Kraftwerk’s music and image were very closely related to machines. Everything from their album covers to their album concepts. Specifically, All of the titles and concepts of their albums during 1974 – 1981 were directly related to machines. For example, during 1974 – 1981 they released Autobahn that was related to cars and Germany, Radio-activity that was related to radios, and others like Trans-Europe Express, The Man-Machine, and Computer World. The key factor that makes Kraftwerk one of the biggest influence on electronic music is all of their instruments where machines and their instrumentation was less musical based and more rhythmic based. Not only did they help electronic music have a big impact on European music but American music. When American musicians heard Kraftwerk’s songs and creations they immediately wanted to collaborate or mimic their sound. I consider Kraftwerk to be one of the biggest reasons why synthesizers have become very popular over the last twenty years. Although, they’re instrumentation was very music their rhythms and grooves made their listeners want to dance, which is a main focal point of modern music. Also, the simplicity of their lyrics has also set the example for many of today’s music. When Kraftwerk gained fans in North America they created a whole new genre, they created pop music. Pop was a genre that could easily be joined with other genres to create new music. Before long artists would mimic theyre instrumentation and put a very good vocalist on the song, thus creating pop. I believe that without Kraftwerk we wouldn’t have artists like Madonna, Rihanna, Lady GAGA, and etc. As a listener and industry professional kraftwerk has left a lasting impression of their innovativeness and creativity. I think that they have left a great impression on the entire world by creating Pop music, the most profitable genre of music ever made.
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