha de São Paulo Kraftwerk Brasilia Hotsite Canada: www.chartattack.com www.ricohcoliseum.com www.ticketmaster.ca www.ticketpro.ca www.metropolismontreal.ca Chile www.suburbia.cl Rolling Stone LA Czech Republic: www.interkoncerts.cz www.lucerna.cz www.lucpra.com Danmark: www.dkbmotor.dk gaffa.dk billetmaskinen.dk Finland: www.welldone.fi www.helsinginjaahalli.fi www1.ticketservicefinland.fi France: 26e Rencontres Trans Musicales de Rennes Germany: www.tempodrom.de www.ticketonline.de www.tickets.de www.alter-schlachthof.de www.jahrhunderthalle.com www.muenchen.de/muffathalle www.koeln-event.de Hungary www.muco.hu www.budapestarena.hu www.ticketpro.hu www.tex.hu Iceland www.mbl.is Ireland: www.ticketmaster.ie Italy: www.ticketone.it Japan: www.udo.co.jp www.udo.co.jp/artist/kraftwerk Latvia: www.ticketservice.lv Norway: www.rockefeller.no Netherlands: www.heinekenmusichall.nl tickets.lvp.nl Portugal: barrotequeimado.motime.com www.coliseulisboa.com www.ticketline.pt www.musicanocoracao.pt Poland www.odyssey.pl www.ticketonline.pl www.kongresowa.pl Portugal www.musicanocoracao.pt Russian Federation www.shout.ru www.kassir.ru www.kontramarka.ru Spain: www.ticktackticket.com www.salarazzmatazz.com www.fiberfib.com Sweden: www.ema.se www.juliusbiljettservice.se www.cirkus.se/evenemang www.galaxen.se Ticnet.se Aftonbladet Göteborgs-Posten Switzerland: www.20min.ch www.reithalle.ch www.ticketcorner.ch www.starticket.ch USA: www.theparamount.com www.vh1.com www.mtv.com www.coachella.com www.ticketmaster.com Pollstart UK: www.brixton-academy.co.uk www.ticketweb.co.uk www.ticketmaster.co.uk www.rfh.org.uk www.glasgow-academy.co.uk Thanks to Pontus Aratoun, Anders Warnqvist, Johan Östlund, Aki, Mikko Ovalo, Okke Komulainen, Jussi Tikkanen, Oscar Callau, Lupano de Spinafro, Mark J. Stagg, Toby Frith, Oliver Ruehl, Georges Ouellet, Twingo, Tomek Fantomasz, M. Schmidt, MzDe, Girts, Gudlaugur Hardarson, Radek, Arsenijs, Luca Dassi and Gilles Bouquin.   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     ---------------------------------------- > February/2004 < ----------------------------------------   06/02/2004   Kraftwerk's first WORLD TOUR 2004 concert report... Kraftwerk played your first 2004 concert at Helsingin Jäähalli, Helsinki, Finland and the event was sold out (about 4,500 people). The setlist of show was: -- Vocoder intro # 20:33 - Hütter, Schmitz, Hilpert and Schneider were dressing dark grey suits with red shirts and black ties ("The Man-Machine" like clothes). -- The Man-Machine (animated graphics like back sleeve of the original album) -- Expo 2000 (graphics from video, similar as showed at Australian mini-tour) -- Tour de France 2003 (footage from video, audio similar to Long Distance mix, including Chrono) -- Vitamin (graphics with animated vitamin pills) -- Tour de France (old Tour de France footage) -- Autobahn (record sleeves, footage of traffic and old car advertisements) -- The Model (footage from the traditional video) -- Neon Lights (footage of neon lights) -- Sellafield (text on screen) -- Radioactivity (radio-activity signs, audio with slow introduction) -- Trans Europe Express (old trains footage) # curtains close # 21:56 - curtains open, now Hütter, Schmitz, Hilpert and Schneider ties are fitted with little red lights (LEDs like "The Robots" original video) -- Numbers/Computer World (graphics of numbers/lyrics) -- It's More Fun to Compute/Homecomputer (old computer graphics) -- Pocket Calculator (animated pocket calculator, Ralf has mic problems) # curtains close # 22:29 - curtains open -- The Robots ("THE MIX" robots style alone on stage, behind the consoles, no clothes, screen shows footage of the robots video) # curtains close # 22:37 - curtains open, now Hütter, Schmitz, Hilpert and Schneider were dressing the "new" green light-emitting wired frame suits -- Elektro Kardiogramm (oscillators graphics) -- Aero Dynamik (bicycle graphics, audio similar to EMA MTV) -- Musique Non Stop (footage from the traditional video) # 22:50 - band leaves one at a time, starting with Schneider on the right, Hilpert and Schmitz in the sequence, leaving Hütter on the left to last) -- TOTAL TIME: 2:17 See images from WORLD TOUR 2004 at here and complete WORLD TOUR 2004 dates here More information about Kraftwerk WORLD TOUR 2004 here soon as available.   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     ---------------------------------------- > November/2003 < ----------------------------------------   06/11/2003   Kraftwerk played at MTV Europe Music Awards 2003... Kraftwerk played at the 2003 edition of MTV Europe Music Awards, presenting the music "Aéro Dynamik", from your last album "Tour de France Soundtracks". The visual at stage was impressive, with video screens at background and distributed by the venue The video of "Aéro Dynamik" was showed for the first time, bringing images of lyrics mixed with computer graphics effects. They used the same wired frame clothes of 1998 Tour, each member with your respective laptop. The MTV cameras took images of several angles, including from the laptops screens. The presentation had 4 minutes and looked very futuristic. See images here. More informations at ema.european.mtve.com Thanks to Leon Mols, Aitam Bar Sagi and Neil Thompson.   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     ---------------------------------------- > October/2003 < ----------------------------------------   22/10/2003   Kraftwerk will play at MTV Europe Music Awards 2003... Kraftwerk will make their first ever live TV performance at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2003, to be realized at Edinburgh, Scotland, on 06 November. Kraftwerk will join previously announced performers Chemical Brothers, White Stripes, Flaming Lips, Kylie, Pink, Sean Paul, The Darkness, Beyonce and Travis on stage at the EMA. More information: news.php#06/11/2003 ema.european.mtve.com www.capitolmusic.de Thanks to MzDe, United States.   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     ---------------------------------------- > August/2003 < ----------------------------------------   26/08/2003   Ralf Hütter speaks to the world... Before and after release of the new album, Ralf Hütter, the Kraftwerk's "official spokesman", gave a series of interviews to several medias around the world (radios, newspapers and other). Below you can access the last ones, classified by country and language: :: D-Side Magazine, France, French. :: Technikart Magazine, France, French. :: Gazeta.pl, Poland, Polish. :: Chicago Sun Times, USA, English. :: Sydney Morning Herald, Australia, English. :: BBC (1), United Kingdom, English. :: BBC (2), United Kingdom, English. :: BBC (3), United Kingdom, English. :: BBC (4), United Kingdom, English. :: La Stampa, Italy, Italian. :: Sonntagszeitung Newspaper, Switzerland, English. :: Dagens Nyheter, Sweden, Swedish. :: Focus Magazine, Germany, German. :: Der Spiegel, Germany, English. :: "Triple J" radio, Australia, English. :: The Daily Telegraph, Australia, English. --x-- Kraftwerk was theme in themilkfactory article from UK called "Trans Kraftwerk Express" by Colin Buttimer. --x-- Kraftwerk was theme in Exclaim Magazine article from Canada called "Days of Future Past" by Joshua Ostroff. --x-- See too: data_interviews.php news.php#25/08/2003 news.php#15/08/2003 news.php#05/08/2003 news.php#03/08/2003 news.php#27/07/2003 news.php#13/07/2003   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     25/08/2003   ''Tour de France Soundtracks'' and new technologies... The album "Tour de France Soundtracks" was produced on a networked computer setup with laptops SONY Vaio running Steinberg Cubase SX and TC Works PowerCore PCI as heart of the system. All sounds were generated in computers using virtual instruments (VST) like HALion virtual sampler, Native Instruments, TC Works and others with Steinberg Cubase SX as a host. A special feature for Steinberg Cubase SX called System Link allows full audio