About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 51. Chapters: Kraftwerk, Milli Vanilli, Snap!, Culture Beat, Baccara, Real McCoy, Cascada, Mr. President, Monrose, Bad Boys Blue, Camouflage, La Bouche, Milk & Sugar, Captain Hollywood Project, Zombie Nation, Digitalism, Sash!, Maxx, Silver Convention, Fragma, Groove Coverage, Cosmic Gate, Terranova, Mat Silver & Tony Burt, Arabesque, Fun Factory, Room 2012, Silent Circle, LaVive, Paffendorf, The Underdog Project, York, Siria, Sweet Connection, Mysterious Art, Le Click, Masterboy, Nalin & Kane, Deskee, Aquagen, Bass Bumpers, Resource, Gadjo, The Free, Orlando Riva Sound, Energy 52, SM-Trax, ZZT, R.I.O., House of Prince, Tube & Berger. Excerpt: Kraftwerk (German pronunciation: , meaning power plant or power station) is an electronic music band from Dusseldorf, Germany. The group was formed by Ralf Hutter and Florian Schneider in 1970, and was fronted by them until Schneider's departure in 2008. The signature Kraftwerk sound combines driving, repetitive rhythms with catchy melodies, mainly following a Western Classical style of harmony, with a minimalistic and strictly electronic instrumentation. The group's simplified lyrics are at times sung through a vocoder or generated by computer-speech software. Kraftwerk were one of the first groups to popularize electronic music and are considered pioneers in the field. In the 1970s and early 1980s, Kraftwerk's distinctive sound was revolutionary, and has had a lasting effect across many genres of modern music. Florian Schneider (flutes, synthesizers, electro-violin) and Ralf Hutter (electronic organ, synthesizers) met as students at the Robert Schumann Academy in Dusseldorf in the late 1960s, participating in the German experimental music and art scene of the time, which the British music press dubbed "Krautrock." The duo had originally performed together in a quintet known as Organisatio...
