Kraftwerk – Trans Europe Express (Clear Vinyl)

Trans-Europe Express (German: Trans Europa Express) is the sixth studio album by Kraftwerk. In 2014, the Los Angeles Times called it "the most important pop album of the last 40 years".

Trans-Europe Express is one of the most important works in the Kraftwerk canon, as it is the album with which the art music hippies began their transformation into electro-pop robots.

Warner Music / Parlophone Records have now confirmed that the 2009 vinyl remasters Kraftwerk - Der Katalog 12345678 - from Germany and the UK will be released as individual heavyweight LPs in colored vinyl for the first time.

In total there are the six German LPs and the eight UK LPs - Autobahn, Radio-Activity, Trans Europe Express, The Man-Machine, Computer World, Techno Pop, The Mix and Tour De France. The German editions include five German language versions plus Radio-Activity, which features German song titles on the artwork, although the audio is identical to the UK pressing. The new vinyl editions are pressed on 180g heavyweight vinyl in a dynamic palette of colors: From the translucent neon yellow of "Computerwelt" and to the blue of "Autobahn", they sound flawless. The design of the Kraftwerk albums was conceived and produced by Ralf Hütter and the covers were printed to the highest production standards. Each album comes with an illustrated booklet featuring Kraftwerk's visionary imagery.

Kraftwerk's unrivaled influence on electronic music and pop culture can currently be seen at the Design Museum London, where the highly acclaimed exhibition "Electro: From Kraftwerk to the Chemical Brothers" is on display. Kraftwerk's 3D exhibition space is one of the exhibition's standout moments, a fully immersive experience that captures the uniqueness of a Kraftwerk concert with its cutting-edge sonic and visual presentation.

Reviews

"The Design of the albums was conceived by Ralf Hütter, the covers were printed according printed to the highest production standards and are made of high quality material Each LP comes with an illustrated (...) booklet, which provides an Insight into the visionary imagery of Kraftwerk's visionary imagery." (Good Times, December 2020/January 2021)