'' is a 2003
Music Album by
Kraftwerk . The album was recorded for the 100th anniversary of the first
Tour De France bicycle race. The cover art is similar to that of their 1983 single "
Tour De France ".
It was recorded by the band in their
Kling Klang studio, Düsseldorf, Hütter and Schneider working with Fritz Hilpert and Henning Schmitz. This 4-piece line-up then took the album on an extensive world tour. On the tour, they performed the music from 4 laptop computers running sequencing, sampling and 'softsynth' software, also controlling and synchronised with large video displays.
A short 'jingle' was supplied to the television broadcaster
Eurosport for use in their coverage of the 2003 Tour de France.
# (00:31) "Prologue"
( Fritz Hilpert , Ralf Hütter , Florian Schneider )
# (04:27) "Tour de France Étape 1"
(Hilpert, Hütter, Maxime Schmitt , Schneider)
# (06:41) "Tour de France Étape 2"
(Hilpert, Hütter, Schmitt, Schneider)
# (03:56) "Tour de France Étape 3"
(Hilpert, Hütter, Schmitt, Schneider)
# (03:19) "Chrono"
(Hilpert, Hütter, Schmitt, Schneider)
# (08:09) "Vitamin"
(Hilpert, Hütter)
# (05:04) "
Aérodynamik "
(Hilpert, Hütter, Schmitt, Schneider)
# (03:21) "Titanium"
(Hilpert, Hütter, Schmitt, Schneider)
# (05:16) "
Elektro Kardiogramm "
(Hilpert, Hütter)
# (08:41) "La Forme"
(Hütter, Schmitt)
# (01:16) "Regénération"
(Hütter, Schmitt)
# (05:12) "
Tour De France "
( Karl Bartos , Hütter, Schmitt, Schneider)
Note: The Japanese CD release of this album also contains the video of the single "Tour de France 2003" as a bonus track.
Tour de France Soundtracks promotional advert
