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How Kraftwerk’s 22-Minute Song “Autobahn” Became an Early Masterpiece in Electronic Music (1975)

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How Kraftwerk’s 22-Minute Song “Autobahn” Became an Early Masterpiece in Electronic Music (1975)

It takes about five hours to drive from Düsseldorf to Hamburg on the Autobahn. During that stretch, you can listen to Kraftwerk's album Autobahn seven times — or if you prefer, you can loop its eponymous opening song thirteen times.

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Show threadWest Lawns⚡️10h ago

@openculture a classic.

I think of Kraftwerk as the German Beachboys.
The Autobahn as their beach.

Show thread🍁Dracula🇨🇦10h ago
@openculture I've found that people either like most, if not all, of their music or they don't like it at all. The latter are missing out.