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Kraftwerk (pronounced [ˈkʁaftvɛɐk], German for "power plant") is a Grammy Award-nominated, German musical group from Düsseldorf.
The Kraftwerk sound combines a driving rhythm section with catchy, synthesized melodies and harmony; mainly following a classical style of arrangement accompanied by simple lyrics which are sometimes sung through a vocoder or generated by computer speech software. The Moog synthesizer is heavily present in the majority of the group's works, adding to their signature sound creations. In the mid to late 1970s and the early 1980s, the Kraftwerk sound was revolutionary for its time, and it has had a lasting impact across nearly all genres of modern popular music.
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Members
Ralf Hütter -- Synthesizers, organ, lead vocals.
Florian Schneider -- Synthesizers, background vocals, computer generated vocals.
Fritz Hilpert -- Sound engineering, electronic percussion.
Henning Schmitz -- Sound engineering, electronic percussion, live keyboards.
Stefan Pfaffe - Video technician (filled in for Florian Schneider on the 2008 US tour).
Former members
Karl Bartos -- Electronic percussion (1975--1991), live vibraphone (1975); keyboards on Computer World tour (1981)
Wolfgang Flür -- Electronic percussion (1973--1987).
Bartos and Flür are the most widely recognized former members of Kraftwerk; they are featured on the group's most popular recordings.
Other former members include:
Fernando Abrantes -- Electronic percussion.
Klaus Röder -- Guitar, electro-violin.
Emil Schult -- Guitar, electro-violin (later employed as a painter/graphic designer and lyricist).
Plato Kostic (aka Plato Riviera) -- Bass-guitar.
Peter Schmidt -- Drums.
Michael Rother -- Guitar.
Houschäng Néjadepour -- Guitar.
Klaus Dinger -- Drums.
Charly Weiss -- Drums.
Thomas Lohmann - Drums.
Andreas Hohmann -- Drums.
Eberhard Kranemann -- Bass-guitar.
Hohmann, Dinger, and Röder were the only other former members to be featured on any official Kraftwerk recordings. Rother has been featured on several bootleg recordings and seen in a couple of TV performances. An unreleased studio recording session produced by Konrad "Conny" Plank, featuring the trio of Schneider, Dinger, and Rother, is rumoured to have taken place. Apparently, these plans were scrapped when Ralf Hütter returned to the group in 1971, before starting the recording sessions for Kraftwerk 2.
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