and MIDI control and integration between all computers in high speed like powerfull musical network. Kraftwerk are the first artists worldwide to make use of the new TC Helicon VoiceModeler for PowerCore, having received an exclusive pre-release copy from TC Works. Fritz Hilpert comments about VoiceModeler and PowerCore: "It is a great tool to transform voices completely". "We used VoiceModeler to create these whispery voices in the chorus on the track "Elektrokardiogramm". We have also used the Waldorf D-Coder on that track to create this pitched drum sound. It works really well on drums, because it can produce very punchy, metallic sounding percussion and it has excellent modulation features." "PowerCore has played an important role in our production process, as it allowed us to run hi-end tools inside our native virtual setups, without clipping the CPU or having to get connected to our outboard gear all the time." See more at: Life, Setup, 2000 Years Kraftwerk Tour with FXmachine Kraftwerk - Soundtracks and PowerCore Kraftwerk - Redefining The Man-machine Interface Kraftwerk Decide On Cubase SX Steinberg Cubase SX TC Works PowerCore PCI SONY Vaio ---x--- See too: news.php#10/12/2002 news.php#23/09/2002 news.php#11/09/2002   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     15/08/2003   Kraftwerk will tour in January 2004... Ralf Hütter gave an interview to Swedish daily magazine "Dagens Nyheter". He reveals that Kraftwerk plans a new world tour with starting in January of next year. Ralf says: "When we toured back in 1981 we had to take everything with us. It was very risky and expensive transporting all our gear. Now we are preparing a new world tour starting in January next year and it will be possible to carry what we need for the concerts in our hand luggage!" See more details here. Thanks to Jan Söderström and Niklas Gustafsson from Sweden. ---x--- For the first time, "Tour de France Soundtracks" is number 1 in German album charts: portale.web.de ---x--- See too: news.php#11/08/2003 news.php#05/08/2003 news.php#03/08/2003 news.php#01/08/2003 news.php#30/07/2003 news.php#27/07/2003 news.php#13/07/2003 news.php#07/07/2003 Kraftwerk official website Germany, EMI, Official Astralwerk Kraftwerk section   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     11/08/2003   Alert: Shows at USA in September aren't Kraftwerk... The two concerts announced to September at USA (at "House of Blues" of Hollywood and "Cow Palace" of San Francisco) aren't Kraftwerk shows. This fact is causing confusion with Kraftwerk fans. These are Karl Bartos concerts, improperly announced as Kraftwerk. In fact the group will tour through Europe this year, but the new dates have not been confirmed yet. Thanks to Steven Price and Klaus Zaepke. More information at: Cyberfest 2003 www.hob.com www.vh1.com   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     07/08/2003   Kraftwerk official website was updated... Kraftwerk official website was updated with pictures and audio loops from all "Tour de France Soundtracks" tracks. ---x--- See on-line (Windows Media or Real Stream) EMI's "Tour de France Soundtracks" TV Spot at here. ---x--- "Tour de France Soundtracks" album available at Music Non Stop, UK for order in the following formats: "Tour De France Soundtracks" CD Album (UK) "Tour De France Soundtracks" CD Album (DE) "Tour De France Soundtracks" Vinyl 2LP Album "Tour De France Soundtracks" Japanese Edition ---x--- More information: news.php#05/08/2003 news.php#03/08/2003 news.php#01/08/2003 news.php#30/07/2003 news.php#27/07/2003 news.php#25/07/2003 news.php#13/07/2003 news.php#08/07/2003 news.php#07/07/2003 news.php#03/07/2003 Kraftwerk official website Germany, EMI, Official Astralwerk Kraftwerk section   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     05/08/2003   See Ralf Hütter interview at BBC and lots of reviews... Ralf recently was interviewed by John Wilson on August 4th, by Andrew Collins on August 7th and by Gary Crowley on August 9 at the BBC. See other Ralf Hütter interviews at news.php#03/08/2003 and news.php#13/07/2003. ---x--- See too "Tour de France Soundtracks" lots of reviews: -- english: enjoyment.independent.co.uk entertainment.nzoom.com observer.guardian.co.uk pitchforkmedia.com www.allmusic.com www.bbc.co.uk www.dotmusic.com www.dustedmagazine.com www.dylanharris.org www.groove.nl www.guardian.co.uk www.guardian.co.uk www.manchesteronline.co.uk www.metacritic.com www.music-critic.com www.musicomh.com www.p45blogs.net www.playlouder.com www.releasemagazine.net www.rollingstone.com www.smh.com.au www.smokecds.com www.tranzfusion.net www.undercover.com.au -- non english: aftonbladet.se archiv.tagesspiegel.de derstandard.at fm4.orf.at jornal.publico.pt morgenpost.berlin1.de old.clarin.com pitchforkmedia.com politiken.dk www.aftenposten.no www.badische-zeitung.de www.bbc.co.uk www.berlinonline.de www.bloom.de www.dagbladet.no www.diepresse.at www.dn.se www.dnn-online.de www.donau.de www.emi-music.com.br www.falter.at www.fr-aktuell.de www.freiepresse.de www.lastampa.it www.news.at www.ngz-online.de www.omelete.com.br www.orf.at www.rp-online.de www.sol.de www.spiegel.de www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de www.sueddeutsche.de www.sz-online.de www.tagblatt.ch www.taz.de www.the-gothicworld.de www.undercover.com.au www.vg.no www.welt.de www.zeit.de ---x--- "Tour de France Soundtracks" album available at Music Non Stop, UK for order in the following formats: "Tour De France Soundtracks" CD Album (UK) "Tour De France Soundtracks" CD Album (DE) "Tour De France Soundtracks" Vinyl 2LP Album "Tour De France Soundtracks" Japanese Edition ---x--- See on-line (Windows Media or Real Stream) EMI's "Tour de France Soundtracks" TV Spot at here. ---x--- More information: news.php#03/08/2003 news.php#01/08/2003 news.php#30/07/2003 news.php#27/07/2003 news.php#25/07/2003 news.php#13/07/2003 news.php#08/07/2003 news.php#07/07/2003 news.php#03/07/2003 Kraftwerk official website Germany, EMI, Official Astralwerk Kraftwerk section   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     03/08/2003   Ralf Hütter gives interview to Swiss newspaper... Ralf Hütter gave new interview to the Swiss newspapper "Sonntagszeitung". He talked about the "Tour de France" cycling race, the new album "Tour de France Soundtracks" and new Kraftwerk concerts for the next months. Entire interview is available in German version at here and in English at here. See original interview at here. ---x--- "Tour de France Soundtracks" album available at Music Non Stop, UK for pre-order in the following formats: "Tour De France Soundtracks" CD Album (UK) "Tour De France Soundtracks" CD Album (DE) "Tour De France Soundtracks" Vinyl 2LP Album "Tour De France Soundtracks" Japanese Edition ---x--- As a prelude to the album, EMI/Astralwerks release the single "Tour De France 2003", at July 2003, to coincide with the start of this year's centennial race (which began at July 5th). "Tour de France 2003" single available at Music Non Stop, UK for online order in the following formats: "Tour de France 2003" CD single "Tour de France 2003" 12" Vinyl single "Tour de France 2003" Package "Tour de France 2003" (Euro 2 trk CD Single) "Tour de France 2003" (German CD Single) "Tour de France 2003" (US CD Single) ----x---- More information: interview_55.php interview_56.php news.php#01/08/2003 news.php#30/07/2003 news.php#27/07/2003 news.php#25/07/2003 news.php#13/07/2003 news.php#08/07/2003 news.php#07/07/2003 news.php#03/07/2003 Kraftwerk official website Germany, EMI, Official Astralwerk Kraftwerk section   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     01/08/2003   See contradictory reviews of Kraftwerk new album... Kraftwerk new album "Tour de France Soundtracks" is subject of two recent articles from UK: first from Guardian Unlimited and second from Independent Digital with different and contradictory opinions: Guardian Unlimited classifies as **** (4 stars) and