Kraftwerk
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Founded: 1968
Headquarters: Dusseldorf, Germany
Website Link(s): Kraftwerk.Com
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[edit] Band Members
- Florian Schneider
- Ralf Hutter
- Wolfgang Flur (until 1990)
- Karl Bartos (until 1990)
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[edit] Band Biography
When Kraftwerk was founded, it was originally as Organisation, who put out one record, Tone Float, which was more experimental jazz in nature; closest to the first three Kraftwerk albums, though with more of a natural sound. When they became Kraftwerk, they got more into electronics, but it was by their fourth record that they became closer to the Kraftwerk people think of. They've been sampled a lot and were a huge influence on electronic music of all stripes. Spin even did an article "Kraftwerk: More Important Than The Beatles". They went through a long hiatus, between their last three records; Electric Café was 1986, The Mix was 1991 (between which, the two percussionists left), and Tour De France Soundtracks was 2004.
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- Tone Float (as Organisation)
- Kraftwerk 1
- Kraftwerk 2
- Ralf und Florian
- Autobahn
- Radioactivity
- The Man-Machine
- Trans-Europe Express
- Computer World
- Electric Café
- The Mix
- Tour De France Soundtracks
- Minimum-Maximum
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- The Opposite Of Smoke Is Egg Whites
- I'm a Wound and a Sword, A Victim and an Executioner
- Dub Club: Matt's 2005 Best Of -- Streets Named For New England Trees
- The Biology of Purpose
- He's In The Industry
- Dad's Guitar Stuff
- Come On And Buy It
- Marooned
