Released in November 1974, Kraftwerk’s ‘Autobahn’ remains a touchstone of modern electronic music. Here, Bruce Tantum revisits its genesis and, with the help of Justin Strauss, Kevin Saunderson and Arthur Baker, maps out its seemingly infinite influence It's the middle of the 1970s, and in the middle of a mall parking lot in [...]
The 25-city run, which kicks off March 6th, sees the group return to the region five decades after their first North American tour. Kraftwerk are coming back to North America for a 2025 tour. The group announced the news today, December 5th, with a short video starring American skateboarding legend Tony Hawk. The [...]
Are Kraftwerk music's most influential band? **This article was originally published on May 15, 2020, after the death of Florian Schneider What a legacy the late Florian Schneider, whose death was announced last week, has left us. Along with the man who still keeps the Kraftwerk fires burning to this day, Ralf Hütter, the duo can legitimately [...]