Group Members | Ralf Hütter Fritz Hilpert Henning Schmitz Falk Grieffenhagen |
Past Group Members | Florian Schneider Houschäng Néjadepour Plato Kostic Peter Schmidt Karl Weiss Thomas Lohmann Eberhard Kranemann Andreas Hohmann Klaus Dinger Michael Rother Emil Schult Wolfgang Flür Klaus Röder Karl Bartos Fernando Abrantes Stefan Pfaffe |
Music Genre(s) | Electronic avant-garde pop synth-pop electro-pop art pop krautrock electropop |
Music Genre | Electronica Electronic Clinical |
Origin | Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Federal Republic of Germany |
Year(s) Active | 1970–present 1970 (1970)–present |
Record Label | Kling Klang EMI Capitol Warner Bros. Philips Vertigo Astralwerks Elektra Reissues and compilations: Mute Parlophone Mercury Cleopatra Fontana Mute |
Official Websites | kraftwerk.com kraftwerk.com |
Associated Acts | Neu! Organisation Ibliss |
Kraftwerk (lit. "power station") is a German band formed in Düsseldorf in 1970 by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider. Widely considered as innovators and pioneers of electronic music, they were among the first successful acts to popularize the genre. The group began as part of West Germany's experimental krautrock scene in the early 1970s before fully embracing electronic instrumentation, including synthesizers, drum machines, and vocoders.