Kraftwerk

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German group formed in Düsseldorf in 1970. Formerly known as Organisation, Kraftwerk debuted live as the trio of Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider-Esleben and Charly Weiss at the Tivoli Popfestival, Aachen on 11 July 1970. Klaus Dinger then took over as drummer. Gigs between 26 December 1970 and 31 July 1971 omitted Hütter, with various line-ups including Michael Rother and others. After a gig in the Weserberglands of Germany on 31 July 1971, Dinger & Rother then split-off forming Neu!. Shortly after, Hütter returned. First known Hütter/Schneider gig is 22 November 1971 at the Sachsenwald Gymnasium, Hamburg.

Current members:
Ralf Hütter (July 1970 to December 1970, September 1971-) Lead Vocals, Vocoder, Synthesizers, Keyboards, Organ, Drums and Percussion, Guitar, Bass Guitar
Henning Schmitz (1987-) Electronic Percussion (1987–) Sound Engineering
Fritz Hilpert (1987-) Electronic Percussion, Sound Engineering
Falk Grieffenhagen (2013-) Video Technician

Former Members:
Karl Bartos (1974-1991) Electronic Percussion
Klaus Dinger (1970-1971) Drum
Wolfgang Flür (1973-1987) Electronic Percussion
Andreas Hohmann (1970) Drum
Eberhard Kranemann (1970-1971) Bass Guitar
Thomas Lohmann (1970) Drum
Houschäng Néjadepour (1970-1971) Electric Guitar
Michael Rother (1971) Electric Guitar
Florian Schneider-Esleben (1970-2008)
Charly Weiss (1970) Drums
Plato Kostic (a.k.a. Plato Riviera) (1970) Bass Guitar
Peter Schmidt (1970) Drums
Emil Schult (1973) Electric guitar, Electronic violin
Klaus Röder (1974) Electric guitar, Electronic violin
Fernando Abrantes (1991) Electronic Percussion, Synthesizer
Stefan Pfaffe (2008-2012) Video Technician

Maxime Schmitt has been a close friend of the group as well as an advisor and collaborator.
Emil Schult has also collaborated on many releases, contributing both lyrics and graphics.

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kraftwerk.com, officialcharts.com, Facebook, MySpace, SoundCloud, twingokraftwerk.com, Twitter, Wikipedia, YouTube

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Organisation

Members:

~~Andreas Hohmann~~, ~~Charly Weiss~~, ~~Eberhard Kranemann~~, Falk Grieffenhagen, ~~Fernando Abrantes~~, ~~Florian Schneider~~, Fritz Hilpert, Georg Bongartz, Henning Schmitz, ~~Houschäng Nejadépour~~, ~~Karl Bartos~~, ~~Klaus Dinger~~, ~~Klaus Röder~~, ~~Michael Rother~~, Ralf Hütter, ~~Stefan Pfaffe~~, ~~Wolfgang Flür~~

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Kraft Werk, Kraftwert, Kraftwork, The Kraftwerk, Крафтвёрк, クラフトワーク

