Kraftwerk

Kraftwerk (, meaning power plant or power station) is an influential
electronic music band from Düsseldorf, Germany. The group was formed by
Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider in 1970, and was fronted by them until
Schneider's departure in 2008. The signature Kraftwerk sound combines driving,
repetitive rhythms with catchy melodies, mainly following a Western ... read more

6 Mix 2012-02-05 Kraftwerk Special: Mark Jones with Daniel Miller

“6 Music Celebrates Kraftwerk, 30 years after The Model reached number 1, with record label boss Mark Jones exploring the German band’s influence on electroni...
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The Juan MacLean: Everybody Get Close – review

(DFA)Originally the guitarist in the little known electro rock band Six Finger Satellite, John "Juan" MacLean reinvented himself as a DFA electro artiste. Since 2009's ac...
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The Faces - Live @ BBC's Crown Jewels (1972)

Today's Live Performance is pretty lo-fi, especially when compared to yesterday's Kraftwerk hi-tech, but nevertheless, a nice piece of authentic Rock 'N Roll...
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Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany (BBC Rockumentary)

BBC Four documentary Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany looks at how a radical generation of musicians created a new German musical identity out of the cultural ruins of ...
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Kraftwerk to guest edit 3D issue of Wallpaper* magazine

The fifth annual guest editors edition of the magazine is on sale now
Posted 14 September 2011 7.33am — Comment on this

Happy 10th birthday, 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head'.

c18441Eh_WEOne of the defining songs of the modern pop era, still brilliant one decade after its release. We feel very privileged to have been present when the song wa...
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This week's arts diary

Tom McCarthy hits out, Caitlin Moran wants women to wash less, plus Socrates on the riotsTom McCarthy hits out ✒ Tom McCarthy, acclaimed author of the Man Booker s...
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Brecon Jazz festival – review

Various venues, BreconFestivals with lots of gigs at lots of venues both delight and challenge. Do you follow what you know, or seek out the new? Do you dip in and out of...
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NEW ZEALAND'S PRINCESS CHELSEA TO RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM "LIL' GOLDEN BOOK" STATESIDE

Over three years in the making, New Zealand's Lil' Chief Records is proud to present the debut album by Princess Chelsea, the stage persona of composer Chelsea Nikkel. Li...
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My favourite album: Cannibal Ox – The Cold Vein

Continuing our new series in which Guardian and Observer writers pick their favourite albums – with a view that you might do the same – Dan Hancox praises Can...
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My favourite album: Power, Corruption

Continuing our new series in which Guardian and Observer writers pick their favourite albums ever – with a view that you might do the same – Jude Rogers celeb...
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Komputer - Konecting (Sampler) (album stream)

Komputer is the project of two London-based synth-meisters: Simon Leonard and David Baker. The band have been writing, mixing and producing for 11 years now, and show no...
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Brandt Brauer Frick say you can get (slightly) jiggy with it

Meet the new face of German techno: an accoustic trio who've spurned the sequencers to play live – they'll even let you danceThe avatar on Brandt Brauer Frick's Fac...
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This Is The Balanescu Quartet (Sampler)

In 1987, Alexander Balanescu left the Arditti Quartet to form his own Balanescu Quartet, which has gone on to acquire a reputation as one of the world’s leading co...
Posted 4 August 2011 7.36am — Comment on this

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Top songs

The 5 most played Kraftwerk songs in the past year.

  • The model  243 plays
  • Tour de France  4 plays
  • Home Computer  1 plays
  • Pocket calculator  1 plays

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Absolute Radio stations playing songs by Kraftwerk over the past year.

  1. Absolute 80s 243 plays
  2. Absolute Radio 10 plays

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