dirki asked :

What is the essentail idea behind the music of Kraftwerk, where they differed from all other bands. Which musically philosophy?

very common themes were turned into visionary music by kw , like "autobahn" , "radio-activity" , "t.e.e." , "showroom dummies / the robots / the model / sex object" , "neonlights" , "computerworld" , "tour de france" , "the telephone call" , "electric cafe" ( the predecessor of the i-net cafe ;-) , "expo 2000" etc. !!! ;-) i suppose that their song titles says it all !!! *G+* ;-) ( http://mitglied.lycos.de/cybernetx/communication.html - NOT by kw , but hopefully also a lil' bit interestin' !!! *hehehe* ;-))) however ... many greetinx again , oh jay ;-) ~*~ jvr network program - june 2002 : http://mitglied.lycos.de/cybernetx/program.html ( incl. live stream via internet ) studio webcam - live : http://stream.ok-bremen.de/studio.html radio show archive : http://friends.schallreflektor.com/ohjay/alien_disco playlist archive : http://mitglied.lycos.de/cybernetx/playlists brand new website release soon @ http://www.jointventureradio.net & also http://www.jointventureradio.org *~\^/~*