Kraftwerk - 50th Anniversary of Autobahn

Dan Higgs
Jul 11
3 min read

50^th Anniversary of Autobahn

One of the world’s most iconic albums now presented in 3 new formats released on 07 March 2025

1. Blu-ray audio disc featuring a stunning Dolby Atmos Mix reconstructed from the original 16-track tapes at Kling Klang Studio by Ralf Hütter

2. First ever 12” picture disc vinyl

3. Full digital release of the Dolby Atmos Mix

Bonus Autobahn 7” vinyl & digital release available 14 February 2025

All formats released by Parlophone Records

Album pre-order: https://kraftwerk.lnk.to/autobahn50thanniversary

7” pre-order: https://kraftwerk.lnk.to/autobahnsingle

To celebrate reaching its 50^th Anniversary, Kraftwerk have announced three new editions of their landmark 1974 album Autobahn for release on 07 March 2025. 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 visualiser 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 & digitally on 14 February 2025:

A. Autobahn

B. Kometenmelodie 2

Kraftwerk acknowledge Autobahn at 50 with some newly announced US, UK and European shows including a headline appearance at the Forever Now Festival being held at Milton Keynes Bowl on Sunday 22 June 2025. Full line up and ticket info here