Kraftwerk
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What’s the best-designed album sleeve? The Beatles’ White Album or Kraftwerk’s Autobahn? Miles Davis’s Tutu or Pixies’ Doolittle? Designers of modern album covers including Peter Saville, Vaughan Oliver and more pick their favourites
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A court ruled in favor of the producer of a 1997 song that sampled the German group – but since every sampling case is subjective, it’s not a model for the future
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Blow to German band suing producer Moses Pelham, as court rules short music excerpts to create new tracks permissible
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French-Canadian duo giving artily abstract and pulsatingly pretentious dance music a good name
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Northern to southern, Cornish to Celtic, German to Icelandic, Geordie to Jamaican, delve for songs where the delivery and dialect is distinctive, says Peter Kimpton
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The pioneering German synthmeisters took electronic experimentation into the mainstream and inspired a host of bands with their melodic machine music
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Future days are here again with this German purveyor of abstract but accessible lo-fi DIY tekno-pop
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The Japanese trio’s playful, frenetic and boundlessly creative debut release channels the spirit of 1979, when electronic pop promised a musical revolution
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The electronic band are translating their striking live 3D and surround sound performances to Blu-Ray format
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Stripped back, pared down, sparse or pure? Suggest music that in sound or lyrics expresses clarity or simplicity distilled down to its fighting weight, says Peter Kimpton
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Damon Albarn brought Shaolin monks, Kraftwerk stormed the velodrome and Punchdrunk revolutionised Doctor Who – as Manchester International festival returns this summer, we look back at the event’s most spectacular moments
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Although the word simply means ‘power station’ in German, Ralf Hütter argues the name clearly suggests a link with the electronic music legends
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Paul Morley made a startling claim in this music documentary celebrating the work of Germany’s industrial pioneers, writes Sam Wollaston
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Heard it somewhere before? It’s time to name songs that lift the specific sounds or ideas of others into a new time or context, says Peter Kimpton
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A list of 15 artists - including Chic, Joan Jett and the notable absence of Deep Purple - are shortlisted for the institution’s ceremony
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From Keith Moon to Moe Tucker, we salute the beat masters
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The emergence of krautrock was one of postwar culture's most spectacular blossomings. By John Harris
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David Stubbs's story of Can, Kraftwerk and Germany's postwar generation is enthusiastic and well researched, writes Ian Thomson
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Asheville's annual electronic music festival and conference celebrated a decade with big performances, blown speakers and an alien landing
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Each year thousands descend on the freak capital of the west, North Carolina's Asheville, for an event dedicated to the culture-shaping synthesiser. Here, Hermione Hoby tells us why now, in its tenth year, the festival feels as much a testament to the man as to his Moog
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This British chamber ensemble delves into early Kraftwerk – and invents something more interesting, writes John Lewis
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Power cuts, ganja and electro knitting needles – as a new volume of the Beatles' BBC recordings is released, Dave Simpson looks back at six of the corporation's best pop moments
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Electronic music's early visions of the future – from Stockhausen to Kraftwork – now speak more of their time, writes Christopher Fox
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With its economy powering ahead, Germany is acting as a magnet for people from across Europe. We asked three high-profile immigrants to explain what it was like to make Germany their home – and how the country has met their expectations
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Andrew Harrison: From computer visionary Steve Jobs to queen of the Victoria sponge Mary Berry, the most influential modern nerds
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The star of Alpha Papa talks us through some of his favourite pop hits – from wuthering women and songs about horses to the 'decent beat' of the Human League
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Paul Lester: Kraftwerk's presence was a measure of the festival's standing; Bloc Party and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs of its limitations
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