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Kraftwerk: Computer World

4 Extra Debut. How Kraftwerk's classic 1981 album Computer World has changed people's lives. With Andy McCluskey. From 2018.

How Kraftwerk's classic album Computer World has changed people's lives.

On their first wedding anniversary, David Sanborn and Jennifer Huber remember their Kraftwerk themed celebrations.

Ramona Gonzales from the band Nite Jewel recounts how a car crash and a chance encounter with Computer World changed the course of her life.

And Andy McCluskey from Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark recalls the Kraftwerk concert that inspired his musical career.

Kraftwerk were forged in the shadow of the Second World War, out of a desire to create a new, German music. Uwe SchΓΌtte from Aston University explains how Computer World embodies the politics of this time and points the way to a computerized future.

Brian Carney recalls how the album's glamour and sheen changed his horizons in the industrial town of St Helens.

And in South Central Los Angeles, Greg Broussard, aka Egyptian Lover, shows how this album brought love into his life.

Life, love and an electronic future as experienced through the music of this pioneering German band.

Producer: Melvin Rickarby

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in January 2018.

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30 minutes

Last on

Wed 31 Aug 2022 00:30

Broadcasts

  • Wed 24 Jan 2018 09:00
  • Wed 24 Jan 2018 21:30
  • Tue 30 Aug 2022 18:30
  • Wed 31 Aug 2022 00:30

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