The New York Times scores a rare interview with Kraftwerk founder Ralf Hütter, during which he reveals that the band are working on their first studio album since 2003's Tour de France.
In the run-up to the Museum of Modern Art's massive Kraftwerk retrospective, Time Out NY's Bruce Tantum gives an album-by-album account of the pioneering outfit's classic records.
An upcoming issue of the design and fashion magazine will include "a new and exclusive portfolio of literally dimension-altering Kraftwerk imagery in 3D."
Kraftwerk's main man breaks his radio silence to grant a rare interview to The Guardian's John Harris, discussing cycling, the departure of Florian Schneider, and the possibilities of an "endless" Kraftwerk album.
The ex-Kraftwerk veteran speaks to The Quietus about his special A/V performance at London's matter this Friday.
Karl Bartos - formerly of Kraftwerk - comes to matter this Friday, to unveil his Live Cinema DJ/VJ audio-visual project. A member of the hugely-infuential Dusseldorf group for 16 years, Bartos was a co-writer on their most influential tracks, including 'The Model, 'The Robots' and 'Computer Love'.
Karl Bartos - Live Cinema features on a bill including Davide Squillaci and Martin Eyerer, and headlined by techno heavyweight Dubfire, whose SCI+TEC residency comes to the venue in May. RA users can buy tickets for Friday's event at the special price of £6 - see event page for more details.
The Daily Swarm points us towards a story about the electronic music pioneers losing a court case, in which they sued a producer for sampling two seconds of their work. Good news for Justice?
