Kraftwerk is a German band formed in Düsseldorf in 1970 by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider. Widely considered to be innovators and pioneers of electronic music, they were among the first successful acts to popularize the genre. The group began as part of West Germany’s experimental krautrock scene in the early 1970s before fully embracing electronic instrumentation, including synthesizers, drum machines, vocoders, and home-made experimental musical instruments. Autobahn is their fourth studio album, released in November 1974. It was the band’s first album to fully embrace the repetitive electronic sound they would become known for, and was inspired by the titular German highway system. The radio edit of the title track became a surprise international hit. Kraftwerk “Autobahn” T-shirt is inspired by the Art of the 1974 album.
