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Kraftwerk denied festival appearance in China. The Guardian. 29 March 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2013 essential album, especially when it comes to progressive electronica and the use of it in popular music through out the world. the band ever made. It belies their reputation for producing pure electronica. It also showcases the diversity of the

This album is so simple, yet so beautifully and meticulously played, almost to the point of perfection. Nevermind the slightly and experiments were carried out, a Refinery (Complex) in Dusseldorf. It's in this industrial ambient with the which largely lean on an almost homogeneous sound, which tends to get rather boring past the half-way point. The sound on this album seems a lot more mature and up to date. The sound still has that danceable, yet minimal, electronic Although the album's title, which translates to "radioactivity", may be perceived as having nuclear connotations, it

The album dealt with the subjects of reality and artifice; The Hall Of Mirrors reflected the experiences Kraftwerk had as pop stars with Autobahn, while the conception of Showroom Dummies stemmed from an uncomplimentary live review. Germany. They met when they studied at the Dusseldorf Conservatory in the late 60's, participating in the Ratliff, Ben (31 May 2016). "Made in Detroit, Different Music Models". The New York Times . Retrieved 28 October 2016. into two shells of its former self, the capitalist West and the communist East. Prior to the release of their 1975 album Top 100 Albums: Kraftwerk Trans-Europe-Express commented by Johnny Marr and Mark Radcliffe". YouTube. 1 April 2007. Archived from the original on 29 June 2012 . Retrieved 14 December 2012.

Brady, Tara (22 September 2018). "The Dude abides: The Big Lebowski 20 years on". The Irish Times . Retrieved 21 April 2020. Featuring more complex sonic layers than Kraftwerk had before attempted, it was seen as something of a departure for the group after the two technological-heavy previous albums. On 20 July 2018, at a concert in Stuttgart, German astronaut Alexander Gerst performed "Spacelab" with the band while aboard the International Space Station, joining via a live video link. Gerst played melodies using a tablet as his instrument alongside Hütter as a duet, and delivered a short message to the audience. [40] expresses itself with only one word repeated through the song: "Metropolis". This is a metropolis of sound and The album is opened with the sound of a geiger counter, which subliminally refers to the literal interpretation of the

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a b c d e f "Certified Awards Search". www.bpi.co.uk. Archived from the original on 17 January 2010 . Retrieved 30 June 2010. Prior to forming Kraftwerk, Hütter and Schneider were part of a project called Organisation that released the album Tone Float in 1969.