Kraftwerk [[electronic resource] ] : music non-stop / / edited by Sean Albiez and David Pattie

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910459282003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Continuum, 2011
• ISBN: 1-282-91267-4; 9786612912672; 1-4411-8967-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): AlbiezSean; PattieDavid <1963->
• Disciplina: 782.42166092/2
• Soggetti: Synthpop (Music) - Germany - History and criticism; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Discography: p. 231-236.
• Nota di contenuto: Autobahn and Heimatklänge / Sean Albiez & Kyrre Tromm Lindvig -- Kraftwerk and the image of the modern / David Cunningham -- Kraftwerk / Pertti Grönholm -- Authentic replicants / Simon Piasecki and Robert Wilsmore -- Kraftwerk / Carsten Brocker ; translated by Michael Patterson -- Kraftwerk / David Pattie -- Europe non-stop / Sean Albiez -- Vorsprung durch Technik / Richard Witts -- Dragged into the dance / Joseph Toltz -- Average white band / Mark Duffett -- Trans-europa express / Hillegonda Rietveld.
• Sommario/riassunto: When they were creating and releasing their most influential albums in the mid to late 1970's, Kraftwerk were far from the musical mainstream - and yet it is impossible now to imagine the history of popular music without them. Today, Kraftwerk are considered to be an essential part of pop's DNA, alongside artists like the Beatles, the Velvet Underground, and Little Richard. Kraftwerk's immediate influence might have been on a generation of synth-based bands (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, the Human League, Depeche Mode, Yello, et al), but their influence on the emerging dance culture in...