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Kraftwerk

NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Kraftwerk on 11 May 2020. Kraftwerk has been played on NTS over 360 times, featured on 331 episodes and was first played on 26 November 2012.

Kraftwerk ("power plant" in English) is an electronic band founded in 1970 in Düsseldorf, Germany. They pioneered electronic music in the 70s and are considered the most important and influential band of their genre, often described as "the godfathers of electronic music". Kraftwerk's sound is minimalistic and strictly electronic; it combines driving, repetitive rhythms with catchy melodies and vocals usually sung through a vocoder. The current line-up consists of Ralf…

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