Klang Box
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| Compilation album by Kraftwerk | ||
| Released | May 1997 (for promotion only) |
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| Recorded | 1976–1980 | |
| Genre | Electronic music, Krautrock | |
| Label | EMI | |
| Producer(s) | Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider | |
| Kraftwerk chronology | ||
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| The Mix (1991) |
Klang Box (1997) |
Expo 2000 (1999–2000) |
Klang Box was a special edition box set compilation of music by Kraftwerk, issued in the UK in May 1997 as a promotional item ahead of Kraftwerk's 24th May appearance at the Tribal Gathering Festival, held at Luton Hoo, England.
Klang Box contained four 12" singles of analogue recordings compiled from the Trans-Europe Express, Computer World and Electric Café albums, including a rare instrumental edit of "Trans-Europe Express".
250 boxes, with the catalogue number Klang Box 101, were issued; a further 750 copies of each of the four 12" singles also released as separate promo items.
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[edit] Contents
- Trans-Europe Express / Trans-Europe Express·Instr· (Klang DJ 101)
- Numbers / Numbers (Klang DJ 102)
- Musique Non-Stop / Musique Non-Stop (Klang DJ 103)
- Homecomputer / It's More Fun to Compute (Klang DJ 104)
- ‘Robot’ motif T-shirt
| Kraftwerk |
| Ralf Hütter | Florian Schneider |
| Karl Bartos | Wolfgang Flür | Fritz Hilpert | Henning Schmitz | Emil Schult |
| Discography |
| Albums: Tone Float (as Organisation) | Kraftwerk | Kraftwerk 2 | Ralf und Florian | Autobahn | Radio-Activity | Trans-Europe Express | The Man-Machine | Computer World | Electric Café | Tour de France Soundtracks |
| Live and Compilations albums Exceller 8 | The Mix | Klang Box | Minimum – Maximum | The Catalogue |
| Non-album singles: Kohoutek-Kometenmelodie | Tour de France | Expo 2000 |
| Videography |
| Minimum – Maximum (DVD) |
