KRAFTWERK have confirmed they are working on new material for an album with
a tentative release date set for September. In addition, the band are to
have all their albums reissued with extra tracks to mark their Tribal
Gathering appearance on May 24. Band members Ralf Hutter and Florian
Schneider will be joined at Tribal Gathering by musicians Fritz Hilpert and
Henning Schmitz, who accompanied the band on their UK dates promoting 'The
Mix' in 1991. They plan to play four new songs during their performance. NME
understands that tapes of three new Kraftwerk tracks have been received by
the band's London record company, EMI. They were recorded at the band's
Kling-Klang Studio in Dusseldorf. Security is tight with only two employees
of the company said to have heard it.
The first Kraftwerk reissue, 'The Man-Machine' will be released by EMI on
June 2. The album, originally issued in 1978, will come with an extra CD
featuring three German vocal versions of old Kraftwerk songs: 'Neon Lights'
('Neonlicht'), 'The Model' ('Das Modell') and 'The Robots' ('Die Roboter').
It will be followed in July by repackaged versions of 'Radio-Activity' and
'Trans-Europe Express', both featuring extra tracks. EMI also plan to
release four limited-edition 12" singles to coincide with Tribal Gathering.
There will only be 250 copies each of: 'Trans-Europe Express' backed by an
instrumental B-side; 'Numbers' and 'Musique Non-Stop' (both backed by the
same track); and 'Home Computer' backed by 'It's More Fun To Compute'. They
will be packaged in a box with a free T-shirt.
In related news, BBC Radio One will be transmitting Kraftwerks set from
The Tribal Gathering Festival, and their www site will also transmit in
RealAudio!!!
Transmission time 10:30 GMT May 24th.
Dave Egan
sumac@tiac.net
"echo's alot of fun if you know how to use it use it..." -Yom Tucker
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