Profiles
Kraftwerk-The Catalogue (2009)
Jon Rogers, in the first part of a two part profile, examines the history of seminal German electro outfit Kraftwerk, and 'The Catalogue', a new box set, which collects together all their albums between 1974 and 2003...
Kraftwerk-The Influence (2009)
...while in the second part he looks at their influence on acts as diverse as David Bowie, Afrika Bambaataa and Ian Dury
Live
New Theatre, Oxford, 6/6/2017
Nick Dent-Robinson finds electronic pioneers Kraftwerk still sounding futuristic with a set of their now classic material at the New Theatre in Oxford
Features
The Image That Made Me Weep (2022)
In our column 'The Image That Made Me Weep', in which our writers write about the impact of a particular photo or image on them, Tommy Gunnarsson writes of a rare photo that finds Kraftwerk smiling.
Reviews
Minimum-maximum (2005)
Impressive double CD and first official live album, recorded during last year's universally praised world tour, from seminal German electronic pioneers Kraftwerk
Tour De France Soundtracks (2003)
First album in 17 years from German electro-pioneers Kraftwerk finds them celebrating the world's toughest cycle race and remaining "a power house still to be reckoned with"
Related
Interviews
Interview
Former member and percussionist of electronic legends Kraftwerk, Wolfgang Flür is set to release his new LP ‘Magazine 1’. Andrew Twambley chatted with him about the making of the album and how its impressive list of collaborators came about.
Wolfgang Flur
Interview
John Clarkson speaks to former Kraftwerk drummer and percussionist Wolfgang Flür about his new retrospective 'Eloquence', which compiles all his pop recordings from 2002 until 2014
Profiles
Florian Schneider
1947-2020
Maarten Schiethart reflects on the groundbreaking career of the late Kraftwerk co-founder Florian Schneider
Live
Bluedot Festival
Jodrell Bank, Cheshire, 20/7/2019...21/7/2019
At the last two days of the Bluedot Festival Shirley Procter watches sets by Easy Star All Stars, Omar Souleyman, Jarvis Cocker, Kraftwerk and She Drew The Gun.
Bluedot Festival
Photoscapes 4
In the last of our four 'Photoscapes' dedicated to the Bluedot Festival Andrew Twambley takes photographs of Kraftwerk, Du Blonde, Self Esteem, She Drew The Gun, TVAM and Les Amazones D'Afrique.
Features
German Electronica
Profile
It has been nearly twenty five years since Kraftwerk released 'The Man Machine.' With German electronica still as popular now, David McNamee examines its status now, particulary with regard to recent releases by Station 17+ and by the Staubgold label.