In the mid-1970s, when rock music ruled the charts and long hair and guitar solos defined authenticity, Kraftwerk was locked away in its Düsseldorf bunker, Kling Klang Studio, determined to do exactly ...

The German musician, who died at 73, shaped sounds that provided templates for countless varieties of electronic dance music, rock and hip-hop. By Jon Pareles Machines making music. Repetitive, ...

Live at MoMA, however, there was no such nuance. Instead of the plaintive original version of “Radioactivity,” which would have been faithful to Kraftweek’s retrospective theme, the band delivered the ...