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  STUMM303Long Player  £18.00

Label

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Kraftwerk

Autobahn

Krautrock back in stock digital remastered heavyweight vinyl with its iconic emil schult sleeve kraftwerk release their international breakthrough album the symphonic title track an epic ode to the joys of motorway travel wraps a mesmerising motorik rhythm around a sampled collage of car horns engine noise whirring tyres and radio crackle in edited form it becomes a revolutionary hit single around the world elsewhere in wordless industrial folk music the band reveal both their light and dark sides 'mitternacht' is all creeping midnight shadows while 'morgenspaziergang' is fresh with morning dew and birdsong two versions of 'kometenmelodie' one a starkly gothic prowl the other a sunny electro boogie provide further instrumental sound paintings pure and strong and bold kraftwerk compose cinema for the ears the pop world falls in love with them