Kraftwerk

Future Music from Germany

Uwe Schütte

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Penguin
27 February 2020

Music; Electronic music; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups

An exploration of the astounding musical phenomenon that is Kraftwerk, and how they revolutionized our cultural landscape

The story of the phenomenon that is Kraftwerk, and how they revolutionised our cultural landscape

'We are not artists nor musicians. We are workers.' Ignoring nearly all rock traditions, experimenting in near-total secrecy in their D sseldorf studio, Kraftwerk fused sound and technology, graphic design and performance, modernist Bauhaus aesthetics and Rhineland industrialisation - even human and machine - to change the course of modern music. This is the story of Kraftwerk as a cultural phenomenon, who turned electronic music into avant-garde concept art and created the soundtrack to our digital age.

By: Uwe Schütte
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 180mm, Width: 110mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 229g
ISBN: 9780141986753
ISBN 10: 0141986751
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 27 February 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Uwe Schutte is a Reader in German at Aston University, wihere he teaches and researches contemporary Austrian and German literature, specifically on cultural anthropology and extremist aesthetics.

Reviews for Kraftwerk: Future Music from Germany

Born in Germany but based in the UK, Schutte is able to assess Kraftwerk from both the German and non-German perspective. This is a lucid, accessible, authoritative and indispensable account of the Dusseldorf group once mocked for their Teutonic otherness but who went on to lay the foundations for modern electronic music. -- David Stubbs, author of Future Days: Krautrock and the Building of Modern Germany