electronic body music combines elements of european industrial, german electronic music such as that of klaus schulze, music of the neue deutsche welle electropunk scene. it first came to prominence in belgium. the name was coined by ralf hütter of kraftwerk in 1978 to explain the more physical sound of their album "the man-machine". the term was later used in its current sense by belgian group front 242 in 1984 to describe their ep "no comment", released in the same year. it denotes a certain type of danceable electronic music, a mixture of electropunk and industrial music. other artists include armageddon dildos, die krupps, à;grumh..., a split-second, and one, bigod 20, the neon judgement, and attrition.