Kraftwerk and the man-machine

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Genre

Kraftwerk and the man-machine · Kraftwerk was founded in Düsseldorf in 1970 and left guitar and drum kit behind for synthesizers, electronic drums and the vocoder. Autobahn (1974) opens with a 22-minute track about a drive along the motorway; Trans-Europe Express (1977) sounds like wheels on rails. The influence extended to hip hop in New York and techno in Detroit.

Listening

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  Trans-Europe Express · Kraftwerk, 1977
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  Autobahn · Kraftwerk, 1974
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  Numbers · Kraftwerk, 1981
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In School of Rock

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• Genre Map^NL Map

See also

• Krautrock
• Moog and the first synthesizer pop
• Electro
• Synthpop
• Detroit techno
• Minimoog