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Covers and Remixes

This section lists Kraftwerk covers and remixes that I have found or heard of. This is a list of bands other than Kraftwerk that have performed Kraftwerk songs or have reinterpreted them with new sounds.


ARTIST: 8-Bit Operators
Covers of Kraftwerk and similar music performed using the sounds of vintage video game systems.

ARTIST: Angel Dust 216
ALBUM: Musique Non Suck
TRACK: Spacelab 1
Cover/remix of Spacelab. The same album also contains a track titled "Tschak!".
THANKS TO: John Shilcock.

ARTIST: Another Power Plant
Has covers of several Kraftwerk songs on their website.
SOURCE: http://appmusic.hp.infoseek.co.jp/.

ARTIST: Aviador Dro
Has covered The Man-Machine.
THANKS TO: Frink.

ARTIST: Babasonicos
This group has reportedly remixed It's More Fun to Compute.
THANKS TO: Bruno Fernandez.

ARTIST: Balanescu Quartet
ALBUM: Possessed
DATE: 1992
This CD contains renditions of The Robots, The Model, Autobahn, Computer Love and Pocket Calculator done with classical instruments. They sound surprisingly good. Luca Dassi informs me that they performed The Model live and that there is a video for their rendition of this song.

ARTIST: Beck
Beck is rumored to have done a cover of Pocket Calculator. Unconfirmed.

ARTIST: Big Black
ALBUM: He's A Whore
DATE: 1987
Contains a cover of The Model.
THANKS TO: Coorchack and Ivo Peeters.

ARTIST: The Big Day
ALBUM: Genoma Humano
DATE: 1989
Contains a cover of The Model.
THANKS TO: Ivo Peeters.

ARTIST: The Cardigans
ALBUM: For What it's Worth
Contains a cover of Das Model.
THANKS TO: Mark J Stagg.

ARTIST: Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine
Has covered The Man-Machine.
THANKS TO: Frink.

ARTIST: Lloyd Cole
Apparently did a live cover of Pocket Calculator at a concert in New York once. It was later included in a boxed set of live and bootleg stuff that Lloyd collected.
THANKS TO: Arnaud de Bonald.

ARTIST: Dance Robots
Have done a cover of The Model.
THANKS TO: Coorchack.

ARTIST: Data Bank
ALBUM: Nuclear Winter (v/a compilation, Subtronic Records)
DATE: 1995
This group performed a cover of Radioactivity that ended up on this nuclear protest album.
THANKS TO: Der Automat.

ARTIST: Daybehavior
ALBUM: Hello!
Contains a cover of Tour de France.
THANKS TO: Coorchack.

ARTIST: Nico Demonte
TRACK: Man Machine
DATE: 1996
Johann Zuter writes: Nico Demonte's remix of Kraftwerk's The Man Machine (1978), with similar remixes of Kraftwerk's "Showroom Dummies" also formed the inspiration for Nico Demonte's "Mannequins in Alleys" EP (2005) and "Alive" album (2005).

ARTIST: Derivando
ALBUM: Duemila e oltre
DATE: March 5, 1999 (Milano 2000 label)
This Italian group has a cover of Computer Love on this compilation.

ARTIST: Digital Dante
DATE: 1979
Released a cover of Radio Activity on 7".
THANKS TO: Ivo Peeters.

ARTIST: DJ Dero
TRACK: La Modelo
This track is a cover of The Model.
THANKS TO: Coorchack.

ARTIST: The Divine Comedy
ALBUM: National Express
DATE: 1999
This album contains a cover of Radioactivity.
THANKS TO: Coorchack.

ARTIST: DMX Krew
Have covered Showroom Dummies.
THANKS TO: Coorchack.

ARTIST: Eläkeläiset
TRACK: Poro
This track is apparently a short ska version of The Robots sung in Finnish.
THANKS TO: Squibb Squirrel. ALBUM: Humppawerk
This album contains a cover of Das Model. THANKS TO: Hawran.

