http://www.billboard...004019021.story
After the final remasters of Der Katalog, which is going to be released soon, the band will be back to Kling Klang, in order to work on a possible (don't forget this is Kraftwerk after all) new album, which could be followed by a new tour (as Ralf said). This would be the first one since Florian left the band.
Edit : the link seems to be broken... fortunately, I have a copy/paste of what was written :
Kraftwerk New Album For 2010...
With a boxed set of its primary catalog on the
way, Kraftwerk is eyeballing 2010 for the release
of its first new album since 2003's "Tour De France
Soundtracks."
Co-founder Ralf Hutter tells Billboard.com that with
the group's 2009 live shows -- including some featuring
3-D background graphics and several with Radiohead -- the
pioneering German electronic outfit has returned to its
Kling Klang multi-media facility in Dusseldorf. "There'
s still time to go," Hutter reports, "but in the winter
it's pretty gray here, so it's a good situation to go
into the studio." As to what the album -- Kraftwerk's
first without co-founder Florian Schneider, who left
the group last November -- will sound like, Hutter
says "it's still very early. It's still in its
embryonic stage."
Hutter says he expects Kraftwerk to tour again once
the album is completed and released.
Until that time, fans will be able to tuck into "The
Catalogue," an eight-disc boxed set due out Nov. 17
that commemorates the 35th anniversary of Kraftwerk's
breakthrough hit "Autobahn" and contains all the
albums it released between 1974-2003. Each of the titles
has been remastered and come in "mini-vinyl" wallet
card packaging, with large-format booklets that replicate
the artwork of the original releases. Additionally,
1986's "Electric Cafe" has been returned to its
originally intended title, "Techno Pop."
Five of the titles, meanwhile -- "Autobahn," "Radio-Activity,"
"Trans Europe Express," "The Man Machine" and "Tour De
France Soundtracks" -- have just been released as individual
CDs. The other three albums are not currently licensed for
separate release in the U.S.
"It's a piece of work that just had to be done," Hutter says
of the catalog overhaul. "The quality (of previous CDs) wasn't
always as it should have been...especially the artwork was
just cut down from the LP format or scanned down, especially
in America. Now we found the time to finish it, and we're
very happy. You have everything from Kraftwerk in high
(quality) formats."
Hutter says he also plans to upgrade the three Kraftwerk
albums that preceded "Autobahn," though he won't predict
a timetable for those. "When I find the time and go
through the archives again, we'll do those also in a
new format," he promises. "But my perspective now is
forward for the next album."
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