So it’s hard to reconcile that Kraftwerk are now a heritage act, which feels like the antithesis of their very essence. For ...

Back in the 1970s, Kraftwerk anticipated the machine-dominated world we now inhabit. We prise open The Man Machine to see how they managed it When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

Performance-wise, no Kraftwerk show is really more special than any other. The band’s very German mastery of automation, precision, and repetition renders the men on stage as close to robots as their ...

Kraftwerk didn’t tour on the back of The Man Machine’s release, possibly due to being stung by criticism of their new image (too militaristic for the French and too Communist for America, where their ...

In the annals of rock music, acrimonious break-ups have been attributed to rock'n'roll excess, irreconcilable artistic differences and, of course, the lure of a solo career. But only one band can ...

They came, they saw, they… did not do much else. When Kraftwerk, the greatest and most influential electronic group of all ...

To say Kraftwerk are a band of few words is kinda like saying they’re a band of few sounds — both would be right and both would be wrong. Both would also be a compliment. Why? Well, in the first place ...

Kraftwerk are to perform their studio albums in full with a series of shows at London's Tate Modern next year. The electronic music pioneers will be performing their first London gigs since 2004 when ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Karl Bartos first entered Dusseldorf’s Kling Klang studio in October 1974: a sign mounted above the ...

Florian Schneider, who co-founded the seminal German electronic band Kraftwerk in 1970 and went on to become a godfather of genres including synth-pop, hip-hop, electronic dance music and post-rock, ...

Kraftwerk, who are to perform eight of their pulsating electronic albums at Tate Modern, are the genius architects of today’s hit music, writes Paul Morley. Most pop music today – commercial, clubby ...