ARTIST: Empire State Human
ALBUM: Alpha & Omega
LABEL: Ninthwave Records
This album contains a cover of Hall of Mirrors said to be a bit more cheerful than the Kraftwerk version.
THANKS TO: Der Automat.

ARTIST: Das Erste Wiener Gemueseorchester (First Viennese Vegetable Orchestra)
ALBUM: Automato (Automate)
Includes a cover of Radio Activity played on prepared vegetables.
THANKS TO: Jan R.

ARTIST: Fink
ALBUM: Mondscheiner
This album contains a cover of Autobahn.
THANKS TO: Coorchack.

ARTIST: Galaxy Sound Orchestra
ALBUM: Synthesizer Hits, vol. 1
DATE: 1991
This album contains renditions of a number of electronic songs by various artists, all rendered with rather blah, ordinary-sounding synth patches. Sort of like elevator muzak. The Kraftwerk songs covered are Autobahn and The Model.

ARTIST: Garden Eden
Has done several different remixes of The Model.
THANKS TO: Coorchack.

ARTIST: Generator
TRACK: Das Model
Cover of The Model.
THANKS TO: Coorchack.

ARTIST: God
ALBUM: 2001 Live Concert (double VCD)
Disk 1 track refers in some way to Tour de France.
THANKS TO: Georges van Kriekinge.

ARTIST: Hikashu
ALBUM: Tokyo Mobile Music 1
DATE: 1982.
This is the original cover of The Model that was later remixed on the tribute albums Musique Non-Stop and The Radioactive Tribute to Kraftwerk.
THANKS TO: Ivo Peeters.

ARTIST: Dirk Ivans
ALBUM: Extended Play (MCD)
Contains a cover of Hall of Mirrors.
THANKS TO: Robert Kolk.

ARTIST: Kevin Kane
ALBUM: Timmy Loved Judas Priest
This limited edition (500 copies) album contains a smooth cover of Neon Lights.
THANKS TO: Georges van Kriekinge.

ARTIST: Komputer
TRACK: Oh Synthesizer
This track serves as evidence for those who say Komputer rip off Kraftwerk. Although it doesn't use any samples and has different lyrics and slightly different rhythm and melody, it sounds exactly like Kraftwerk's Neon Lights. The instruments sounds are not identical to Kraftwerk's, but have obviously been deliberately tuned to be sound similar. Although this song is nice to listen to, it is impossible not to notice its huge similarity to Neon Lights. Several other Komputer tracks (notably We Are Komputer and Komputer Krash) also sound very much like Kraftwerk. This fact combined with rumors that Komputer refuse to acknowledge any Kraftwerk influence have given them a very bad image with many Kraftwerk fans. However, there is reason to believe that Komputer's apparent refusal to acknowledge their Kraftwerk influence was actually a tongue-in-cheek joke; given how obvious it is, they were having a little fun with the interviewer and audience by pretending to deny it.

ARTIST: "Kraftwerk"
ALBUM: Tribal Gathering
This album is a commercially released bootleg of Kraftwerk's performance at Tribal Gathering '97. In addition to the genuine live Kraftwerk tracks, it contains remixes titled Tour de France (Tribal Remix), Electric Cafe (Mix-It Remix), Das Model (Razormaid Remix) and Re-Werked (Music Factory Remix).

ARTIST: Kröger
This German band covered Das Model on an album that came out some time in 1990 on the Hansa label.
THANKS TO: Erik Jälevik.

ARTIST: Koto
ALBUM: Koto Plays Synthesizer World Hits
DATE: 1990
The first track on this album is a cover of Trans Europe Express.
THANKS TO: Joshua Kassel.

ARTIST: Laether Strip
ALBUM: Self-Inflicted
DATE: 1997
This album contains a cover of Showroom Dummies.
THANKS TO: David from Spain.

