The translation of "Kraftwerk" from German to English is "power plant" or "power station." It can also refer to the German electronic music band of the same name.

After their hugely successful worldwide concert tours, electro pioneers Kraftwerk announce new tour dates for...

Bringing together electronic music, computer animations, and performance art, Kraftwerk concerts are a true "Gesamtkunstwerk – a total work of art."

The multi-media project Kraftwerk was started in 1970 by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider. They set up their electronic Kling Klang Studio in Düsseldorf, Germany, where they conceived and produced all Kraftwerk albums.

By the mid-1970s, Kraftwerk had achieved international recognition for their revolutionary electronic "soundscapes" and their musical experimentation with robotics and other technical innovations. With their visions of the future, Kraftwerk created the soundtrack for the digital age of the 21st century.

Their compositions, using innovative techniques, synthetic voices, and computerized rhythms, have had a major international influence across an entire range of music genres: from electro to hip hop, from techno to synth-pop.

In their live performances, Kraftwerk founder Ralf Hütter and his team illustrate the belief in the respective contributions of both man and machine.

Starting with the retrospective of their catalogue at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2012, in recent years Kraftwerk have returned full circle back to their origins within the Düsseldorf art scene of the late sixties. The 3-D concert series at MoMA was followed by further presentations at Tate Modern Turbine Hall (London), Akasaka Blitz (Tokyo), Opera House (Sydney), Walt Disney Concert Hall (Los Angeles), Fondation Louis Vuitton (Paris), Neue Nationalgalerie (Berlin), and Guggenheim Museum (Bilbao).

In 2014, electro pioneer Ralf Hütter and his former partner were honored with the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. And in October 2021, Kraftwerk were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.