What is Kraftwerk?
{{Infobox musical artist | Name = Kraftwerk | image = KRAFTWERK im Kiew 01.jpg | caption = Kraftwerk in [[Kyiv]] in 2008 | landscape = yes | Background = group_or_band | Birth_name = | Alias = | birth_date = | birth_place = | Origin = [[Düsseldorf]], [[North Rhine-Westphalia]], [[Germany]] | death_date = |death_place = | Instrument = | Genre = [[electronic music|Electronic]], [[synthpop]], [[krautrock]] | Occupation = | Years_active = 1970–present | Label = [[Kling Klang Studio|Kling Klang]], [[EMI]], [[Astralwerks]], [[Elektra Records|Elektra]], [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]], [[Capitol Records|Capitol]], [[Vertigo Records|Vertigo]], [[Philips Records|Philips]]<br>Reissues and compilations:<br>[[Mute Records|Mute]], [[Cleopatra Records|Cleopatra]], [[Parlophone]], [[Mercury Records|Mercury]], [[Fontana Records|Fontana]] | Associated_acts = [[Organisation (band)|Organisation]], [[Neu!]] | URL = {{URL|www.kraftwerk.com/}} | Notable_instruments = | Current_members = [[Ralf Hütter]]<br />[[Fritz Hilpert]]<br />[[Henning Schmitz]]<br />[[Stefan Pfaffe]] | Past_members = [[Florian Schneider]]<br />[[Karl Bartos]]<br />[[Wolfgang Flür]]<br />[[Klaus Röder]]<br />[[Emil Schult]]<br />[[Klaus Dinger]]<br />[[Michael Rother]]<br />Andreas Hohmann<br />[[Fernando Abrantes]]<br />Plato Kostic (Riviera)<br />Peter Schmidt<br />Charly Weiss<br />Houschäng Néjadepour<br />Eberhard Kranemann<br />Thomas Lohmann }} [[File:Kraftwerk live in Stockholm.jpg|thumb]] '''Kraftwerk''' is a [[Electronic music|electronic band]] from [[Germany]] that became famous in the late 1970s and 1980s for making [[electronic music]]. They used [[synthesizer]]s and [[Music sequencer|sequencer]]s to make the [[rhythm]]s and [[melody|melodies]] in the song. Kraftwerk made electronic music many years before other bands knew i