Table of Contents
List of Contributors ix
Introduction: The (Ger) man Machines David Pattie 1
I Music, Technology and Culture
1 Autobahn and Heimatklänge: Soundtracking the FRG Sean Albiez Kyrre Tromm Lindvig 15
2 Kraftwerk and the Image of the Modern David Cunningham 44
3 Kraftwerk-the Decline of the Pop Star Pertti Grönholm 63
4 Authentic Replicants: Brothers between Decades between Kraftwerk(s) Simon Piasecki Robert Wilsmore 80
5 Kraftwerk: Technology and Composition Carsten Brocker Michael Patterson 97
6 Kraftwerk: Playing the Machines David Pattie 119
II Influences and Legacies
7 Europe Non-Stop: West Germany, Britain and the Rise of Synthpop, 1975-81 Sean Albiez 139
8 Vorsprung durch Technik - Kraftwerk and the British Fixation with Germany Richard Witts 163
9 'Dragged into the Dance' - the Role of Kraftwerk in the Development of Electro-Funk Joseph Toltz 181
10 Average White Band: Kraftwerk and the Politics of Race Mark Duffett 194
11 Trans-Europa Express: Tracing the Trance Machine Hillegonda Rietveld 214
Discography 231
Index 237