Kraftwerk
Kraftwerk (lit. "power station") is a German band formed in Düsseldorf in 1970 by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider. Widely considered as innovators and pioneers of electronic music, they were among the first successful acts to popularize the genre. The group began as part of West Germany's experimental krautrock scene in the early 1970s before fully embracing electronic instrumentation, including synthesizers, drum machines, and vocoders.
| Origin | Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany_|_Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Federal Republic of Germany
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| Genre | Electronic · avant-garde · pop · synth-pop · electro-pop · art pop · krautrock · electropop
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| Label | Kling Klang · EMI · Capitol · Warner Bros. · Philips · Vertigo · Astralwerks · Elektra · Reissues and compilations: Mute · Parlophone · Mercury · Cleopatra · Fontana · Mute
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members
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past members
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touring members
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FEATURED DISCOGRAPHY
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studio albums
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live albums
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compilation albums
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video albums
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singles
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ADDITIONAL DETAILS
| Mood | Austere · Cold · Eerie · Cerebral · Clinical · Detached · Tense/Anxious · Restrained · Refined/Mannered · Wintry · Paranoid · Reserved · Somber · Nocturnal · Sophisticated · Campy · Playful · Energetic · Hypnotic
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![Kraftwerk - Ruta 66 Magazine Cover [Spain] (June 2013)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/u/j/ujwt21cyumd6muct.jpg?skj2io4l)
![Good Times Magazine Cover [Germany] (October 2008)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/v/h/vhx51lcmws2t5sc.jpg?skj2io4l)
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