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Krautrock

John Doran, Record Collector, January 2009

In the early 1970s a revolution in sound occurred that was as influential in its own way as the birth of rock'n'roll or reggae. John Doran talks to members of Kraftwerk, Neu!, Can, Faust, Cluster and Harmonia about the era that helped shape modern music.

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