Stock Photo - For around 13 years, fans of the Dusseldorf cult band Kraftwerk (undated recording of doll heads by the four members Ralf Hutter, Fritz Hilpert, Henning Schwithz and Florian Schneider) fevered a new single by the band entversus. Now the wait is over: On December 6th, 1999 ""Expo 2000"" appears. The piece, represented in four versions on the plate, was the result of a commissioned work for the world exhibition in Hanover. It was originally just a four-second recognition tune for the Expo. The power plant makers are said to have collected around 400,000 marks. A sum that is not commented on by the band. Kraftwerk, which celebrates its 30th birthday in the afterth year and is one of the role models of prominent musicians all over the world, has opened new chapters in the history of electronic music with pieces like ""Radioactivity"", ""Autobahn"" or ""The Model"". | usage worldwide. - /Deutschland