Independent Digital as only ** (2 stars). Real Audio stream samples of all tracks are available at BBC and 2 full tracks at Astralwerk Kraftwerk section. The new album "Tour de France Soundtracks" have 12 tracks distributed in 57 minutes. Credits of the new Kraftwerk work are of Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider, Fritz Hilpert and Henning Schmitz. ---x--- "Tour de France Soundtracks" album available at Music Non Stop, UK for pre-order in the following formats: "Tour De France Soundtracks" CD Album (UK) "Tour De France Soundtracks" CD Album (DE) "Tour De France Soundtracks" Vinyl 2LP Album "Tour De France Soundtracks" Japanese Edition ---x--- As a prelude to the album, EMI/Astralwerks release the single "Tour De France 2003", at July 2003, to coincide with the start of this year's centennial race (which began at July 5th). "Tour de France 2003" single available at Music Non Stop, UK for online order in the following formats: "Tour de France 2003" CD single "Tour de France 2003" 12" Vinyl single "Tour de France 2003" Package "Tour de France 2003" (Euro 2 trk CD Single) "Tour de France 2003" (German CD Single) "Tour de France 2003" (US CD Single) ----x---- More information: news.php#30/07/2003 news.php#27/07/2003 news.php#25/07/2003 news.php#13/07/2003 news.php#08/07/2003 news.php#07/07/2003 news.php#03/07/2003 Kraftwerk official website Germany, EMI, Official Astralwerk Kraftwerk section   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     ---------------------------------------- > July/2003 < ----------------------------------------   30/07/2003   Listen Kraftwerk new album samples... The new album "Tour de France Soundtracks" have 12 tracks distributed in 57 minutes. Real Audio stream samples of all tracks are available at here. Credits of the new work are of Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider, Fritz Hilpert and Henning Schmitz. ---x--- "Tour de France Soundtracks" album available at Music Non Stop, UK for pre-order in the following formats: "Tour De France Soundtracks" CD Album (UK) "Tour De France Soundtracks" CD Album (DE) "Tour De France Soundtracks" Vinyl 2LP Album "Tour De France Soundtracks" Japanese Edition ---x--- As a prelude to the album, EMI/Astralwerks release the single "Tour De France 2003", at July 2003, to coincide with the start of this year's centennial race (which began at July 5th). "Tour de France 2003" single available at Music Non Stop, UK for online order in the following formats: "Tour de France 2003" CD single "Tour de France 2003" 12" Vinyl single "Tour de France 2003" Package "Tour de France 2003" (Euro 2 trk CD Single) "Tour de France 2003" (German CD Single) "Tour de France 2003" (US CD Single) ----x---- More information: news.php#27/07/2003 news.php#25/07/2003 news.php#13/07/2003 news.php#08/07/2003 news.php#07/07/2003 news.php#03/07/2003 Kraftwerk official website Germany, EMI, Official Astralwerk Kraftwerk section   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     27/07/2003   See complete review of new Kraftwerk album... The new album "Tour de France Soundtracks" have 12 tracks distributed in 57 minutes, and each one is reviewed below: 1. Prologue - 0:31- This intro is similar to the introduction of Long Distance version contained at the single, but without drums. It's a prelude to the following three tracks. 2. Tour de France - Etappe 1 - 4:28 - Similar to the single, a bit longer. That's the version used at "Tour de France" official video. Lyrics in french. 3. Tour de France - Etappe 2 - 6:41 - Similar to the Long Distance version without the introduction. Lyrics in french. 4. Tour de France - Etappe 3 - 4:07 - Similar to the single, a bit longer, with another theme at last two minutes. 5. Chrono - 3:27 - Closing of the three preceding tracks, forming an only "Tour de France" block. Evolving into faster and more intense style patterns. After 2 minutes it's back to the Etappe 3 theme and lyrics/voice. 6. Vitamin - 8:09 - Metallic beginning, lots of harmony and texture changes, with a fine melodic and funky slower track with Ralf naming the vitamines (Adrenalin, Endorphin, Elektrolyt, Co-Enzym, Karbonhydrat, Protein, A-B-C-D Vitamin...) as a chorus. The vocoder is very complex, with at least 3 levels of Ralf voice interwoven with each other, lyrics are german here. 7. Aero Dynamik - 5:05 - Robovox voices, bouncing melody pattern with a deep bass, TEE style strokes coming back every now and then, as well as metallic sounds. Lyrics in french. 8. Titanium - 3:21 - Same melody as Aero Dynamik, maintaining the same patterns. Becomes more minimalistic in the middle. 9. Elektro Kardiogramm - 5:16 - Beginning with heavy heart beats and breathing - two voices alternating, one robovox and one vocoder (Elektro / Electro Kardiogram Minimum, Maximum / beats per minute...). The heart beats and voices continue as a rhythmic pattern during the entire song. The melody is simple, but changing a lot with different textures. 10. La Forme - 8:41 - Robovox voices with lots of vocoder variations, all sung in french. The melody is a very simple, but built around the supporting bass patterns. The vocoder is working a lot here, close to the poems (vocoder poems by Florian) published a few years ago, sometimes breaking up the voice totally. 11. Regeneration - 2:05 - Continues where "La Forme" leaves of, the same melody and voice. Becomes slower and slower, thinner and thinner, until only sparse, floating sounds persist. 12. Tour de France - 5:10 - This is the same song as the 83 version, but totally re-recorded. There's more kick in the bass, the bass sound is more distinct. The voice has a little more echo/ambience. The drums are different in the pumping/rattling part, faster and more playful. The breath is like in the 83 version, but breaks up rhythmically in the end of the song. Credits of the new work are of Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider, Fritz Hilpert and Henning Schmitz. Some sample are available at BBC and Kraftwerk official website info section. "Tour de France Soundtracks" will be launched in August 4, 2003 by EMI Music in Germany and August 19, 2003 by Astralwerks in USA. Review by courtesy of Joakim Svensson and Twingo. ---x--- "Tour de France Soundtracks" in the double vinyl edition has the following distribution: Side A (Disk 1): 1. Prologue - 00:31 2. Tour de France - Etape 1 - 04:28 3. Tour de France - Etape 2 - 06:41 Side B (Disk 1): 4. Tour de France - Etape 3 - 04:07 5. Chrono - 03:27 6. Tour de France - 05:10 Side C (Disk 2): 7. Vitamin - 08:09 8. Aero Dynamik - 05:05 9. Titanium - 03:21 Side D (Disk 2): 10. Elektro Kardiogramm - 05:16 11. La Forme - 08:41 12. Regeneration - 02:05 ---x--- The issue from July 27th of German newspapper Welt am Sonntag featured a review of "Tour de France Soundtracks" called Die Legende kehrt zurück (German language). ---x--- "Tour de France Soundtracks" album available at Music Non Stop, UK for pre-order in the following formats: "Tour De France Soundtracks" CD Album (UK) "Tour De France Soundtracks" CD Album (DE) "Tour De France Soundtracks" Vinyl 2LP Album "Tour De France Soundtracks" Japanese Edition ---x--- As a prelude to the album, EMI/Astralwerks release the single "Tour De France 2003", at July 2003, to coincide with the start of this year's centennial race (which began at July 5th). "Tour de France 2003" single available at Music Non Stop, UK for online order in the following formats: "Tour de France 2003" CD single "Tour de France 2003" 12" Vinyl single "Tour de France 2003" Package "Tour de France 2003" (Euro 2 trk CD Single) "Tour de France 2003" (German CD Single) "Tour de France 2003" (US CD Single) ----x---- More information: news.php#25/07/2003 news.php#13/07/2003 news.php#08/07/2003 news.php#07/07/2003 news.php#03/07/2003 Kraftwerk official website Germany, EMI, Official Astralwerk Kraftwerk section   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     25/07/2003   New Kraftwerk album