Expo 2000 is a song by the German band Kraftwerk . Initially, it was only a jingle ( a-cappella ) for the world exhibition " Expo 2000 " in Hanover , then it became a full-fledged independent composition.
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| Released | December 1999 November 2000 | |||
| Format | EP (CD, 12 ") | |||
| Recorded by | 1999 - 2000 | |||
| Genre | Electonic music | |||
| Producer | Ralph Hutter Florian Schneider | |||
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| Label | Emi | |||
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| Allmusic | No rating [1] |
The single "Expo 2000" was released on CD and 12-inch vinyl in December 1999 via EMI label in Germany, and in January 2000 in other European countries. In March 2000, he reached 27th place in the UK singles charts. In November 2000, a collection of remixes was released for Expo 2000. Both singles were released in the United States on the same CD by Astralwerks in October 2001.
Content
Jingle "Expo 2000"
The original jingle had a typical Kraftwerk vocoder- distorted voice singing the phrase Expo 2000 ( expo zweitausend ) in six languages: German, English, French, Russian, Spanish, Japanese. The total duration of the sound was about 30 seconds. This version was available for download on the Internet and was published only on the Expo 2000 souvenir CD. For the production of this jingle, the group received 400,000 German marks (about β¬ 200,000) - according to some critics, quite a lot of voices distorted by the vocoder for half a minute. [2]
Expo 2000 Song List
- Expo 2000 (Radio Mix)
- Expo 2000 (Kling Klang Mix 2000)
- Expo 2000 (Kling Klang Mix 2002)
- Expo 2000 (Kling Klang Mix 2001)
Expo Remix Song List
- Expo 2000 - Orbital Mix
- Expo 2000 - François Kevorkian & Rob Rives Mix
- Expo 2000 - DJ Rolando Mix
- Expo 2000 - Underground Resistance Mix
- Expo 2000 - Underground Resistance Infiltrated Mix
- Expo 2000 - Underground Resistance Thought 3 Mix
References and notes
- β Dave Thompson. Expo 2000 - Kraftwerk | Song Info | AllMusic AllMusic . Date of treatment March 29, 2016.
- β "Neues von der Expo 2000. Krach mit Informix, Jingle-Download" (German) , Computerwoche, 08/30/1999