When they were creating and releasing their most influential
albums in the mid to late 1970s, Kraftwerk were far from the musical
mainstream - and yet it is impossible now to imagine the history of
popular music without them. Today, Kraftwerk are considered to be an
essential part of pop's DNA, alongside artists like the Beatles, the
Velvet Underground, and Little Richard.
Kraftwerk's immediate
influence might have been on a generation of synth-based bands
(Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, the Human League, Depeche Mode,
Yello, et al), but their influence on the emerging dance culture in
urban America has proved longer lasting and more decisive.
This
collection of original essays looks at Kraftwerk - their legacy and
influence - from a variety of angles, and demonstrates persuasively and
coherently that however you choose to define their art, it's impossible
to underestimate the ways in which it predicted and shaped the future.
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