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Because our previous post on Kraftwerk opened up a can of worms, as to the musicians they influenced, and the music those musicians created it was inevitable to put together a good list of some of the best songs influenced by Kraftwerk. Many of these will directly say that they were influenced by the German group, whereas some like Daft Punk you can’t deny, the similarities and linking them to a group that they were influenced by that Kraftwerk influenced.
Daft Punk at O2 Wireless Festival, cropped from larger photo (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
So without delay our list of favourites
1 Gary Numan- Cars
Gary Numan came out as an electronica musician just before Kraftwerk put out their hit “The Model” and themselves influenced many British synth pop acts
2 Visage- We Fade to Grey
3 Underworld- Born Slippy
Underworld claim that Kraftwerk were a huge influence on their music
4 Depeche Mode– Just Can’t Get Enough
This group was also a huge influence on many bands of the British new wave era of music themselves being influence by Kraftwerk
5 Moby- Porcelain
While most of the electronica/synth acts come from Europe, Moby also an innovator was a stand alone act making huge waves in the middle of the grunge rock era dominating his country at the time
6 New Order- Blue Monday
One of the classic early dance music themes
7 Daft Punk- Harder Faster Better Stronger
Claiming Rolling Stones and Beach Boys as their musical influence, you could swear that they were a modern line-up of Kraftwerk adding the driving guitar sounds to some of their synthesizer foreground melodies
8 The Human League– Don’t You Want Me
One of the earlier bands of the British new wave
9 The Psychedelic Furs- Love My Way
10 Devo-Whip It
Devo an American band inspired by Kraftwerk’s music combined their fusion of guitar, synthesizer, and their Kraftwerk inspired art deco look
11- Real Life- Send Me An Angel
12- Massive Attack- Unfinished Sympathy
The Bristol, England band have made their own style of electronica, sometimes called “trip hop” (although Massive Attack like to think of their music in a more Zen sens, in that their music doesn’t need a name and it is what it is) as a culmination of innovation from Kraftwerk and many other electronica groups
13 Björk- Army of Me
Icelandic singer of a wide range of music styles, sometimes fits her Kraftwerk influences into her music
English: Thomas Bangalter at the 2006 Bang Music Festival in Miami, FL (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
While this list combines songs of the more popular music areas, there are also many more great songs from other genres inspired by Kraftwerk, like techno, house, drum and bass, rap, hip hop, lounge that also are worth the listen to.
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