Kraftwerk - The Robots, Electronic Music Performance 2009 (original 1978)

Album: The Man-Machine (Die Mensch-Maschine) 1978 by Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider, Karl Bartos Kraftwerk (In English, power station) is an electronic band founded in 1970 in Düsseldorf, Germany. They pioneered electronic music in the 1970s and are considered one of the most important and influential bands of their genre-often described as the godfathers of electronic music. The history of Kraftwerk begins when Florian Schneider-Esleben and Ralf Hütter met in Remschied, near Düsseldorf, at the Kunstakademie (Academy of Arts). They are both classically trained musicians and they went on to study at the Düsseldorf Conservatory. They formed a group called Organisation whose early music was a mixture of sounds, feedback and rythm. The band took part in various performances at art galleries and universities. The Man-Machine was the first Kraftwerk album to see Karl Bartos co-credited with song-writing along with Hütter & Schneider. Emil Schult co-wrote the lyrics for "The Model". Musically, it builds on Trans-Europe Express. The initial recording had been made at Kraftwerk's own Kling Klang studio, but further work was done at nearby Studio Rudas, where Detroit sound engineer Leanard Jackson of Whitfield Records, who had worked on Rose Royce's second album the previous year, was hired to work on the final sound-mix. The cover design imitates the graphic style of the 1930s modernist movement, particularly that of the designer/architect El Lissitzky, whose inspiration is acknowledged in the album credits. Current Kraftwerk: Ralf Hütter, Henning Schmitz, Fritz Hilpert, Stefan Pfaffe Original members (1970): Florian Schneider, Ralf Hütter, More info: http://www.kraftwerk.com/

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