If you believe the most rabid of Kraftwerk fans, the band are responsible for all of the many genres within electronic music and, while we're at it, quite a lot of those outside of it.

But watching Kraftwerk live isn’t like looking at an artifact. It’s not the musical equivalent of a Macintosh behind glass at the Smithsonian. It’s visceral, immersive, and still deeply alive.

It appears that ex-Kraftwerk member Wolfgang Flür has been tricked into a collaboration on his new album by an unknown musician who purported to be Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter.

Flür, who rose to fame as part of Kraftwerk between 1973 and 1987, issued his third solo album, Times, on Friday (March 28).Early reports of the record indicated the effort was a star-studded ...

SETLIST: Kraftwerk @ Fuji Rock 7/27/2024 Numbers / Computer World / Computer World 2 It’s More Fun to Compute / Home Computer Spacelab The Man-Machine ...

Kraftwerk used to close concerts with robots playing final encores, so what differences do a few human changes make? And maybe in the distant future, when the band have influenced space techno, ...

The robots will return to the ... honored old friend Ryuichi Sakamoto with a treatment of “Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence,” the band’s first-ever cover. Tickets for Kraftwerk’s 2025 ...

Well, Nolan is finally memorializing his love for the German techno-pop pioneers with The Ludes’ latest release, a cover of Kraftwerk’s “The Model.” ...

Before his death, Fennesz, David Sylvian, Dev Hynes, Cornelius, and more contributed to a tribute album for the legendary Japanese musician, and today Kraftwerk honored him with a cover of his ...

Check out Kraftwerk’s version of ‘Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence’ below: Kraftwerk cover “Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence” in tribute to Ryuichi Sakamoto at Fuji Rock 2024 pic.twitter.com ...