ARTIST: Los Ninos Del Brasil
TRACK: The Model
DATE: 1991-ish
A cover featuring Spanish guitar.
THANKS TO: rs.

ARTIST: Love Tractor
According to a Scott Woods article in Eye magazine (Toronto), this artist once covered Neon Lights.

ARTIST: Gary Lucas
Has covered Autobahn as a solo guitar piece.
THANKS TO: MzDe.

ARTIST: Gary Lucas & Jozef van Wissem
ALBUM: Diplopia
Contains two versions of Hall of Mirrors.
THANKS TO: MzDe.

ARTIST: Luna
ALBUM: Superfreaky Memories (CD single)
DATE: 1999
Contains a cover of Neon Lights.
THANKS TO: Ivo Peeters.

ARTIST: Kevin Lux
Kevin Lux has covered several Kraftwerk songs, including Europe Endless, It's More Fun to Compute and Expo 2000.

ARTIST: The Manatees
ALBUM: Snackin' with the Manatees
This album includes a cover of The Model.
THANKS TO: Nat Heidler.

ARTIST: Mats Ronander
In 1987 made a cover of Neon Lights. THANKS TO: Drella.

ARTIST: Melt Banana
This Japanese hardcore/noise/punk band has covered Showroom Dummies.
THANKS TO: Huub Clout.

ARTIST: The Members
ALBUM: Going West
DATE: 1983
This album contains a dub reggae version of The Model.
THANKS TO: Jan Reetze and Ivo Peeters.

ARTIST: Miss Kitten and the Hacker
TRACK: Uno
This track is a cover of Numbers.
THANKS TO: Coorchack.

ARTIST: New David
ALBUM: New David Sings Kraftwerk
Contains covers of Autobahn, Computer Love, Expo 2000, Neon Lights, Radioland and The Model. SOURCE: http://www.junkmusik.com/?m=200509.

ARTIST: Noahlewis' Mahlon Taits
ALBUM: Plays
This album contains a cover of Ohm Sweet Ohm. THANKS TO: MzDe.

ARTIST: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
ALBUM: Sugar Tax
DATE: 1991
This album has a cover of Neon Lights with the lyrics sung by Christine Mellor.
THANKS TO: Rob Holman and Der Automat.

ARTIST: Papa Dee
ALBUM: The Man Who Couldn't Say No
This album contains a relaxed ska version of The Model.
THANKS TO: Stefan Norman and Coorchack.

ARTIST: Populär
This Hungarian group has covered Tour de France.
THANKS TO: you wine.

ARTIST: Pro-Gress
ALBUM: Drive
DATE: 1991
TRACK: Drive (Aud der Autobahn)
TRACK: Abfahrn' (Drive Me Wild)
TRACK: Autobahn (original version (edit))
These are all versions of Autobahn. THANKS TO: Ivo Peeters.

ARTIST: P.L.
ALBUM: untitled 12"
DATE: 1982
TRACK: Transeuropa Express
LABEL: ZYX Music
Brian writes: A cover of the famous Kraftwerk song. Or... is it? It really sounds more like an instrumental cover of Afrika Bambaataa's 'Planet Rock' (also released in 1982), so if you please you can say it's two covers in one. And to make things even more remarkable and somewhat confusing there's also a remix of this cover on ZYX (released in 1989).

ARTIST: Rammstein
ALBUM: Brachialste Gewalt Rammel 2
Contains an unsual cover of The Model.
THANKS TO: Luis Tames and Joshua Kassel.
ADDENDUM: Squibb Squirrel adds that this album is actually a Rammstein bootleg, and the Rammstein cover Das Modell was originally released on a maxi-CD.

ARTIST: Ride
This group recorded a cover of The Model for a compilation called Ruby Trax that was to be included with the 40th anniversary edition of a magazine called NME. Apparently Kraftwerk were also approached to include something on the same compilation but they backed out.
THANKS TO: Ian Harper and Scott Schanel.

