The man-machine

"The Man-Machine is so fresh that it seems as though it's just emerged glistening from a digital womb. Kraftwerk's prodigious talent for simple, minimal melody was intact, but it is buttressed here by an even more graceful sweep to the music's atmospheres".

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"More pop-oriented than any of their previous work, the sound of The Man-Machine — in particular among Kraftwerk's oeuvre — had a tremendous impact on the cold, robotic synth pop of artists like Gary Numan, as well as Britain's later new romantic movement".

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"The Man-Machine is closer to the sound and style that would define early new wave electro-pop - less minimalistic in its arrangements and more complex and danceable in its underlying rhythms ... More pop-oriented than any of their previous work, the sound of The Man-Machine - in particular among Kraftwerk's oeuvre - had a tremendous impact on the cold, robotic synth pop of artists like Gary Numan, as well as Britain's later new romantic movement".

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"Der er (...) ikke noget nyt fra Kraftwerk, men til gengæld hænger alt på gruppens mesterværker smukt sammen. Nu er de genudgivet på farvet vinyl, og en del af dem er ude på både tysk og engelsk ... 'Die Mensch-Maschine' - den med 'Das Model' - stikker ud som et enkelt, men uhyre effektivt banebrydende elektronisk værk, der har inspireret utallige popgrupper gennem tiden".

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