Jay Elwes

Why were Kraftwerk such a colossal success?

Everything about the robot-pop group was odd: they had no front man, they seemed to play no instruments and they dressed like accountants in suits and ties

  • Kraftwerk: Future Music from Germany

    Uwe Schütte

    Penguin, pp. 317, £9

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