Kraftwerk ("power plant" or "power station", German pronunciation: [ˈkʁaftvɛɐk]) is an influential electronic music band from Düsseldorf, Germany. The signature Kraftwerk sound combines driving, repetitive rhythms with catchy melodies, mainly following a Western classical style of harmony, with a minimalistic and strictly electronic instrumentation. The group's simplified lyrics are at times sung through a vocoder or generated by computer-speech software. In the early to late 1970s and the early 1980s, Kraftwerk's distinctive sound was revolutionary for its time, and it has had a lasting impact across many genres of modern popular music.
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BBC Reviews
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Minimum-Maximum 2005
Reviewed by Chris Jones
This is, quite simply, the best way to hear Kraftwerk in a fresh setting.
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Tour De France Soundtracks 2003
Reviewed by Chris Jones
They go cycling. They don't give interviews. Every day they turn up at their Kling...
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