• Autobahn at 50: How Kraftwerk defined modern music

  • Nov 25 2024
  • Length: 28 mins
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Autobahn at 50: How Kraftwerk defined modern music

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  • 50 years ago this month the German band Kraftwerk released Autobahn – an album that not only marked a dramatic departure in their sound, but went on to change the entire course of contemporary music.


    With the title track, a 22-minute ode to the German motorway, Kraftwerk’s founding members Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider forged a modern musical language, using electronics to articulate a new and optimistic vision of the future.


    To discuss Autobahn’s genesis and enduring legacy Tom Gatti is joined by Jude Rogers, journalist and author of The Sound of Being Human: How Music Shapes Our Lives, and Uwe Schütte, author of Kraftwerk: Future Music from Germany.


    Read: How Kraftwerk’s Autobahn remade pop


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