ARTIST: Robert
ALBUM: Sime
Contains a cover of The Model.
THANKS TO: Coorchack.

ARTIST: Rot Front Trikont
Apparently recorded a cover of The Robots. It appears on the compilation album Russendisko Hits
THANKS TO: Arnaud de Bonald and Mats Kadmark.

ARTIST: Anthony Rother
ALBUM: Space Night vol. IV (compilation)
This album contains a cover of both Numbers and Computer World 2 within a single track.
THANKS TO: Coorchack and Squibb Squirrel. Squibb adds that the version on the limited vinyl edition is about 2 minutes longer.

ARTIST: Anthony Rother
Covered Trans Europe Express somewhere.
THANKS TO: Coorchack.

ARTIST: Samurai & Hardcastle
Have recorded a cover of Autobahn
THANKS TO: MzDe.

ARTIST: Schrammel & Slide
ALBUM: Hell Billies from Venus
Contains a cover of The Model.
THANKS TO: MzDe.

ARTIST: Senor Coconut (AKA Atom Heart)
ALBUM: El Baile Aleman
DATE: 2000
This album contains Latin-style renditions of Showroom Dummies, Trans-Europe Express, The Robots, Neon Lights, Autobahn, Homecomputer, Tour de France, The Man-Machine and Music Non-Stop. It's a strange but entertaining twist.

ARTIST: Senor Coconut
ALBUM: Tour de France
This single contains Latin variations of Tour de France and the Expo 2000 theme.

ARTIST: Simple Minds
ALBUM: Neon Lights
TRACK: Neon Lights
DATE: 2001
This track is a cover of... wait for it... Neon Lights! I bet you didn't see that coming!
THANKS TO: Coorchack.

ARTIST: Siouxsie & the Banshees
ALBUM: Through the Looking Glass
DATE: 1987
This album includes a cover of Hall of Mirrors.
THANKS TO: Handelson and Joshua Kassel.

ARTIST: Smooth Ace
ALBUM: Rock'n'Pop
This album contains a cover of Radioactivity. THANKS TO: MzDe.

ARTIST: Snakefinger
ALBUM: Chewing Hides the Sound
DATE: 1979
This album includes a cover of The Model.
THANKS TO: Jim Lemanowicz and Coorchack. ADDENDUM: Squibb Squirrel adds that since The Model was first released in 1978, this could be a contender for the earliest cover of that song.

ARTIST: Soma Mestizo
ALBUM: Peepshow
Reportedly contains a cover of Trans-Europe Express.
THANKS TO: MzDe.

ARTIST: Sopor Aeternus and the Ensemble of Shadows
TRACK: Modela Est
This track is apparently a darkwave reworking of The Model, sung in Latin.
THANKS TO: Luis Tames.

ARTIST: DJ Spinna
ALBUM: Intergalactic Funk
Contains a remix of Computer Love. THANKS TO: John Shilcock.

ARTIST: Teddybears Sthlm
A Swedish hardcore group who did a cover of The Robots.
THANKS TO: Joshua Kassel.

ARTIST: Storegga Effect
ALBUM: Heimstatt Hypotash
Contains a remix of Radioaktivitat. THANKS TO: MzDe.

ARTIST: The Technocrats
ALBUM: Ruckzuck
DATE: 1991 (Rough Trade)
A cover/remix of Ruckzuck. It was released as a 3-track 12" and a 6-track CD in Germany. The vinyl version includes a 9'minute version.
THANKS TO: Der Doppelgänger and Squibb Squirrel.

ARTIST: Telepopmusik
ALBUM: Genetic World
DATE: 2001
This album reportedly contains a cover of Trans Europe Express.
THANKS TO: Der Automat.

ARTIST: Terre Thaemlitz
ALBUM: Die Roboter Rubato
This album contains avant-garde piano reinterpretations of several Kraftwerk songs. Apparently on his home page Terre described the album as "Kraftwerk for housewives", whatever that means.
THANKS TO: Shaun Vaughan and Andréas Hagström.

