Kraftwerk'S Computer World Av Steve Tupai (Independent Scholar Australia) Francis

<p><i>Computer World</i> was Kraftwerk’s most concise and focused conceptual statement, their most influential record and crowning achievement. <i>Computer World</i> transformed the way pop music was composed, played, packaged and released and, in the process, helped create entire new genres of music including hip-hop, techno, trance, electro, industrial and synth-pop. They influenced the influencers. <br><br>Upon its release on 10 May 1981, the record was a revelation. It was unlike anything created for mainstream consumers of music at that time, an electronic suite of assured and industrious propulsive forward movement. Kraftwerk set off a sonic detonation that is still being felt today.<br><br>This book explores Kraftwerk’s revolutionary sonic template, their conceptual and artistic preoccupations and lyrical obsessions to provide new insights into one of the greatest records ever made.</p>