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After the 1975 Autobahn tour, Kraftwerk began work on a follow-up album, Radio-Activity (German title: Radio-Aktivität). After further investment in new equipment, the Kling Klang Studio became a fully working recording studio. The group used the central theme in radio communication, which had become enhanced on their last tour of the United ...
While their initial albums featured mostly German lyrics, in 1975 Kraftwerk began writing lyrics that combined both German and English verses. Beginning with "Trans-Europe Express" (1977), most songs by the group were created as duplicate versions sung in English or German; some French, Japanese, Italian or Spanish versions were made.
Radio-Activity (German title: Radio-Aktivität) is the fifth studio album by German electronic music band Kraftwerk, released in November 1975. [3] The band's first entirely electronic album is also a concept album organized around the themes of radioactive decay and radio communication. [4]
Also in 1993, McCluskey made contributions to the Elektric Music album Esperanto, a project by former Kraftwerk member Karl Bartos. [66] McCluskey returned with a rotating cast of musicians for the more organic Universal (1996), [22] which featured two songs co-written by Humphreys as well as a holdover from the Esperanto sessions, co-written ...
German electronic music legends Kraftwerk will celebrate the 50th anniversary of their first U.S. tour and their iconic album 'Autobahn'...
On Nov. 21, Coachella announced Kraftwerk as one of the many headliners on their genre-bending 2025 lineup. It turns out the electro pioneers have a few more shows lined up next year. Starting ...
Wolfgang Flür (born 17 July 1947) is a German musician, best known for playing percussion in the electronic group Kraftwerk [1] from 1973 to 1987. Flür claims that he invented the electric drums the group used throughout the 1970s. However, patent records dispute this, citing Florian Schneider and Ralf Hütter as the creators. [2]
He was the drummer in a college band called The Jokers (later The Jolly Jokers in 1975) as Carlos Bartos, around 1965 to 1975. [5] Between 1975 and 1990, he was, along with Wolfgang Flür, a member of the electronic music band Kraftwerk. [6] This lineup of the group remains the most stable and productive yet assembled.