Kraftwerk to release 3-D audio/visual documentary ahead of Irish tour

Released to coincide with Kraftwerk’s forthcoming June 2017 tour - their first Irish/UK dates since the breathtaking shows witnessed at the Tate Modern in 2013 - Parlophone have today announced the release of Kraftwerk 3-D The Catalogue for May 26. This is the ground-breaking 3-D Kraftwerk Concert was brought to life using high definition 3-D with Dolby Atmos surround sound and presented to the technological and audio standards one would associate and indeed come to expect from the pioneering Germans led by founder Ralf Hütter. For the very first time, every Kraftwerk fan can now experience a "Gesamtkunstwerk – a total work of art” in the comfort of their own home. Kraftwerk 3-D The Catalogue will be released across a number of formats including: Blu-Ray, DVD, Vinyl, CD and Download.

Kraftwerk 3-D The Catalogue is a 3-D audio/video documentary of the Kraftwerk 3-D multi-media art performances in the leading museums of the world. It features 8 classic Kraftwerk albums in chronological order: Autobahn (1974), Radio-Activity (1975), Trans Europe Express (1977), The Man-Machine (1978), Computer World (1981), Techno Pop (1986), The Mix (1991) & Tour De France (2003) - filmed and recorded between 2012 and 2016 on the band’s 3-D World Tour. The locations include MoMA (New York), The Tate Modern Turbine Hall (London), Akasaka Blitz (Tokyo), Opera House (Sydney), Norske Opera (Oslo), Paradiso (Amsterdam), Fondation Louis Vuitton (Paris) and Neue National Galerie (Berlin). These 3-D multi-media performances have been met with universal acclaim from both music critics and art/culture curators.

The multi-media project Kraftwerk was started in 1970 by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider. They set up their electronic Kling Klang Studio in Düsseldorf, where they conceived and produced all Kraftwerk albums. By the mid 1970’s Kraftwerk had achieved international recognition for their revolutionary electronic soundscapes and their musical experimentation with robotics and other technical innovations. With their visions of the future, Kraftwerk created the soundtrack for the digital age of the 21st century.

Their compositions, using innovative techniques, synthetic voices and computerised rhythms, have had a major international influence across an entire range of music genres and musicians: from Electro to Hip Hop, from Techno to Synth Pop, from Drum & Bass to Rock, from Industrial to Kosmische Musik, from Pop to Ambient, from station to station and back to Düsseldorf City.

Kraftwerk perform at the Bord Gais Theatre, Dublin, on June 2 & 3. See full tour listings below:

Fri 02 June 17 Dublin, Bord Gais Energy Theatre
Sat 03 June 17 Dublin, Bord Gais Energy Theatre
Sun 04 June 17 Belfast, Waterfront Hall
Tue 06 June 17 Oxford, New Theatre
Wed 07 June 17 Brighton, Centre
Fri 09 June 17 Glasgow, Royal Concert Hall
Sat 10 June 17 Edinburgh, Usher Hall
Sun 11 June 17 Liverpool, Philharmonic Hall
Tue 13 June 17 Birmingham, Symphony Hall
Wed 14 June 17 Gateshead, The Sage
Thu 15 June 17 Sheffield, City Hall
Sat 17 June 17 Bristol, Colston Hall
Sun 18 June 17 Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall
Mon 19 June 17 Manchester, Bridgewater Hall
Wed 21 June 17 London, Royal Albert Hall
Thu 22 June 17 London, Royal Albert Hall
Fri 23 June 17 London, Royal Albert Hall