The Culture Of Me —
Since the jury's still pretty much out about whether or not the use of vocal pitch control devices like Auto Tune and Melodyne are contributing to the decay of pop music (we obviously loved Kanye's soaked-in-robotics last record), the dudes over... more info
Music is Art — Fujiya and Miyagi are an English electronic band that create minimalistic beats under whispered lyrics and calming synthetic melodies. Known for their inspiration and love for “krautrock” in bands such as Kraftwerk and Neu!, in 2000 F&M formed to... more info
XLR8R — German-Chilean techno vet Uwe Schmidt surprised many a decade ago when he stepped into the spotlight shaking his maracas as Señor Coconut. On Coconut’s debut 2000 album, El Baile Alemán, he revised German electro-pop godfathers Kraftwerk... more info
Allmusic Blog — In 1974, ABBA won the Eurovision contest for Sweden with "Waterloo." During the California Jam in Ontario, CA, ELP's Keith Emerson attached himself to a piano and spun in mid air (while playing the instrument and chewing gum). Billboard began treatin... more info
Get Weird — Deep Red is a new collaboration that features Hercules & Love Affair vocalist Nomi Ruiz along with keyboardist Morgan Wiley and bassist Andrew Raposo and their sound has been likened to Afrikka Bambaata, Kraftwerk and Madonna. Their first single is t... more info
Topix — Florian Schneider, a co-founder of Kraftwerk, the German band that built the foundation for electro-pop and scored a chart-topping global hit with "Autobahn" in 1974, has left the group, its label said Tuesday. more info
The Independent — Dinosaur rock fans aged 45 and over will remember the pulsating, eerily monotonous yet pioneering electronic sound of the smash hit "Autobahn" that launched the German band Kraftwerk on to the popular music scene back in the 1970s. more info