Fifty years ago this month, an album was released in the U.S. that proved to be akin to a quake under a placid sea, one that created a ripple that grew into a tidal wave. That album was "Autobahn," ...

I’m standing on a street corner in downtown Dusseldorf, listening to two jolly German musicologists called Michael Wenzel and Sven-Andre Dreyer explaining the genesis of electronic music. It all feels ...

Long before Daft Punk wore helmets, the German band Kraftwerk was the original pioneer of electronic music, creating a distinct sound and aesthetic using synthesizers, vocal effects and ...

Stepping into Stage AE on the North Shore on Friday night felt like taking a time machine back to the 1970s — just with way better sound and cooler visuals. Kraftwerk has been playing their ...

At times wide-eyed with geeky enthusiasm and at others fearful of an isolated techno-future, Kraftwerk’s eighth LP, Computer World, was the electronic pioneers' most prescient vision. Hitting shelves ...

German electronic music trailblazers Kraftwerk have, improbably, announced a 2025 North American tour — and, even more improbably, a return to downtown Orlando is on the books. This writer caught ...

On this edition of All Songs Considered, we take a musical journey honoring the genius of Kraftwerk's Florian Schneider, who died May 6, just a few days after turning 73. Kraftwerk's music was so very ...

No one can accuse the Top-40 radio stations of the mid-1970s of not being eclectic. Take, for example, the Billboard Hot 100 from March 15, 1975. The Doobie Brothers’ uncharacteristic foray into ...

Electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk will bring their immersive “3-D Concerts” back stateside this summer for the first time in four years. They’re currently celebrating their 50th anniversary. The ...

Florian Schneider, a pop music pioneer who co-founded the German electronic group Kraftwerk, died following a short battle with cancer. He was 73. The sad news was confirmed in a statement from the ...

On November 18 and 19 in Nashville, United States, auction house Julien’s will auction more than 450 items from the estate of Florian Schneider, the co-founder of German electronic band Kraftwerk. It ...