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The Man-Machine

Germany · Arts / Popular Music. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

4Records
1978Date range
4Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1978

Karl Bartos19 May 1978

Dusseldorf · Arts / Popular Music

Contributes to The Man-Machine during Kraftwerk's most iconic visual period.

Wolfgang Flur19 May 1978

Dusseldorf · Arts / Popular Music

Performs electronic percussion on The Man-Machine.

Ralf Hutter19 May 1978

Dusseldorf · Arts / Popular Music

Releases The Man-Machine, strengthening Kraftwerk's robot image and electronic pop style.

Florian Schneider19 May 1978

Dusseldorf · Arts / Popular Music

Helps build The Man-Machine's precise synthesis, vocoder and robotic performance language.

Names involved

Florian SchneiderKarl BartosRalf HutterWolfgang Flur

Provenance

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