When you consider the huge part that Kraftwerk played in the development of electronic music, it is perhaps surprising how few remixes they have to their name – just N of their tracks have been remixed by others. In a way, there’s something rather beautiful about the preservation of their artistic vision in this way, but it’s also something of a shame that we can’t hear a few more reinterpretations, especially given how good the ones we did get are.
So here’s the full list:
| Year | Track | Remixer | Version(s) |
| 1983 | Tour de France | François Kevorkian | Kevorkian Remix (German) Kevorkian Remix (English) Kevorkian Remix (various edit versions) |
| 1986 | Musique Non Stop | François Kevorkian | 12″ Version |
| 1986 | Der Telefon Anruf / The Telephone Call | François Kevorkian & Ron St. Germain | Remix (German) Remix (English) |
| 1991 | Radioactivität / Radioactivity | François Kevorkian | François Kevorkian 7″ Remix (German) François Kevorkian 7″ Remix (English) François Kevorkian 12″ Remix (English) |
| 1991 | Radioactivität / Radioactivity | William Orbit | William Orbit 7″ Remix (German) William Orbit 12″ Remix (German) William Orbit 7″ Remix (English) William Orbit 12″ Remix (English) William Orbit Hardcore Mix (English) |
| 2000 | Expo 2000 | Orbital | Orbital Mix |
| 2000 | Expo 2000 | François Kevorkian & Rob Rives | François K + Rob Rives Mix |
| 2000 | Expo 2000 | DJ Rolando | DJ Rolando Mix |
| 2000 | Expo 2000 | Underground Resistance | Underground Resistance Mix UR Infiltrated Mix UR Thought 3 Mix |
| 2004 | Aerodynamik | Alex Gopher & Étienne De Crécy | Alex Gopher / Étienne De Crécy Dynamik Mix |
| 2004 | Aerodynamik | François Kevorkian | François K Aero Mix François K Aero Mix Instrumental |
| 2007 | Aerodynamik | Hot Chip | Intelligent Design Mix |
| 2007 | La Forme | Hot Chip | King of the Mountains Mix |
There you have it – just eighteen remixes plus a handful of variations, of seven tracks, by eleven other artists. Some of the early ones don’t even stray far from the originals. But they’re pretty much uniformly fantastic, and do form a key part of Kraftwerk‘s wonderful discography – so I hope that one day we can see them all collected together. The Remix, anyone?
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