{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6b2fc9ba-b9b7-4b7a-b980-e0024facd926/67407ab0ec8584434fd160e2?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Autobahn at 50: How Kraftwerk defined modern music","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9f75c1a8cbe0c083cee79/1732278914838-7a44558f-46da-4591-a1ef-0a2395be7ccf.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>50 years ago this month the German band Kraftwerk released Autobahn –&nbsp;an album that not only marked a dramatic departure in their sound, but went on to change the entire course of contemporary music.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>With the title track, a 22-minute ode to the German motorway, Kraftwerk’s founding members Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider forged a modern musical language, using electronics to articulate a new and optimistic vision of the future.</p><p><br></p><p>To discuss Autobahn’s genesis and enduring legacy Tom Gatti is joined by Jude Rogers, journalist and author of <em>The Sound of Being Human: How Music Shapes Our Lives</em>, and Uwe Schütte, author of <em>Kraftwerk: Future Music from Germany</em>.</p><p><br></p><p>Read: <a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/music/2024/10/how-kraftwerks-autobahn-remade-pop\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">How Kraftwerk’s Autobahn remade pop</a></p>","author_name":"The New Statesman"}