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The Lab

Synthetic Soul

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So much of what we currently take for granted in music can be traced back to Kraftwerk, including "digital" and "dance" now being inseparably connected.
So much of what we currently take for granted in music can be traced back to Kraftwerk, including "digital" and "dance" now being inseparably connected.
May 10, 2020

So much of what we currently take for granted in music can be traced back to Kraftwerk, including "digital" and "dance" now being inseparably connected. This mix of future funk, digital disco and space-age soul would not be possible without Kraftwerk's pioneering work. RIP Kraftwerk's Florian Schneider

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