Kraftwerk

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• Genre: Electropop
• Hometown: Dusseldorf
• Kraftwerk Website

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After looking at a few of their song titles, do you really need any additional description of their sound? "Pocket Calculator," "Autobahn," "Metropolis," "Electric Cafe," "Computer World," and "Ohm Sweet Ohm" correctly cast this animatronic ensemble as the creators of musical LED displays and cold steel configurations. Their techno/pop sound reproduces the rigid "Kling Klang" of industry. Their music is so lost in the matrix of artificial intelligence, a soul emerges. And a funk as well. Their history has taken them from a handful of musicians of an inscrutable pedigree that created illusory Krautrock in a vibrant German avant-garde to the vanguard of electronic pop. Their contributions to the histories of dance and electronic music is immeasurable.

- Marc Kate