Kraftwerk

Across a stretch of remarkable albums released in the ’70s and early ’80s, Kraftwerk’s Florian Schneider and Ralf Hütter (and a series of peripheral members) created a world of machines merging with humanity, resulting in droning, entrancing pop that inspired and anticipated disco, new wave, and just about every form of electronic music. Then Schneider and Hütter disappeared and let everyone else live in their world.

Updated 04/16/2012