Updated to include details of the group's recent concerts under the direction of Ralf Hutter. David Buckley examines the cult enigma that is Kraftwerk, including their beginnings in the avant-garde musical terrain of late-Sixties Germany and their Anglo-American breakthrough with Autobahn in 1975, as well as their astonishingly prescient work, which drew the musical template for techno, ambient, dance and all manner of electronic pop.Includes an interview with former member Wolfgang Flur.The inner workings of this most secretive of bands are revealed through interviews with friends and close associates, whilst the story of their incredible impact on modern music is traced up to the present day using interviews with a host of musicians, from original electro pioneers such as Gary Numan, the Human League, OMD and John Foxx, to contemporary acts still in awe of the original Man Machines.

本書は、音楽史最大の謎であるクラフトワークの核心に迫る決定版です。単なる伝記を超え、ドイツの先鋭的芸術から「人間解体」へと至る軌跡を緻密に描き出しています。彼らが描いた電子の夢がいかに現代の礎となったかを解き明かす様は、一つの知的ミステリーのような興奮を誘います。 秘密に包まれた彼らの思想や、テクノロジーと人間の共生という哲学的テーマが、関係者の証言から鮮烈に炙り出されます。文化の転換点を冷徹かつ情熱的に捉えた本書の考察は、未来を創造しようとする全ての読者の魂を揺さぶるに違いありません。