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worked with on almost every project he had been involved in. The album was the final collaboration between Rother and the drummer Liebezeit. Liebezeit had played on each of Rother's first four solo albums. Rother predominantly utilised drum machines (already apparent on "Fernwärme") on his subsequent studio albums.
Releases.
"Fernwärme" was first released on Polydor Records as an LP and Cassette in 1982. In some English speaking territories, the album was retitled "Silver Streak", which is the English translation of track
one, "Silberstreif" and released in 1986. In 1993, Rother secured the rights to his back catalogue and re-issued all of his solo albums with bonus tracks and remastered sound on his own label, Random Records. "Fernwärme" was re-released under Rother's new arrangement the following year in 1994. In 2000, Rother re-issued all of the albums again in partnership between Random Records and BSC Music. Expanded editions include the 1994-era tracks "Silencio", "Underwasserwolken" and "The Doppelgänger