Description
#0001 Europa Endlos on YouTube
Ballfinger Music #0001
Release Date: 1. April 2022
Behind the simple number combination #0001 hides the complete re-recording of Kraftwerk’s iconic album “Trans Europa Express” from 1977. For this purpose, the two Düsseldorf-based professional musicians Thomas Kruesselmann and Hans-Peter Fassbender have disassembled the original work into all its individual parts in forensic detail work, analyzed it and re-recorded it using modern recording technology. The result is a very balanced and faithful album with a refreshingly modern sound. The fact that this is a completely new recording is revealed above all by Thomas Kruesselmann’s voice: large-diaphragm microphones and tube amplifiers were used here, giving the sparsely used vocals precision, elegance and more presence. The album was analog mastered in Ballfinger Music’s new in-house studio in Krefeld, 20 kilometers north of Duesseldorf.
Programming/Keyboards: Hans Peter Fassbender
Mix/Vocals: Thomas Kruesselmann
Mastering: Studio Ballfinger Duesseldorf
Producer: Roland Schneider
Recorded in October 2021 in Duesseldorf
℗+© 2022 Ballfinger Music – LC 99049
Track list:
1. Europa Endlos (R. Huetter/F. Schneider) 9:29
2. Spiegelsaal (R. Huetter/F. Schneider/E. Schult) 8:05
3. Schaufensterpuppen (R. Huetter/F. Schneider) 6:10
4. Trans Europa Express ( R. Huetter, F. Schneider/ E. Schult) 6:36
5. Metall auf Metall ( R. Huetter) 2:11
6. Abzug (R. Huetter) 4:51
7. Franz Schubert (R. Huetter) 4:24
8. Endlos Endlos (R. Huetter/ F. Schneider) 0:54
Total length: 41:41
Master Tape:
Number of reels: 1
Tape: RTM LPR90 1/4” 2-track
Track width: 2.75 mm
Setup: Tail out with leadertape
Speed: 15 IPS
Equalizing: CCIR/35ųs
Level: 320 nWb/m
Master recorder: Ballfinger M 051 MR
Source: 1/2″ analog master tape
Compact disc:
Compact disc in DigiPAC