has 57 minutes of new material... The new Kraftwerk album "Tour de France Soundtracks", has 12 tracks with total time 57:01 of new music: 1. Prologue - 00:31 2. Tour de France - Etape 1 - 04:28 3. Tour de France - Etape 2 - 06:41 4. Tour de France - Etape 3 - 04:07 5. Chrono - 03:27 6. Vitamin - 08:09 7. Aero Dynamik - 05:05 8. Titanium - 03:21 9. Elektro Kardiogramm - 05:16 10. La Forme - 08:41 11. Regeneration - 02:05 12. Tour de France - 05:10 "Tour de France Soundtracks" features brand news compositions wich mirror various facets of the Tour de France cycle race: the greatest cycling event in the world. The album also features a new version of Kraftwerk electro masterpiece Tour de France from 1983. Credits of the new work are of Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider, Fritz Hilpert and Henning Schmitz. More information and review for the new work soon in this section. "Tour de France Soundtracks" will be launched in August 4, 2003 by EMI Music in Germany and August 19, 2003 by Astralwerks in USA. ---x--- Kraftwerk's return are subject of one recent article called "Desperately seeking Kraftwerk" from UK daily web newspaper Guardian Unlimited. ---x--- "Tour de France Soundtracks" album available at Music Non Stop, UK for pre-order in the following formats: "Tour De France Soundtracks" CD Album (UK) "Tour De France Soundtracks" CD Album (DE) "Tour De France Soundtracks" Vinyl 2LP Album ---x--- As a prelude to the album, EMI/Astralwerks release the single "Tour De France 2003", at July 2003, to coincide with the start of this year's centennial race (which began at July 5th). "Tour de France 2003" single available at Music Non Stop, UK for online order in the following formats: "Tour de France 2003" CD single "Tour de France 2003" 12" Vinyl single "Tour de France 2003" Package "Tour de France 2003" (Euro 2 trk CD Single) "Tour de France 2003" (German CD Single) "Tour de France 2003" (US CD Single) ----x---- More information: news.php#17/07/2003 news.php#14/07/2003 news.php#13/07/2003 news.php#08/07/2003 news.php#07/07/2003 news.php#04/07/2003 news.php#03/07/2003 Kraftwerk official website Germany, EMI, Official Astralwerk Kraftwerk section   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     17/07/2003   New Kraftwerk album complete track list... Kraftwerk website was updated with official information about "Tour de France Soundtracks" at info section. The new album has 12 tracks: 1 - Prologue 2 - Tour de France Etape 1 3 - Tour de France Etape 2 4 - Tour de France Etape 3 5 - Chrono 6 - Vitamin 7 - Aero dynamik 8 - Titanium 9 - Elektro Kardiogramm 10 - La Forme 11 - Regeneration 12 - Tour de France The credits for the work are of Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider, Fritz Hilpert and Henning Schmitz. The new album is conceptual, bringing themes concerned to "Tour de France" and cyclism. It's a retake of the preceding project from 1983 (the Technopop album), aborted due to a bicycle accident with Ralf Hütter and the adjustement of Kling Klang Studio to the new digital technology. Kraftwerk has recorded a brand new version of the original "Tour De France" club hit from 1983, complete with its fabulous robo-funk basslines and classic keyboard melody. The new album will include the three versions released as a single (Tour de France 2003). "Tour de France Soundtracks" will be launched in August 4, 2003 by EMI Music in Germany and August 19, 2003 by Astralwerks in USA. Sources: Kraftwerk Official website, Germany, EMI, Kraftwerk Official and Astralwerk Kraftwerk section. ---x--- "Tour de France Soundtracks" album available at Music Non Stop, UK for pre-order in the following formats: "Tour De France Soundtracks" CD Album (UK) "Tour De France Soundtracks" CD Album (DE) "Tour De France Soundtracks" Vinyl 2LP Album ---x--- As a prelude to the album, EMI/Astralwerks release the single "Tour De France 2003", at July 2003, to coincide with the start of this year's centennial race (which began at July 5th). "Tour de France 2003" single available at Music Non Stop, UK for online order in the following formats: "Tour de France 2003" CD single "Tour de France 2003" 12" Vinyl single "Tour de France 2003" Package "Tour de France 2003" (Euro 2 trk CD Single) "Tour de France 2003" (German CD Single) "Tour de France 2003" (US CD Single) The entire video and audio of "Tour de France 2003" single is now streaming at Astralwerks capturing the drama, the landscapes and the sheer intensity of one of the world's greatest feats of endurance. Video also is available in video section at official site. "Tour de france 2003" single entry in Europe charts. See at: DOTMUSIC, UK BBC, UK DANMARKS OFFICIELLE HITLISTE, DENMARK NME, UK YLE, Finland Plus, Spain ----x---- More information: news.php#14/07/2003 news.php#13/07/2003 news.php#08/07/2003 news.php#07/07/2003 news.php#04/07/2003 news.php#03/07/2003 Kraftwerk Official website Germany, EMI, Official Astralwerk "Tour de France"   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     14/07/2003   New Kraftwerk album will brings new music... The new forthcoming album, "Tour de France Soundtracks" will brings new compositions of Kraftwerk, beyond the "Tour de France" tracks previously released as single. The new album will include compositions such as "Aero Dynamik", "La Forme" and "Elektrokardiogramm". On top of that, the band has recorded a brand new version of the original "Tour De France" club hit from 1983, complete with its fabulous robo-funk basslines and classic keyboard melody. The entire video and audio of "Tour de France 2003" single is now streaming at Astralwerks capturing the drama, the landscapes and the sheer intensity of one of the world's greatest feats of endurance. "Tour de France Soundtracks" will be launched in August 4, 2003 by EMI Music in Germany and August 19, 2003 by Astralwerks in USA. Source: Astralwerks ---x--- "Tour de France Soundtracks" album available at Music Non Stop, UK for pre-order in the following formats: "Tour De France Soundtracks" CD Album (UK) "Tour De France Soundtracks" CD Album (DE) "Tour De France Soundtracks" Vinyl 2LP Album ---x--- As a prelude to the album, EMI/Astralwerks release the single "Tour De France 2003", at July 2003, to coincide with the start of this year's centennial race (which began at July 5th). "Tour de France 2003" single available at Music Non Stop, UK for online order in the following formats: "Tour de France 2003" CD single "Tour de France 2003" 12" Vinyl single "Tour de France 2003" Package "Tour de France 2003" (Euro 2 trk CD Single) "Tour de France 2003" (German CD Single) "Tour de France 2003" (US CD Single) ----x---- More information: news.php#13/07/2003 news.php#08/07/2003 news.php#07/07/2003 news.php#04/07/2003 news.php#03/07/2003 Germany, EMI, Official Astralwerk "Tour de France"   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     13/07/2003   Ralf Hütter gives interview to German newspaper... Ralf Hütter gave an interview to "DER SPIEGEL", the most important german weekly paper. He talks about the new single and album, the passion for cycling, musical machines, computers and how Kraftwerk works. Read interview in German here and english translation here. Read original interview at DER SPIEGEL website in German at here. --x-- See too: news.php#08/07/2003 news.php#07/07/2003 news.php#04/07/2003 news.php#03/07/2003 news.php#30/06/2003 news.php#27/06/2003 news.php#17/06/2003 news.php#12/06/2003 --x-- Thanks to Reiner Röbisch and Transformator - Germany.   