“We should use the tools of today’s society to create music – otherwise it is just antique”: How Kraftwerk’s The Model set the prototype for modern pop

Kratftwerk.

‘Seminal’ is a much-used word in arts and culture but in the case of German electronic collective Kraftwerk it’s an extremely apt one.

Kraftwerk are one of the most influential bands in the history of contemporary pop and without them huge swathes of music simply would not exist.