By Michelangelo Matos, eMusic Contributor[To celebrate the release of his 11th studio album, Innocents, we invited Moby to take control of eMusic's editorial for a week. You can read our exclusive interview with him here. Moby asked us to… more »
By Andy Battaglia, eMusic ContributorKarl Bartos was a member of Kraftwerk, which makes for legendary status and then some. His tenure in the gob-smackingly influential German group ran from 1975 to 1990, and his contributions include melodies and rhythms… more »
By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorKraftwerk have agreed to reprise their sold-out MoMA run at London's Tate Modern from February 6th to the 14th. Set to go on sale next Wednesday at 7:30 GMT, KRAFTWERK - THE CATALOGUE 1 2… more »
By Barry Walters, eMusic ContributorLike many German bands of the early 1970s, Düsseldorf's Kraftwerk aimed to create a new music apart from American rock 'n' roll. Influenced by British psychedelic and progressive scenes but also by free jazz and… more »
By Barry Walters, eMusic ContributorWhen your biggest song on what was the biggest station in the world is nothing but beats, counting and sound effects, you probably think you can get away with anything. That was Kraftwerk on its… more »
By Barry Walters, eMusic ContributorReleased five years after 1986's Electric Café, The Mix answers criticisms that its predecessor didn't keep up with dance trends. Essentially a replayed greatest-hits collection released in conjunction with the group's return to live performance,… more »
By Barry Walters, eMusic ContributorWhereas 1981's Computer World coincided with a huge escalation in the new wave, R&B, post-disco and hip-hop worlds for synthesized grooves, late 1986's Electric Café arrived when much of popular music was already electronic. The… more »
By Barry Walters, eMusic ContributorMore than rock and its hard-to-budge sense of history, African-American popular music typically concentrates on the present — probably because the past wasn't such a great place to live in if your skin wasn't the… more »
By Barry Walters, eMusic ContributorEven more so than Kraftwerk's other albums, 1978's The Man-Machine is both of its time and several years ahead. It's not incidental that group leaders Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider here share their songwriting credits… more »
By Barry Walters, eMusic ContributorAutobahn is split between a milestone title track and a less memorable flipside. Radio-Activity pads a knockout single ("Radioactivity"/"Antenna") with conceptually savvy window dressing. 1977's Trans-Europe Express, however, marks the beginning of an artistic peak… more »
By Barry Walters, eMusic ContributorThe puns exist on so many levels. Kraftwerk's 1975 follow-up to its surprise international hit Autobahn is a concept album about both radioactivity and activity on the radio. After years in the German underground, these… more »
By Barry Walters, eMusic ContributorKraftwerk's fourth German album and groundbreaking first international release combines the prog-rock mindset of 1974 with synth-played pop and self-built electronic percussion. Lacking the chops of Pink Floyd and Yes, Kraftwerk compensate with tunes, beats… more »
By Philip Sherburne, eMusic ContributorNo history of electronic music would be complete without a chapter dedicated to Kraftwerk, the German quartet who introduced synthesizers and chugging, "motorik" rhythms to pop music - and in so doing laid the groundwork… more »
By Philip Sherburne, eMusic ContributorThis is the story of drum machines on the fritz, of subwoofers shaking the frames of lowriders, of discarded Space Invaders machines bleeping mournfully from the trash-heap of history. It's a story of robots and… more »
By Douglas Wolk, eMusic ContributorGreg Levin of Charlotte, NC, writes with a very good question: I have noticed over the past several months that many new bands sound like the new wave music from 20 years ago. Interpol and Ladytron… more »