Autobahn (album)

Autobahn is the fourth studio album by German electronic band Kraftwerk, released in November 1974. The 22-minute title track "Autobahn" was edited to 3:27 for single release and reached number 25 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, number 30 in the Australian chart, and performed even higher around Europe, reaching number 11 in the UK and number 12 in the Netherlands. This commercial success came after the band had released three experimental and purely instrumental albums.

Background

Autobahn is not a completely electronic album, as violin, flute, piano and guitar are used along with synthesizers. The title track features both untreated and vocoded vocals; the remaining tracks are purely instrumental. Kraftwerk used a Minimoog, an ARP Odyssey, an EMS Synthi AKS and various devices of their own design and implementation, such as their famous electronic drums.

The title track is intended to capture the feeling of driving on the Autobahn: from travelling through the landscape, the high-speed concentration on the fast lane, to tuning the car radio and the monotony of a long trip. It describes the A 555 from Köln to Bonn—the first Autobahn ever. It was built under the mayor Konrad Adenauer in 1929 to 1932 without any intersections.

Collide (film)

Collide is an upcoming American action film directed by Eran Creevy and written by Eran Creevy and F. Scott Frazier. The film stars Felicity Jones, Nicholas Hoult, Anthony Hopkins and Ben Kingsley. The film is scheduled to be released on April 1, 2016, by Open Road Films.

Cast

  • Felicity Jones as Juliette
  • Nicholas Hoult as Casey
  • Anthony Hopkins as Hagen Kahl
  • Ben Kingsley as Geran
  • Clemens Schick as Mirko
  • Michael Epp as Karl
  • Aleksandar Jovanovic as Jonas
  • Markus Klauk as Talaz
  • Production

    On May 15, 2013, Zac Efron and Amber Heard joined the cast, before later dropping out. On May 1, 2014, Nicholas Hoult, Ben Kingsley, Felicity Jones and Anthony Hopkins joined the cast.Principal photography began on May 5, 2014. On November 3, 2014, Relativity Media acquired the film.

    Release

    The film was scheduled to be released on October 30, 2015, by Relativity Media. However, when Relativity filed for bankruptcy, producers had put the film back on the market, a new distributior is currently unknown. in September 2015, it was announced Open Road Films would distribute the film apart of an audit statement. In October 2015, Open Road set an April 1, 2016, release date for the film.

    Autobahns of Austria

    The Austrian autobahns (German: Autobahnen) are controlled-access highways in Austria. They are officially called Bundesstraßen A (Bundesautobahnen) under the authority of the Federal Government according to the Austrian Federal Road Act (Bundesstraßengesetz), not to be confused with the former Bundesstraßen highways maintained by the Austrian states since 2002.

    History

    Like in Germany, ideas to build up a limited-access road network with grade separated interchanges had been developed already in the 1920s, including a "Nibelungen" highway along the Danube river from Passau to Vienna and further on towards Budapest. Those plans however had never been carried out due to the lasting economic crisis that hit the country after the dissolution of Austria-Hungary in 1918, exacerbated by the Great Depression.

    The first autobahn in Austria was the West Autobahn from Salzburg to Vienna. Building started immediately after the Austrian Anschluss in 1938 on order of Adolf Hitler as extension of the German Reichsautobahn-Strecke 26 from Munich (the present-day Bundesautobahn 8). However, only 16.8 km (10.4 mi) including the branch-off of the planned Tauern Autobahn had been finished on 13 September 1941. Construction works discontinued the next year due to World War II. After the war delaying resistance by the Soviet occupation forces as well as claims raised by West Germany to the former Reichsautobahn assets obstructed the resumption until 1954.

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    Autobahn

    by: Anberlin

    And we're driving just as fast as we can
    and we're racing to outrun the wind
    It's just me and you and you and me so wild eyed
    so young, bright eyed and free
    And we're trying to get out of here
    and a small town romance draws ever near
    And I swear we're in a movie
    the highlight comes when you kiss me
    The stereo sings our song
    and we don't hesitate to sing along
    Drive to dream to live, we could see the world tonight
    Here to hope tomorrow we could see the world
    And we're miles from the middle of nowhere
    and neither of us seems to care
    And that's why I love you so, shut your mouth girl
    no one has to know
    And time seems to drip like Dali
    and neither of us has a place to be




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    Mercedes-Benz Trucks delivers the first 51 out of 109 Mercedes Benz Arocs to the Autobahn GmbH (Daimler Truck Holding AG)

    Public Technologies 01 Apr 2025
    Mercedes-Benz Trucks delivers the first 51 out of 109 Mercedes Benz Arocs to the Autobahn GmbH ... Michaela Kuban, Head of Fleet Management and Insurance at the Autobahn GmbH, received the vehicles.
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