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Kraftwerk

Ralf Hutter and Florian Schnieder met as classical music students in Germany and formed the group Organisation, only to disband after releasing one album in 1970. The following year they reconfigured as Kraftwerk (German for power station) and released Kraftwerk 1, which introduced their innovative electronic pop sound. With the 22-minute title track from their fourth album, Autobahn (1974), Kraftwerk broke onto the American charts. After releasing a series of albums in the '70s, the group took a five-year hiatus before releasing Electric Café in 1986. In 2004 the group appeared at the Coachella Festival.

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