ARTIST: Tiao Wu Jie
TRACK: The Mooel (misprint of Model)
DATE: 2000
LABEL: Sony Music Asia
This is a complete Chinese cover of The Model.
THANKS TO: Georges van Kriekinge.

ARTIST: Trans-Am
Have done a cover of The Man Machine.
THANKS TO: Coorchack.

ARTIST: Trauma
ALBUM: Fractal 1
DATE: 1993 (Machinery Records)
Includes a cover of Radioactivity.
THANKS TO: Squibb Squirrel.

ARTIST: The Treble Spankers
ALBUM: Araban
Includes a cover of The Model performed using only guitars and drums.
THANKS TO: PJ Peeters.

ARTIST: Tremolo Beer Gut
TRACK: Das Modell
Another cover of The Model.
THANKS TO: Coorchack.

ARTIST: Trio Fratres
This Finnish accordion trio includes the following Kraftwerk songs in their repertoire: The Model, The Robots, Pocket Calculator, Computer Love, Transistor.
THANKS TO: Mauri Kankaanpää.

ARTIST: Trylok
ALBUM: Reliance
DATE: 2000
This album includes a cover of Radioactivity as a tribute.
THANKS TO: Bernd Nuernberger and maninglass.

ARTIST: Miladojka Youneed
ALBUM: Liberta Bloo
LABEL: Helidon Records, 1993
ALBUM: Izstekani na Radiu Student, 1. del
LABEL: Dallas Records, Slovenia, 1995
These two albums contain covers of Pocket Calculator. The second is a live, unplugged version. Alegedly this track was supposed to appear on the Trans-Slovenia Express tribute compilation, but was cut due to offensive lyrics.
THANKS TO: Jure Longyka.

ARTIST: U2
ALBUM: Vertigo
DATE: 2004
Reportedly covered Neon Lights on the B-side of this single.
THANKS TO: MzDe and Matthew Dean.

ARTIST: The Ukrainians
Have done several different covers of Radioactivity.
THANKS TO: Coorchack.

ARTIST: Videosex
ALBUM: Ljubi in Sovrazi
DATE: 1992
LABEL: Dallas Records, Slovenia
Contains a cover of Spacelab.
THANKS TO: Jure Longyka.

ARTIST: Chris Whitley
According to a Scott Woods article in Eye magazine (Toronto), this artist once covered The Model.

ARTIST: Erik Wollo
ALBUM: Blue Sky, Red Guitars
This album contains songs titled Computerlobe and In the Hall of Mirrors, which may or may not be KW-related. THANKS TO: MzDe.

ARTIST: Wurst 317
This Berlin experamentalist released a strange cover of Ohm Sweet Ohm on limited edition tapes and CDs.
THANKS TO: Squibb Squirrel.

ARTIST: Xelius Project
This group has done several remixes of Kraftwerk songs. They can be found online with a little searching.
THANKS TO: UniQue Werx.

ARTIST: Veronika Zemanova
This Czech model released a cover of The Model in which she changed the lyrics to refer to herself.
THANKS TO: Erik Jälevik.

ARTIST: Zoot Woman
ALBUM: Living in Magazine
Contains a cover of The Model.
THANKS TO: Coorchack.


ARTIST: Unknown
ALBUM: Dark Side of the Autobahn
Limited edition 7" picture disk apparently containing a Pink Floyd/Kraftwerk mashup.
THANKS TO: Shaun Vaughan.

ARTIST: Various
ALBUM: La Musique de Paris Derniere Vol.2.
Contains a Senor Coconut cover of Radioactivity. This cover was on the original release of Seonr Coconut's El Baille Aleman album on the Akashic label, but not on later releases.
THANKS TO: Petter Ottosson.


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Last updated July 13, 2013.