Editing Kraftwerk (section)

=== ''The Mix'' (1990–1999) ===
{{Main|The Mix (Kraftwerk album)}}
After years of withdrawal from live performance Kraftwerk began to tour Europe more frequently. In February 1990 the band played a few secret shows in Italy. Karl Bartos left the band shortly afterwards. The next proper tour was in 1991, for the album ''[[The Mix (Kraftwerk album)|The Mix]]''. Hütter and Schneider wished to continue the synth-pop quartet style of presentation, and recruited [[Fernando Abrantes]] as a replacement for Bartos. Abrantes left the band shortly after though. In late 1991, long-time Kling Klang Studio sound engineer Henning Schmitz was brought in to finish the remainder of the tour and to complete a new version of the quartet that remained active until 2008.

In 1997 Kraftwerk made a famous appearance at the dance festival [[Tribal Gathering]] held in England.<ref>[http://www.physicsroom.org.nz/2cents/kraftwerk.htm 2 Cents: Kraftwerk, Tribal Gathering] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208125456/http://www.physicsroom.org.nz/2cents/kraftwerk.htm |date=8 February 2013 }} (25 May 1997).</ref> In 1998, the group toured the US and Japan for the first time since 1981, along with shows in Brazil and [[Argentina]]. Three new songs were performed during this period and a further two tested in soundchecks, which remain unreleased.<ref name="activitaet1997">{{cite web |title=Aktivitaet Online - Archive - General articles - Kraftwerk's live werk of Autumn 1997 |url=http://www.aktivitaet-fanzine.com/10_live.html |website=Activitaet Online |access-date=8 May 2020 |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803101115/http://www.aktivitaet-fanzine.com/10_live.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Following this trek, the group decided to take another break.<ref>[http://www.kraftworld.com.br/concerts/1998Tour.htm "Kraftworld, Kraftwerk 1998" Tour] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090324235555/http://kraftworld.com.br/concerts/1998Tour.htm |date=24 March 2009 }}. ''kraftworld.com''. Retrieved 5 March 2009</ref>

In July 1999 the single "Tour de France" was reissued in Europe by EMI after it had been [[out of print]] for several years. It was released for the first time on CD in addition to a repressing of the 12-inch vinyl single. Both versions feature slightly altered artwork that removed the faces of Flür and Bartos from the four-man cycling paceline depicted on the original cover. In 1999 ex-member Flür published his autobiography in Germany, ''Ich war ein Roboter''. Later English-language editions of the book were titled ''Kraftwerk: I Was a Robot''.

In 1999, Kraftwerk were commissioned to create an [[a cappella]] [[jingle]] for the [[Hannover]] [[Expo 2000]] [[world's fair]] in Germany. The jingle was subsequently developed into the single "[[Expo 2000 (song)|Expo 2000]]", which was released in December 1999, and remixed and re-released as "Expo Remix" in November 2000.