In the early-to-mid-'70s, the four members of Kraftwerk were still under-the-radar music experimentalists from the art-leaning city of Düsseldorf – a path they never really diverged from. After all, ...

Maybe Kraftwerk had a time machine. How else could they have known thirty years ago what the ambient symphony of everyday life would sound like? The mechanical chirp of the cell phone. The alert chime ...

When Kraftwerk needed a video to match its electronic music nearly three decades ago, the band turned to Rebecca Allen, a pioneer in the field of computer art. Allen was the creative genius at the ...

For many people, although surely none of the 800 who jumped through digital hoops to get tickets for tonight's show, Kraftwerk's most recognisable piece of music is the melody from Computer Love, as ...

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These days, computers are everywhere — this show could be streaming on your laptop or a tiny computer you might know better as the smartphone. Back in 1981, when Kraftwerk released its album Computer ...

Wednesday's announcement of the death of Florian Schneider (typically, the actual date he died remains a mystery) sent me down a listening rabbit-hole through the many forms of music which bear his ...

Originally published in Uncut Take 149 (October 2009 issue). head robot Ralf Hütter takes us through the high points of Kraftwerk’s discography... Originally published in Uncut Take 149 (October 2009 ...

Back in 1981, few households had computers, but that did not stop the German electronic music group Kraftwerk composing the proto-techno track, It’s More Fun to Compute/Home Computer. With lyrics such ...

How Kraftwerk's classic album Computer World has changed people's lives. On their first wedding anniversary, David Sanborn and Jennifer Huber remember their Kraftwerk themed celebrations. Ramona ...

In a new book, writer Uwe Schütte takes up a close examination of the unique context that gave rise to one of the century's most influential art... Kraftwerk And Our Computer World In the early-to-mid ...