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	6305 058		Kraftwerk	Kraftwerk (Album)	Philips	6305 058	Germany	1970	Sell This Version
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	6305 117		Kraftwerk	Kraftwerk 2 (Album)	Philips	6305 117	Germany	1972	Sell This Version
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	6360 616		Kraftwerk	Ralf & Florian (Album)	Philips	6360 616	UK	1973	Sell This Version
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	VEL-2003		Kraftwerk	Autobahn (Album)	Philips	VEL-2003	US	1974	Sell This Version
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	1C 244-82 087, 1C 244-82 087		Kraftwerk	Radio-Aktivität (Album)	Kling Klang, HÖR ZU, EMI Electrola	1C 244-82 087, 1C 244-82 087	Germany	1975	Sell This Version
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	4C 258-82306		Kraftwerk	Trans Europa Express (Album)	Kling Klang, EMI Electrola	4C 258-82306	Belgium	1977	Sell This Version
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	8E 266 - 85 444		Kraftwerk	Die Mensch·Maschine (Album)	Kling Klang, Kling Klang, EMI Electrola	8E 266 - 85 444	Portugal	1978	Sell This Version
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	ZR28-613		Kraftwerk	Computerwelt (Album)	Kling Klang, EMI Electrola	ZR28-613	Japan	1981	Sell This Version
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	9 25525-4		Kraftwerk	Electric Cafe (Album)	Kling Klang, EMI, EMI, EMI	9 25525-4	US	1986	Sell This Version
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	EM 1408, 79 6671 1		Kraftwerk	The Mix (Album)	Kling Klang, Electrola	EM 1408, 79 6671 1	UK	1991	Sell This Version
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	TCD1112		Kraftwerk	Man Machine - The Story Of Kraftwerk	BBC Radio International, BBC World Service	TCD1112	UK	1996	Sell This Version
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	591 710 2		Kraftwerk	Tour De France Soundtracks (Album)	EMI, EMI	591 710 2	Brazil	2003	Sell This Version
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	0946 3 11828 1 5		Kraftwerk	Minimum-Maximum (Album)	EMI	0946 3 11828 1 5	Germany	2005	Sell This Version
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	none		Kraftwerk	3-D (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8) (Album)	Parlophone, Kling Klang	none	Europe	2017	Sell This Version
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	0190295923518		Kraftwerk	3-D (Der Katalog) (Album)	Kling Klang, Parlophone	0190295923518	Europe	2016	Sell This Version
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	GB 2.7		Kraftwerk	Ruckzuck (Single)	Philips	GB 2.7	South Africa	1970	Sell This Version
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	none		Kraftwerk	Ralf & Florian	Philips	none		1973	Sell This Version
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	6003 356		Kraftwerk	Kohoutek - Kometenmelodie (Single)	Philips	6003 356	Germany	1973	Sell This Version
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	7461 001		Kraftwerk	Mitternacht / Morgenspaziergang / Kometenmelodie (EP, Single)	Philips	7461 001	Germany	1974	Sell This Version
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	VE-DJ-9, VE-203		Kraftwerk	Autobahn (Single)	Philips	VE-DJ-9, VE-203	US	1974	Sell This Version
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	none		Kraftwerk	Mitternach ‎(Acetate, 10", Mono)	Philips	none		1974	Sell This Version
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	6147 015		Kraftwerk	Kometenmelodie 2 (Single)	Philips	6147 015	UK	1974	Sell This Version
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	JCL 604		Kraftwerk	Radioaktivität (Single)	Kling Klang, EMI Electrola	JCL 604	South Africa	1975	Sell This Version
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	3C 000-70074		Urszula Dudziak / Kraftwerk	Urszula Dudziak / Kraftwerk - Papaya / Radioactivity ‎(7", Jukebox)	Arista, Capitol Records	3C 000-70074	Italy	1976	Sell This Version
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	10 C 006-085.211		Kraftwerk	Showroom Dummies (Single)	Capitol Records	10 C 006-085.211	Spain	1977	Sell This Version

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theFBI

April 14, 2023

This guerilla group of futurist sonic poets is armed with influential schall expressionism and is highly dangerous. Do not approach them, and cover your ears if you recognize the soft sines of Moog; if you don't, you will become mentally transported to an alternate timeline of the future that spit-away late 70s and went on for about half a century longer than now, where order has been achieved, but at the expense of lion's share of humanity. While there, you might actually begin believing things like that you are becoming aware to being controlled and programmed externally from media such as television, to behave in certain ways and be a compliant unit, or that your value as a human is being continually artificially diminished as a result of pre-meditated actions. Nonsense, is it not?

2SLO

March 9, 2023

edited 3 months ago

Q: What have Kratwerk and Black Sabbath got in common?

A: A string of classic albums, of course.

Much is said, too, about the iconic and influential nature of boths bands, which is very true (and no slight to Giorgio Moroder or Deep Purple!) but we keep listening to them because they're fun, and whle their icon status feeds their continuing popularity it remains based on their music working its magic on us still.

Rocking tf out to Techno Pop right now... on to The Mix next... dancing while I do housework lol

philipondroid

February 16, 2023

totally random observation here, but the colours of Radioactivity-TEE-ManMaschine are the colours of the German Flag

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Android_Skeleton

May 8, 2020

What a sad thing to hear. Electronic music was never the same after these guys came onto the scene, and Schneider was such a driving force in making music better. I hate that he is no longer with us, but his wonderful music will be with us forever.

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