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Home » Kraftwerk

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Posted inMusic

Remembering Triad Radio, where the usual was unusual

by Robert Marovich July 24, 2020August 18, 2021

Triad Radio, Chicago’s pioneering experiment in commercial free-form radio, left the airwaves in 1977. Now longtime program director Saul Smaizys is moving its archives online.

Posted inMusic

How the USA fell for EDM, chapter one

by Michaelangelo Matos April 29, 2015August 18, 2021

In these excerpts from his lively and meticulous new book, The Underground Is Massive: How Electronic Dance Music Conquered America, longtime Reader contributor Michaelangelo Matos chronicles the three-decade ascent of EDM.

Kraftwerk performs a 3-D concert in the Dutch city of Eindhoven in 2013.
Posted inMusic

In Rotation: Chicago Singles Club founder Jeff Kelley on the city’s best experimental-pop band

by Kevin Warwick April 7, 2014August 18, 2021

Current musical obsessions of Chicago Singles Club founder Jeff Kelley, Rachel Sarah Thomas (aka KSRA), and more

Posted inBlogs

Best shows to see: Carsick Cars, Redgrave, Rich Halley 4

by Luca Cimarusti March 27, 2014August 18, 2021

Best shows to see on Thu 3/27 through Sun 3/31.

Joe Bryl
Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Spot for Hyper-Curated DJ Nights

by Kevin Warwick June 19, 2013August 19, 2021

Some programs hit the mark, while others might fail to draw much of a crowd into the cozy space. But the best part is that doesn’t even seem to matter.

Release your hate
Posted inMusic

Gossip Wolf: Sons of the Silent Age do Bowie at a Pablove benefit

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil January 9, 2013August 18, 2021

Sons of the Silent Age do Bowie for pediatric cancer research, and more

Posted inBlogs

Q&A: Boys Noize on Madonna being lame, Kraftwerk, and playing live

by Miles Raymer December 7, 2012August 19, 2021

A conversation with a dance music mainstay

Marvin "Seven" Bedard
Posted inMusic

Chocolate Industries bridges Miami to the midwest

by Kevin Warwick May 31, 2012August 19, 2021

A tale of four record labels: Chocolate Industries bridges IDM with hip-hop

Posted inBlogs

Early electronic-music magazine Synapse digitized

by Peter Margasak April 10, 2012August 19, 2021

Every issue of the early electronic-music magazine Synapse is now available online for free.

Posted inBlogs

12 O’Clock Track: Kraftwerk, “Computer Love”

by Luca Cimarusti April 6, 2012August 19, 2021

In honor of their run of eight shows at MoMA, today’s 12 O’Clock Track is brought to you by Kraftwerk.

Posted inMusic

Virgo Four, Round Two

by Jacob Arnold April 21, 2011August 19, 2021

The Chicago house duo’s late-80s home recordings still sound fresh on the new Resurrection.

Posted inBlogs

Ads From the Past: April 18, 1975

by Vera Videnovich March 28, 2011August 19, 2021
Posted inBlogs

Kraftwerk Before They Were “Kraftwerk”

by Miles Raymer May 19, 2010August 19, 2021

Before the synths, they kicked Krautjazz and flute madness.

Posted inBlogs

How to Be an iPod Dad

by Cliff Doerksen March 24, 2010August 19, 2021

Call the tunes while you can.

Posted inBlogs

Compare and Contrast

by Miles Raymer November 5, 2009August 19, 2021

Don’t say Carl Sagan was “Auto-Tuned.”

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