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     08/07/2003   New Kraftwerk album release was moved for August... Kraftwerk new album "Tour de France Soundtracks" scheduled for 28, July was moved for August 4, 2003 by EMI Music in Germany and for August 19, 2003 by Astralwerks in USA. According to an official note of German EMI, the new Kraftwerk album will have 10 tracks. Informations about the contents are not confirmed. EMI haven´t receive yet copies of the material because Kraftwerk still finishing the mixing of new album in your Kling Klang studio at Düsseldorf, Germany. More date changes can be expected. Read more in "Return of the Robots of Rock", article by Stephen Dalton from the daily UK newspaper "The Times". "Tour de France Soundtracks" album available at Music Non Stop, UK for pre-order in the following formats: "Tour De France Soundtracks" CD Album (UK) "Tour De France Soundtracks" CD Album (DE) "Tour De France Soundtracks" Vinyl 2LP Album As a prelude to the album, EMI/Astralwerks release the single "Tour De France 2003", today (July 8th), to coincide with the start of this year's centennial race (which began this Saturday July 5th). "Tour de France 2003" single available at Music Non Stop, UK for online order in the following formats: "Tour de France 2003" CD single "Tour de France 2003" 12" Vinyl single "Tour de France 2003" Package "Tour de France 2003" (Euro 2 trk CD Single) "Tour de France 2003" (German CD Single) "Tour de France 2003" (US CD Single) ----x---- More information: Single cover image Germany, EMI, Official Astralwerk "Tour de France" Outdoor Life Network news.php#07/07/2003 news.php#04/07/2003 news.php#03/07/2003 news.php#30/06/2003 news.php#27/06/2003 news.php#17/06/2003 news.php#12/06/2003   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     07/07/2003   ''Tour de France 2003'' single arrives in the stores... The "Tour de France 2003" single are available at the main music stores of Europe, USA, Canada and Japan. "Tour de France 2003" single available at Music Non Stop, UK for online order in the following formats: "Tour de France 2003" CD single "Tour de France 2003" 12" Vinyl single "Tour de France 2003" Package "Tour de France 2003" (Euro 2 trk CD Single) "Tour de France 2003" (German CD Single) "Tour de France 2003" (US CD Single) ----x---- The cd/vinyl contents brings the following informations: "Tour de France 2003" Tracks: Version 1 - 3:27 Version 2 - 3:25 Version 3 - 3:36 Long Distance Version 2 - 7:44 Credits: Music Data: Hütter Schneider Hilpert Schmitz Music: Hütter Schneider Hilpert Words: Hütter Schmitt Kling Klang Musik Sony Music Publishing EMI Music Publishing Ltd. Kling Klang Produkt 2003 Lyrics: Radio-tour information Transmission television Reportage sur moto Camera video et foto Les equipes presentees Le depart est donne Les etapes sont brulees Et la course est lancee Les coureurs chronometres Pour l'epreuve de verite La Montagne / les vallees Les grands cols les defiles La flamme rouge depassee Maillot jaune a l'arrivee Radio-tour information Transmission television ----x---- See more at Germany, EMI, Official and Astralwerk "Tour de France" (included audio stream). Sample video is available in video section at official site. ----x---- Kraftwerk new album "Tour de France Soundtracks" will scheduled for August 4, 2003 by EMI Music in Germany and for August 5, 2003 by Astralwerks in USA. "Tour de France Soundtracks" album available at Music Non Stop, UK for pre-order in the following formats: "Tour De France Soundtracks" CD Album (UK) "Tour De France Soundtracks" CD Album (DE) "Tour De France Soundtracks" Vinyl 2LP Album ----x---- More information: Kraftwerk MNS order section Outdoor Life Network Single cover image Germany, EMI, Official Astralwerk "Tour de France" news.php#08/07/2003 news.php#04/07/2003 news.php#03/07/2003 news.php#30/06/2003 news.php#27/06/2003 news.php#17/06/2003 news.php#12/06/2003   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     04/07/2003   New Kraftwerk album will have 10 tracks... According to an official note of German EMI, the new Kraftwerk album will have 10 tracks. Informations about the contents are not confirmed, because EMI haven´t receive yet copies of the material and Kraftwerk still finishing the mixing of new album in your Kling Klang Studio at Düsseldorf, Germany. According to information published at Germany, EMI, Official, the new name of Kraftwerk album will be "Tour de France Soundtracks", replacing the previous "Tour de France 03". Read more in "Return of the Robots of Rock", article by Stephen Dalton from the daily UK newspaper "The Times". "Tour de France Soundtracks" will scheduled for July 28, 2003 by EMI Music in Germany and for August 5, 2003 by Astralwerks in USA. "Tour de France Soundtracks" album available at Music Non Stop, UK for pre-order in the following formats: "Tour De France Soundtracks" CD Album (UK) "Tour De France Soundtracks" CD Album (DE) "Tour De France Soundtracks" Vinyl 2LP Album ----x---- New Kraftwerk single "Tour de France 2003" will scheduled for July 8, 2003 by EMI Music in Germany and for July 8, 2003 by Astralwerks in USA. See official Astralwerk "KRAFTWERK - TOUR DE FRANCE" section here. Sample video is available in video section at official site. "Tour de France 2003" single available at Music Non Stop, UK for order in the following formats: "Tour de France 2003" CD single "Tour de France 2003" 12" Vinyl single "Tour de France 2003" Package "Tour de France 2003" (Euro 2 trk CD Single) "Tour de France 2003" (German CD Single) "Tour de France 2003" (US CD Single) ----x---- More information: Kraftwerk MNS order section Single cover image Official website KlingKlang Konsumprodukt Germany, EMI, Official Astralwerks Astralwerk "Tour de France" "Return of the robots of rock" news.php#03/07/2003 news.php#30/06/2003 news.php#27/06/2003 news.php#17/06/2003 news.php#12/06/2003   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     03/07/2003   Kraftwerk didn't appears at French TV show... Although guest Kraftwerk did not appears at french TV show "Soiree du Centenaire du Tour de France" presented by Michel Drucker at TV5 channel. Only the official clip of "Tour de France 2003" was presented. Read more here and at www.kraftwerkcenter.free.fr. Sample video is available in video section at official site. ----x---- New Kraftwerk album "Tour de France 03" will scheduled for July 28, 2003 by EMI Music in Germany and for August 5, 2003 by Astralwerks in USA. "Tour de France 03" album available at Music Non Stop, UK for pre-order in the following formats: "Tour de France 03" CD Album (UK) "Tour de France 03" CD Album (DE) "Tour de France 03" Vinyl 2LP Album ----x---- New Kraftwerk single "Tour de France 2003" will scheduled for July 8, 2003 by EMI Music in Germany and for July 8, 2003 by Astralwerks in USA. See official Astralwerk "KRAFTWERK - TOUR DE FRANCE" section here. "Tour de France 2003" single available at Music Non Stop, UK for order in the following formats: "Tour de France 2003" CD single "Tour de France 2003" 12" Vinyl single "Tour de France 2003" Package "Tour de France 2003" (Euro 2 trk CD Single) "Tour de France 2003" (German CD Single) "Tour de France 2003" (US CD Single) ----x---- More information: Kraftwerk MNS order section Single cover image Official website KlingKlang Konsumprodukt Germany, EMI, Official Astralwerks Astralwerk "Tour de France" news.php#30/06/2003 news.php#27/06/2003 news.php#17/06/2003 news.php#12/06/2003   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     ---------------------------------------- > June/2003 < ----------------------------------------   30/06/2003   Tour de France 2003: pre-order, video, dates and more.. New Kraftwerk album "Tour De France 03" will scheduled for July 28, 2003 by EMI Music in Germany and for August 5, 2003 by Astralwerks in USA. New Kraftwerk single "Tour de France 2003" will scheduled for July 8, 2003 by EMI Music in Germany and for July 8, 2003 by Astralwerks in USA. See official Astralwerk "KRAFTWERK - TOUR DE FRANCE" section here. Sample video is available in video section at official site. Kraftwerk will participate of one opening events to the centenary of the Tour de France. Read more here and at www.kraftwerkcenter.free.fr. ----x---- :::::::::::::::::: "Tour De France 03" album pre-order :::::::::::::::::: "Tour De France 03" CD Album (UK) "Tour De France 03" CD Album (DE) "Tour