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The discography of German electronic band Kraftwerk consists of 10 studio albums, two live albums, one remix album and 26 singles. Formed by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider in Düsseldorf in 1970, Kraftwerk were part of the krautrock scene.
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La discografía de la banda electrónica alemana Kraftwerk consta de 10 álbumes de estudio, dos álbumes en directo, un álbum de Remixes y 26 singles. Formado por Ralf Hütter y Florian Schneider en Düsseldorf en 1970, Kraftwerk formaron parte de la escena krautrock.
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Formation and early years
Florian Schneider (flutes, synthesizers, violin) and Ralf Hütter (organ, synthesizers) met as students at the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf in the late 1960s, participating in the German experimental music and art scene of the time, which Melody Maker jokingly dubbed "krautrock".[page needed] They joined a quintet known as Organisation, which released one album, Tone Float in 1970, issued on RCA Records in the UK, and split shortly thereafter. Schneider became interested in synthes...
International breakthrough: Autobahn and Radioactivity
The release of Autobahn in 1974 saw Kraftwerk moving away from the sound of its first three albums. Hütter and Schneider had invested in newer technology such as the Minimoog and the EMS Synthi AKS, helping give Kraftwerk a newer, "disciplined" sound. Autobahn was also the last album that Conny Plank engineered. After the commercial success of Autobahn in the US, where it peaked at number 5 in the Billboard Top LPs & Tapes, Hütter and Schneider invested in updating their studio, thus lessenin...
Trans-Europe Express, The Man-Machine and Computer World
After having finished the Radio-Activity tour Kraftwerk began recording Trans-Europe Express (German: Trans-Europa Express) at the Kling Klang Studio.[page needed] Trans-Europe Express was mixed at the Record Plant Studios in Los Angeles. It was around this time that Hütter and Schneider met David Bowie at the Kling Klang Studio. A collaboration was mentioned in an interview (Brian Eno) with Hütter, but it never materialised. The release of Trans-Europe Express in March 1977[page needed]was m...
Style
Kraftwerk have been recognized as pioneers of electronic music as well as subgenres such as electropop, art pop, house music, synth-pop and electronic rock. In its early incarnation, the band pursued an avant-garde, experimental rock style inspired by the compositions of Karlheinz Stockhausen. Hütter has also listed the Beach Boys as a major influence. The group was also inspired by the funk music of James Brown and, later, punk rock. They were initially connected to the German krautrock scen...
Technological innovations
Throughout their career, Kraftwerk have pushed the limits of music technology with some notable innovations, such as home-made instruments and custom-built devices. The group has always perceived their Kling Klang Studio as a complex music instrument, as well as a sound laboratory; Florian Schneider in particular developed a fascination with music technology, with the result that the technical aspects of sound generation and recording gradually became his main fields of activity within the ba...
Reclusiveness and eccentricity
The band is also known for being notoriously reclusive, providing rare and enigmatic interviews, using life-size mannequins and robots while conducting official photo shoots, refusing to answer fanmail and barring visitors from the Kling Klang Studio, the precise location of which they used to keep secret. Another notable example of this eccentric behavior was reported to Johnny Marr of the Smithsby Karl Bartos, who explained that anyone trying to contact the band for collaboration would be t...
According to music journalist Neil McCormick, Kraftwerk might be "the most influential group in pop history". NME wrote: "'The Beatles and Kraftwerk' may not have the ring of 'the Beatles and the Stones', but nonetheless, these are the two most important bands in music history". AllMusicwrote that their music "resonates in virtually every new devel...
Current members
1. Ralf Hütter – lead vocals, vocoder, synthesizers, keyboards (1970–1971, 1971–present); organ, drums and percussion, bass guitar, guitar (1970–1971, 1971–1974) 2. Henning Schmitz – sound effects, live keyboards (1991–present) 3. Falk Grieffenhagen – live video technician (2013–2022); electronic percussion (2023–present) 4. Georg Bongartz - live video technician (2023–present)
3-D The Catalogue (2017)3-D Der Katalog (2017)Bussy, Pascal (1993). Kraftwerk—Man, Machine & Music. SAF Publishing. ISBN 978-0-946719-70-9.Flür, Wolfgang (2001). "Kraftwerk": I Was A Robot. Sanctuary Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86074-417-4.Tim Barr, Kraftwerk: From Düsseldorf to the Future1998Vanni Neri & Giorgio Campani: A Short Introduction to Kraftwerk2000Albert Koch: Kraftwerk: The Music Makers2002Kraftwerk: Kraftwerk Photobook 2005 (included in the Minimum-Maximum Notebookset)Kraftwerk's channel on YouTubeKraftwerk at IMDbKraftwerk discography at Discogs- 1970–present
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Kraftwerk (Central Eléctrica) fue uno de los primeros grupos en popularizar la música electrónica, considerados pioneros del género e influencia en muchos subgéneros de la música electrónica, como el dance, house, trance, italo-dance, eurodance, entre otros.
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