KRATWERK 50th Anniversary of Autobahn
ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST ICONIC ALBUMS NOW PRESENTED IN 3 NEW FORMATS RELEASED ON MARCH 7
BLU-RAY AUDIO DISC FEATURING A STUNNING DOLBY ATMOS MIX RECONSTRUCTED FROM THE ORIGINAL 16-TRACK TAPES AT KLING KLANG STUDIO BY RALF HÜTTER
FIRST EVER 12” PICTURE DISC VINYL
FULL DIGITAL RELEASE OF THE DOLBY ATMOS MIX
BONUS AUTOBAHN 7” VINYL & DIGITAL RELEASE AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 14
(January 21, 2025 - Los Angeles, CA) To celebrate reaching its 50th Anniversary, Kraftwerk have announced three new editions of their landmark 1974 album Autobahn for release on March 7. After re-visiting the original 16-track master tapes, Kraftwerk founder Ralf Hütter with engineer Fritz Hilpert have created a brand-new Dolby ATMOS Mix, which takes the listening experience of this seminal recording further and deeper than ever before. The new Dolby ATMOS Mix will be available as a Blu-ray disc and digital release, and for vinyl lovers, the stereo album is pressed as a highly attractive vinyl picture disc for the very first time, making it the only official picture disc in Kraftwerk’s discography.
The three formats of Autobahn are as follows:
1. Blu-ray audio disc featuring Dolby ATMOS mix, 5.1 mix, stereo mix, 2024 edits of Autobahn and Kometenmelodie 2 (in Dolby Atmos mix, 5.1 mix, stereo) plus a visualizer video of Autobahn (edit) using Kraftwerk’s live projections. There is an exclusive edition of the Blu-ray, which comes housed in a card slipcase which is only available from the official Kling Klang store and via Super Deluxe Edition here
2. A 12" picture disc vinyl (2009 stereo remaster)
3. Digital release of Dolby ATMOS mix (Apple Music, Amazon, Tidal etc)
In addition, a new single edit of Autobahn (which originally became an underground hit in the UK and US) will be released on 7” vinyl and digitally on February 14:
A. Autobahn
B. Kometenmelodie 2