Fritz Hilpert

Fritz Hilpert studied trumpet and percussion at the Musisches Max-Reger-Gymmnasium, Germany, until 1976. He also played drums in several live bands at that time. From 1978 he studied sound engineering at the Musikhochschule Rheinland and the FH Düsseldorf. In 1986 he received his Diplom-Ingenieur qualification (the German equivalent of a Master of Science degree) in sound and image technology.

He worked as freelance sound engineer with several German acts as the New-Wave-band Din A Testbild before becoming associated with Kraftwerk in 1987.

In addition to studio work, he replaced Wolfgang Flür in concert when Kraftwerk resumed their touring activities in 1990, and engineered the album The Mix, released in 1991.

He has made musical contributions to Kraftwerk's compositions since Expo 2000 in 1999. He is credited as a co-composer on most of the tracks on the album Tour de France Soundtracks. Along with Henning Schmitz he works as sound programmer and engineer at Kling Klang studio and is administrator of the Kraftwerk.com and Klingklang.com websites.

While on tour with Kraftwerk in Australia, where the band were to be Global Gathering headliners, Fritz Hilpert fell ill and was believed to have suffered some sort of heart failure. This forced Kraftwerk to cancel the Melbourne show on 22 November 2008, however Hilpert was cleared to fly and continue the tour the next day.

Kraftwerk
  • Ralf Hütter
  • Fritz Hilpert
  • Henning Schmitz
  • Stefan Pfaffe
  • Florian Schneider
  • Karl Bartos
  • Wolfgang Flür
  • Klaus Röder
  • Klaus Dinger
  • Andreas Hohmann
  • Fernando Abrantes
  • Emil Schult
  • Plato Kostic-Riviera
  • Peter Schmidt
  • Michael Rother
  • Charly Weiss
  • Houschäng Néjadepour
  • Eberhard Kranemann
  • Thomas Lohmann
Studio albums
  • Tone Float
  • Kraftwerk
  • Kraftwerk 2
  • Ralf und Florian
  • Autobahn
  • Radio-Activity
  • Trans-Europe Express
  • The Man-Machine
  • Computer World
  • Electric Café/Techno Pop
  • The Mix
  • Tour de France Soundtracks/Tour de France
Live albums
  • Minimum-Maximum
Compilations
  • Exceller 8
Box sets
  • Klang Box
  • The Catalogue
Singles
  • "Kohoutek-Kometenmelodie"
  • "Comet Melody 2"
  • "Autobahn"
  • "Radioactivity"
  • "Trans-Europe Express"
  • "Showroom Dummies"
  • "Europe Endless"
  • "The Robots"
  • "The Model"
  • "Neon Lights"
  • "Pocket Calculator"
  • "Computer Love"
  • "Numbers"
  • "Computerwelt"
  • "Tour de France"
  • "Musique Non Stop"
  • "The Telephone Call"
  • "Expo 2000"
  • "Tour de France 2003"
  • "Elektro Kardiogramm"
  • "Aerodynamik"
  • "Aerodynamik/La Forme Remixes"
Videography
  • Minimum-Maximum
Related articles
  • Conny Plank
  • Düsseldorf School of electronic music
  • Discography
  • Elektric Music
  • Kling Klang Studio
  • Neu!
  • Organisation
  • Tone Float
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