Krautrock

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 62. Chapters: Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, Can, Cluster, Klaus Schulze, Neu!, Conny Plank, Earthstar, Faust, Uwe Nettelbeck, Kluster, Frumpy, Amon Düül, Moebius & Plank, Harmonia, Urbana Gerila, The Resonance Association, Amon Düül II, Agitation Free, Popol Vuh, Xhol Caravan, Jean Ven Robert Hal, Carsten Bohn, Florian Fricke, Kosmische musik, Embryo, Eruption, Kraan, La Düsseldorf, Dieter Moebius, Ash Ra Tempel, Daniel Fichelscher, Mani Neumeier, Wallenstein, Uli Trepte, Ashra, Fujiya & Miyagi, Jane, Guru Guru, Zodiak Free Arts Lab, Night Sun, Krautrocksampler, Baumstam, Cosmic Jokers, Floh de Cologne, Mythos, Kling Klang, Christian Burchard, Motorik, Thirsty Moon, Magnog, Düsseldorf School of electronic music, Dreamlab, Kuckuck Schallplatten, Kin Ping Meh, Super 16, Amon Düül UK. Excerpt: Kraftwerk (German pronunciation: , meaning power plant or power station) is an electronic music band from Düsseldorf, Germany. The group was formed by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider in 1970, and was fronted by them until Schneider's departure in 2008. The signature Kraftwerk sound combines driving, repetitive rhythms with catchy melodies, mainly following a Western Classical style of harmony, with a minimalistic and strictly electronic instrumentation. The group's simplified lyrics are at times sung through a vocoder or generated by computer-speech software. Kraftwerk were one of the first groups to popularize electronic music and are considered pioneers in the field. In the 1970s and early 1980s, Kraftwerk's distinctive sound was revolutionary, and has had a lasting effect across many genres of modern music. Florian Schneider (flutes, synthesizers, electro-violin) and Ralf Hütter (electronic organ, synthesizers) met as students at the Robert Schumann Academy in Düsseldorf in the late 1960s, participating in the German experimental music and art scene of the time, which the British music press dubbed "Krautrock". The duo had originally performed together in a quintet known as Organisation. This ensemble released one album, titled Tone Float (issued on RCA Records in the UK) but the group split shortly thereafter. Early Kraftwerk line-ups from 1970-1974 fluctuated, as Hütter and Schneider worked with around a half-dozen other musicians over the course of recording three albums and sporadic live appearances; most notably guitarist Michael Rother and drummer Klaus Dinger, who left to form Neu!. The only constant figure in these line-ups was Schneider, whose main instrument at the time was the flute; at times also playing violin and guitar, all processed through a varied array of electronic effects. Hütter, who left the band for six months in 1971 to pursue studies in architecture, played synthesiser keyboards (including Farfisa organ and electric piano). Cover of Kr