Kraftwerk - Pocket Calculator

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Cites gdubs · 2020-05 · on “Florian Schneider has died”

Legend. I saw Kraftwerk live years ago and it was one of the most overwhelming performances I’ve ever seen in my life. Beneath the bouncy, poppy hooks there was a massive darkness — the pairing of visuals with the music really drove that home. (The only other live musical performance that I recall giving me a similar feeling was the band ‘Godspeed You Black Emperor‘, who also made use of projected imagery in such a tightly-coupled fashion.) One of my favorite Kraftwerk songs is probably “pocket calculator.” [1] 1: [this video]

Cites defrost · 2023-08 · on “When Kraftwerk Issued Their Own Pocket Calculator Synthesizer (2019)”

Obligatory direct link to Kraftwerk's Pocket Calculator : [this video] as an excuse to sideload a link to the Balanescu Quartet's cover of Kraftwerk's The Robots : [LINK]

Cites AfterHIA · 2025-09 · on “Samsung now owns Denon, Bowers and Wilkins, Marantz, Polk, and more audio brands”

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