Marina Schiptjenko is a gallerist and has played in, among others, Bodies without organs and synth pop duo Page. She says that Kraftwerk's music has never been dated.
- I saw them live a few years ago, and it still felt very interesting. It has never been dated. They are like the movie Blade runner to me, it still feels brand new, so Kraftwerk is for me. How do you do it? you have to be pretty ingenious for that, ”she tells Culture News.
Works acousticallyTobias Forge, front figure in the band Ghost says he "liked Kraftwerk as long as he can remember".
- What makes Kraftwerk so good compared to a lot of other electronic music is that they have such well-written songs that really work on an acoustic guitar as well. It's enough to whine "Wir fahr'n fahr'n fahr'n auf der Autobahn" with the chords ... it's such a hit, he says:
- Kraftwerk is a fantastic inspiration for me as a songwriter, they managed to write such simple songs and with simple means convey what other artists may need four, five verses to convey.