Kraftwerk - Trans-Europa Express LP

Kraftwerk celebrate Europe's romantic past and shimmering future (even more so now post-Brexit) 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 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 and sampling, electro and industrial music. Poetry in motion.

Remastered Mute reissue with expanded artwork including unseen images.

Tracklist:

- CD -

1. Europe Endless
2. The Hall of Mirrors
3. Showroom Dummies
4. Trans Europe Express
5. Metal on Metal
6. Abzug
7. Franz Schubert
8. Endless Endless

- LP -

1. Europa Endlos
2. Spiegelsaal
3. Schaufensterpuppen
4. Trans Europa Express
5. Metall Auf Metall
6. Abzug
7. Franz Schubert
8. Endlos Endlos

About this product: this reissue is available on CD and LP formats.

The CD comes in a jewelcase, housed in an O-card.

The LP is pressed on black vinyl.