De France 03" Vinyl 2LP Album ----x---- :::::::::::::::::: "Tour de France 2003" single pre-order :::::::::::::::::: "Tour de France 2003" CD single "Tour de France 2003" 12" Vinyl single "Tour de France 2003" Package "Tour de France 2003" (Euro 2 trk CD Single) "Tour de France 2003" (German CD Single) "Tour de France 2003" (US CD Single) ----x---- More information: Kraftwerk MNS order section Single cover image Official website KlingKlang Konsumprodukt Germany, EMI, Official Astralwerks Astralwerk "Tour de France" news.php#27/06/2003 news.php#17/06/2003 news.php#12/06/2003   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     27/06/2003   New album rescheduled, pre-order news and more... Kraftwerk new album "Tour de France 03" scheduled for July 22, 2003 was rescheduled for July 28, 2003 by EMI Music Germany. The "Tour de France 03" album will be released at USA by Astralwerks, subsidiary label of EMI Records and at Europe by EMI Music Germany. No release date changes for "Tour de France 2003" single (see all formats above). ----x---- Album "Tour de France 03" pre-orders: "Tour de France 03" CD Album (UK) "Tour de France 03" CD Album (DE) "Tour de France 03" Vinyl 2LP Album ----x---- Single "Tour de France 2003" pre-orders: "Tour de France 2003" CD single "Tour de France 2003" 12" Vinyl single "Tour de France 2003" Package "Tour de France 2003" (Euro 2 trk CD Single) "Tour de France 2003" (German CD Single) "Tour de France 2003" (US CD Single) ----x---- New "Tour de France 2003" official t-shirts and mouse-pads available at KlingKlang Konsumprodukt. ----x---- See official Astralwerk "K R A F T W E R K - TOUR DE FRANCE" section here. ----x---- More information: Kraftwerk MNS order section Single cover image KlingKlang Konsumprodukt Germany, EMI, Official Astralwerks Astralwerk "Tour de France" news.php#17/06/2003 news.php#12/06/2003   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     17/06/2003   More about Kraftwerk new single & album ::::::::::::::: About single "Tour de France 2003" ::::::::::::::: The "Tour de France 2003" single will be released at USA by Astralwerks, subsidiary label of EMI Records and at Europe by EMI Music Germany scheduled for July 8, 2003 in CD (EMI 5526902) and 12" Vinyl (EMI 5526896) formats. Official track list was modified: CD single (EMI code 5526902): 1. Tour De France 03 (Etappe 1) 2. Tour De France 03 (Etappe 2) 3. Tour De France 03 (Etappe 3) 4. Tour De France 03 (Long Distance Version 2) 12" Vinyl single (EMI code 5526896): Side A: 1. Tour De France 03 (Long Distance Version 2) Side B: 1. Tour De France 03 (Etappe 1) 2. Tour De France 03 (Etappe 2) ::::::::::::::: About new album ::::::::::::::: The "Tour de France 03" album will be released at USA by Astralwerks, subsidiary label of EMI Records and at Europe by EMI Music Germany scheduled for July 22, 2003 in CD (EMI 5917102) and 12" LP-Vinyl (EMI 5917081) formats. -----x----- See more: Pre-order "Tour de France 2003" Pre-order "Tour de France 2003" CD single Pre-order "Tour de France 2003" 12" Vinyl single Single cover image Germany, EMI, Official Astralwerks news.php#12/06/2003   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     12/06/2003   Kraftwerk returns with brand new single and album EMI Records announced the rush-release of the new single and album from Kraftwerk. The single, ´Tour De France 2003´ will be released on 7th July to coincide with the centenary of the Tour de France bicycle race (which this year starts on 5th July) and will be available on CD and 12" vinyl. This year marks also the 20th anniversary of the Kraftwerk single of 1983. (It's also Kraftwerk's 33rd anniversary) The single contains the following tracks: CD single (EMI code 5526902): 1. Tour De France (Etape 1) - 3:30 2. Tour De France (Etape 2) - 3:34 3. Tour De France (Etape 3) - 3:40 4. Tour De France (Long Distance Version 2) 12" Vinyl single (EMI code 5526896): 1. Tour De France (Etape 1) - 3:30 2. Tour De France (Etape 2) - 7:30 3. Tour De France (Etape 3) - 3:40 Kraftwerk are currently working on the final album mix at their Kling Klang studio in Düsseldorf, with the release scheduled for 21st July, 2003. Kraftwerk´s music on ´Tour De France´ acts as a soundtrack to the race and inspires similar feelings of drama, excitement and intensity. Kraftwerk - Man and Machine in perfect harmony. Source: EMI See more: Pre-order "Tour de France 2003" Pre-order "Tour de France 2003" CD single Pre-order "Tour de France 2003" 12" Vinyl single Single cover image Germany, EMI, Official   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     ---------------------------------------- > February/2003 < ----------------------------------------   25/02/2003   New Kraftwerk album is 99% completed At recently interview (24/01/2003) to "Triple J", radio station from Sydney, the reporter Richard Kingsmill asked to Ralf Hutter about the Kraftwerk new album, and how much it is completed. Ralf said that they are working on different tracks, and the new album is 99% completed. He talked too about the new stage setup, and how they feel more moveable compared to past tours. The full interview text and mp3 audio version for download are available here. See more: About new Kling Klang setup: news.php#10/12/2002 About last concerts: news.php#04/02/2003 news.php#31/01/2003 news.php#21/01/2003 news.php#15/12/2002 news.php#27/09/2002 news.php#23/09/2002   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     06/02/2003   Informations about Kraftwerk remastered releases... The australian EMI Music Records confirms: the package of Kraftwerk australian releases, containing the albuns Radioactivity, Trans Europe Express, The Man Machine and Computer World are NOT remastered versions. Some virtual stores announced this release like remastered, causing confusion between many users and fans. The difference are the exclusive booklet printed only to these releases. But the american EMI, through your label Capitol, really announced the release of three remastered albuns (Radioactivity, Trans Europe Express and The Man Machine). The difference between these releases and the original versions can't be evaluated until the sending of this material by the virtual stores who are selling the products. See more informations in Amazon/CDNOW website: Radioactivity Trans-Europe Express The Man-Machine   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     04/02/2003   Kraftwerk finished shows at Australia and New Zealand... Kraftwerk finished your “mini-tour” at Australia and New Zealand with a show at Claremont Showgrounds of Perth, Australia, in 02/02. There were 7 presentations at Australia (5 inside the Big Day Out festival, plus 2 additional shows at clubs) and 1 show at New Zealand (BDO). The group showed basically the same repertory, including an additional version of “Airwaves” in 4 shows. If new dates don’t be fixed, the next concerts must be at USA. The setlist was basically: - Intro (Robovox) - Numbers - Computer World - Home Computer - Pocket Calculator - Expo 2000 (Remix) - The Man Machine - The Robots - Tour de France - Autobahn - The Model - Neon Lights - Radioactivity - Trans Europe Express/Metal on Metal Stage curtains are closed. Then opened again about a minute later for... - Boing Boom Tschak/Music Non Stop *The concerts at Enmore Theatre, Metro Night Club, Adelaide and Perth included "Airwaves" (before Music Non Stop) and an extended mix version of "The Robots". See sequential photo series from the shows: pictures_2000years.php#bdo Very thanks to Adam Read, Darrel Merritt, Rick Cybul, Kazumichi Grime (Australia), Peter McLennan, Andrew Turner and Brendan Seerup (New Zealand). See more: About concert dates: news.php#15/01/2003 news.php#11/12/2002 About last concerts: news.php#31/01/2003 news.php#21/01/2003 news.php#15/12/2002 news.php#27/09/2002 news.php#23/09/2002   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     ---------------------------------------- > January/2003 < ----------------------------------------   31/01/2003   Kraftwerk gives the seventh show at Oceania... Kraftwerk gave your seventh show in 31/01, at Wayville Showgrouds from Adelaide, Australia, inside the BDO program. Until now, there were 5 presentations inside the Big Day Out festival: Auckland (New Zealand - 17/01), Gold Coast (19/01), Olympic Park Showgrounds (Sydney - 25/01) , Royal Melbourne Showgrounds(27/01) and this last at Adelaide, plus two additional shows, at Enmore Theatre(Sydney – 23/01) and Metro Night Club(Melbourne – 29/01) The program of Big Day Out foresee the last show of this mini-tour at Claremont Showgrounds, in Perth (02/02). The setlist was the following*: - Intro (Robovox) - Numbers - Computer World - Home Computer - Pocket Calculator - Expo 2000 (Remix) - The Man Machine - The Robots - Tour de France - Autobahn - The Model - Neon Lights - Radioactivity - Trans Europe Express/Metal on Metal Stage curtains are closed. Then opened again about a minute later for... - Boing Boom Tschak/Music Non Stop *The concerts at Enmore Theatre, Metro Night Club and Adelaide included "Airwaves" (before Music Non Stop) and an extended mix version of "The Robots". See photos from the shows: pictures_2000years.php#bdo Very thanks to Adam Read, Rick Cybul, Kazumichi Grime (Australia), Peter McLennan, Andrew Turner and Brendan Seerup (New Zealand). See more: About concert dates: news.php#15/01/2003 news.php#11/12/2002 About last concerts: news.php#21/01/2003 news.php#15/12/2002 news.php#27/09/2002 news.php#23/09/2002 About new Kling Klang setup: news.php#10/12/2002 About Australian special albuns release: news.php#16/01/2003   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     21/01/2003   Kraftwerk gave first shows at Big Day Out... Kraftwerk began your participation at Big Day Out festival with shows at Auckland (New Zealand - 17/01) and Gold Coast (Australia - 19/01). The setlist was the same as the last shows at Japan and Europe: - Intro (Robovox) - Numbers - Computer World - Home Computer - Pocket Calculator - Expo 2000 (Remix) - The Man Machine - The Robots - Tour de France - Autobahn - The Model - Neon Lights - Radioactivity - Trans Europe Express/Metal on Metal Stage curtains are closed. Then opened again about a minute later for... - Boing Boom Tschak/Music Non Stop The program of Big Day Out foresee more 4 Kraftwerk shows , plus more 2 presentations: at an australian club (Metro Night Club) and theatre (Enmore Theatre). See some photos from the shows: pictures_2000years.php#bdo Very thanks to Peter McLennan, Andrew Turner, Brendan Seerup(New Zealand ) and Adam Read(Australia). About concert dates: news.php#15/01/2003 news.php#11/12/2002 About new Kling Klang setup: news.php#10/12/2002 About Australian special albuns release: news.php#16/01/2003 About last concerts: news.php#15/12/2002 news.php#27/09/2002 news.php#23/09/2002   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     16/01/2003   Kraftwerk releases repackaged albuns... In February/2003 will be released at Australia 4 of their classic albuns (Radioactivity, Trans Europe Express, The Man Machine and Computer World), all CDs repackaged versions, each one with an exclusive australian booklet. These exclusive australian release can be acquired by pre-order at the following address: www.soundworld.com.au This weekend, Kraftwerk will make your debut at Big Day Out festival, at Australia and New Zealand (See complete dates here). This is the second time that Kraftwerk plays at Oceania. The first one was at the 1981 tour, with 5 shows at Australia. The next shows (not confirmed yet) must be at USA.   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     15/01/2003   Kraftwerk plays live in New Zealand and Australia... "Big Day Out" annual festival, with following dates: :: 17/01/2003 Ericcson Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand :: 19/01/2003 Parklands, Gold Coast, Australia :: 23/01/2003 Enmore Theatre, Sydney, Australia :: 25/01/2003 Olympic Park Showgrounds, Sydney, Australia :: 27/01/2003 Royal Melbourne Showgrounds, Melbourne, Australia :: 29/01/2003 Metro Nightclub, Melbourne, Australia :: 31/01/2003 RA&HS Showgrounds, Adelaide, Australia :: 02/02/2003 Claremont Showgrounds, Perth, Australia See too Australia exclusive CDs release in news.php#16/01/2003. :: More informations :: Official Kraftwerk Page: www.kraftwerk.com (see Konzert Section) About Australia/New Zealand shows: posters.php#poster2000 www.bigdayout.com www.pollstar.com/tour/searchall.pl?By=Artist&Content=KRAFTW&Key=Y&AN=Y www.enmoretheatre.com.au www.metronightclub.com www.ticketmaster7.com www.ticketek.com.au About 2002 shows: news.php#15/12/2002 news.php#15/12/2002 news.php#11/12/2002 news.php#27/09/2002 news.php#23/09/2002 news.php#19/09/2002 About new Kling Klang setup news.php#10/12/2002 Thanks for Marty Yates (New Zealand) and Adam Read (Australia)   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     ---------------------------------------- > December/2002 < ----------------------------------------   15/12/2002   Kraftwerk played live at Tokyo and Osaka... Kraftwerk gave two shows at Japan in december, last 13/12 in Tokyo and 15/12 in Osaka, and showed basically the same repertory of last european concerts. The group confirm your present tendency to mix old and new arrangements, bringing back sonorities from 70/80 years. The new look of stage was maintaned, with the new setup controled by laptops and only a large video screen behind them (news.php#10/12/2002) The members was dressed in black, without wire-frame suits or robots. The setlist of Tokyo and Osaka shows were: - Intro (Robovox) - Numbers - Computer World - It's More Fun to Compute/Home Computer - Pocket Calculator (Dentaku) - Expo 2000 (Remix) - The Man Machine - The Robots - Tour de France - Autobahn - The Model - Neon Lights - Radioactivity - Trans Europe Express/Metal on Metal - Boing Boom Tschak/Music Non Stop Informations by courtesy of OGO Yoichiro and MIRAI - Japan See sample video in video live section. :: More informations :: About concert dates: news.php#11/12/2002 About new Kling Klang setup: news.php#10/12/2002 About last concerts: news.php#27/09/2002 news.php#23/09/2002   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     11/12/2002   Kraftwerk plays live again: 10 concerts scheduled... Kraftwerk will plays at Japan, New Zealand and Australia in 2002 and 2003 JAPAN: :: 13/12/2002 - "Electraglide 2002" - Makuhari Messe, Tokyo, Japan :: 15/12/2002 - Zepp Osaka, Osaka, Japan AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND: "Big Day Out" annual festival, with following dates: :: 17/01/2003 Ericcson Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand :: 19/01/2003 Parklands, Gold Coast, Australia :: 23/01/2003 Enmore Theatre, Sydney, Australia :: 25/01/2003 Olympic Park Showgrounds, Sydney, Australia :: 27/01/2003 Royal Melbourne Showgrounds, Melbourne, Australia :: 29/01/2003 Metro Nightclub, Melbourne, Australia :: 31/01/2003 RA&HS Showgrounds, Adelaide, Australia :: 02/02/2003 Claremont Showgrounds, Perth, Australia :: More informations :: Official Kraftwerk Page: www.kraftwerk.com (see Konzert Section) About Japan shows: www.beatink.com/events/events_e.html www.m-messe.co.jp smash-jpn.com/kraftwerk.html About Australia/New Zealand shows: posters.php#poster2000 www.bigdayout.com www.pollstar.com/tour/searchall.pl?By=Artist&Content=KRAFTW&Key=Y&AN=Y www.enmoretheatre.com.au www.metronightclub.com www.ticketmaster7.com www.ticketek.com.au About new Kling Klang setup news.php Thanks for Sucho - Himeji (Japan), Marty Yates (New Zealand) and Adam Read (Australia)   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     10/12/2002   Kraftwerk uses new setup on stage... The new setup of recent shows, with a "reduced" equipment on stage, includes a series of modifications compared to classical disposition of 80's and 90's shows. The Kling Klang consoles and the large scale analog