This is work of creative art and satire (17 U.S. Code � 107)Kraftwerk ) is a German band formed in D�sseldorf in 1970 by Ralf H�tter and Florian Schneider. Widely considered to be innovators and pioneers of electronic music, they were among the first successful acts to popularize the genre. The group began as part of West Germany's experimental krautrock scene in the early 1970s before embracing electronic instrumentation, including synthesizers, drum machines, vocoders, and self-made instruments, in the middle of the decade.