equipments were replaced by some of the following equipments: :: For controling and sound generation 4 laptops Pentium SONY Vaio running Microsoft Windows XP and Cubase SX sequencer. :: All sound is generated in laptops using virtual instruments (VST) like a HALion virtual sampler and other from Native Instruments and TC Works with Cubase SX as a host. :: To control, mixing and modulate MIDI parameters (notes, filters, modulations, etc) of the virtual instruments using Doepfer fader boxes (maybe Doepfer Regelwerk, Doepfer Pocket Dials or Doepfer Pocket Faders). :: To play melodies and start live samples Midiman keystation keyboards :: A special feature for Cubase SX called System Link allows full audio and MIDI control and integration between all laptops in high speed (maybe using firewire port) with 5.1 surround sound (DVD Quality, Dolby Digital, 96khz, 24bits). :: Video images are generated and controled by Hilpert's laptop and synchronized with music through Cubase SX and shown in a great wide screen (16x9). :: All the equipment (laptops, keyboards and controllers) is accomodated in 4 simple consoles one for each band member. The complete configuration obviously is not described totally here, and they are experimenting with new devices all the time. The next shows probably won't show a disposition 100% identical. :: More informations :: Setup: data_setup.php Cubase SX: Kraftwerk/Cubase SX www.steinberg.net www.steinberg.net/en/ps/products/music_production/cubase_sx_pc www.steinberg.net/en/ps/products/vst_instruments/ www.steinberg.net/en/ps/products/vst_instruments/halion/ www.steinberg.net/en/ps/products/music_production/cubase_sx_pc/features/mixer Microsoft Windows XP www.microsoft.com/windowsxp Native Instruments: www.nativeinstruments.de TC Works: Kraftwerk Tour with FXmachine www.tcelectronic.com Doepfer: Kraftwerk/Doepfer www.doepfer.de www.doepfer.de/rw.htm www.doepfer.de/pd.htm MIDIMAN: www.midiman.com SONY Vaio: www.sony.com www.sonystyle.com/vaio Concerts: news.php data_tour.php   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     ---------------------------------------- > September/2002 < ----------------------------------------   27/09/2002   Kraftwerk live in Paris: see setlist and photos... Cité de la Musique - 25-26/09/2002 - Paris - France The setlist was: Vocoder voice (Meine Damen und Herren...), The Robots, Expo 2000 (similar to Underground Resistance Mix version), It's More Fun to Compute/Home Computer, The Man Machine, Tour de France, Autobahn, The Model, Neon Lights, Pocket Calculator, Airwaves/Tango(ZKM song) Radioactivity, Trans Europe Express, Numbers/Computer World, Boing Boom Tschak/Music Non Stop See photos from the concerts: pictures_2000years.php Photos by courtesy of Windowlicer - Stockholm - Sweden   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     23/09/2002   Kraftwerk plays live in Belgium... Zaal Vooruit - 23/09/2002 - Gent - Belgium A synopsis about this first show: There was no synthesizers on stage, only laptops (Sony Vaio) running Steinberg Cubase SX, one for each member. Ralf Hütter was the only member with a keyboard, the others had consoles with controllers and pedals. The stage is clean and minimal, with only one big screen of high quality(15m x 4m) served by 3 NEC projectors, for the videos. The racks behind them were supressed. The four members was dressed in black, without the fluorescent stripes suits. There was not robots or dummies appearances in this show. The setlist was: Start at 20:30 hs. Vocoder voice (Meine damen und herren...) Expo 2000 (similar to Underground Resistance mix version), It's More Fun to Compute, The Man Machine, The Robots, Tour de France, Autobahn, The Model, Neon Lights, Pocket Calculator, Airwaves/Tango(ZKM track), Radioactivity, Trans Europe Express/Metal on Metal, Numbers/Computer World, Boing Boom Tschak/Music Non Stop. End at 22:30 hs. The setlist didn't bring great changes, with the exceptions of Expo 2000 and Neon Lights. Expo 2000 opened the show and was played for the first time in official concerts. During the presentation of Pocket Calculator, they didn't use the traditional small hand held devices. Airwaves was a extended techno version (Tango), but it didn't sound exactly the same as in last shows. Some fans reported small technical fails in the sound during the presentation of The Robots, Autobahn and TEE, probably a reflex of adaptation with virtual instruments (Cubase SX) on stage. The sound itself was massive, Surround from all 4 corners permitting very deep basses. The videos had small modifies, with new images to TEE, Neon Lights and Music Non Stop (without the images of Karl and Wolfgang). The concert was photographed and recorded by some smart (and hidden) fans, then new material will appears soon. Thanks for the report: Jimmy Dewit, Joris Hendrix, Paul Mennes, Leon Mols and Geert Lemmens. See too news.php#11/09/2002 news.php#27/07/2002 www.sonystyle.com/vaio   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     19/09/2002   Luxembourg live perfomance rescheduled... Luxembourg, Den Atelier, live perfomance rescheduled from Sunday 22nd to Sunday 29th of September 2002, 21h00 (see more informations at www.atelier.lu/agenda) See too news.php#27/07/2002 data_tour.php#2002   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     11/09/2002   Kraftwerk will use new live setup in september... The german company Steinberg, who develops softwares to professional music systems, reported the utilization of Cubase SX by Kraftwerk in the shows of september. This version comes to replace the most of the hardware setup at stage: through powerful laptops running this software´s family, come true the utilization of virtual instruments, samplers and effects in real time replacing traditional electronic sound devices. See more information in: data_setup.php#2000_Years www.steinberg.net/en/ps/community/artist_lounge/music_production/kraftwerk www.steinberg.net/en/ps/community/artist_news/music_production/kraftwerk_report   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     ---------------------------------------- > July/2002 < ----------------------------------------   27/07/2002   Kraftwerk plays live again in 2002: 5 concerts scheduled... Kraftwerk will play 5 times in September 2002, at the following dates: :: 23 of september: Zaal Vooruit, Gent, Belgium, 20h00 (see more informations at www.goformusic.be/nl/agenda/concertnew.asp?id=387) :: 25 of September: Cité de la Musique, Paris, France, 20h00 :: 26 of September: Cité de la Musique, Paris, France, 20h00 and 23h59 (see more informations at www.cite-musique.fr/francais/_database/cs_g04.htm) :: 29 of September (show rescheduled from Sunday 22nd September): Den Atelier, Luxembourg, 21h00 (see more informations at www.atelier.lu/agenda) See too Concert Dates section at data_tour.php#2002   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     ---------------------------------------- > June/2002 < ----------------------------------------   21/06/2002   New "Kraftwerk - The Music Makers" book launched... Book "Kraftwerk - The Music Makers" by Albert Koch seems to be out (only German). See Amazon.de item: www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3854452136/qid=1024677420/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_3_1/028-9450933-3833315   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::     ---------------------------------------- > April/2002 < ----------------------------------------   14/04/2002   Kraftwerk exhibition in Germany... The Museum für Angewandte Kunst of Cologne, Germany, promoted the exhibition "Ex Machina" - A sampling of the robots from 1950 till today (15/01/2002 - 14/04/2002) with a section dedicated to Kraftwerk, disposing models of Hutter, Schneider, Henning and Hilpert You can see some photos at: pictures_2000years.php#exmachina   ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

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