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THE REVIEW
Kraftwerk ergo "How To Build Your Own Automaton".
Cap. IX: Short Circuits.
You have canceled time.
You have designed a future.
You have installed external hard drives on your automatons.
Or rather: you have replaced yourselves with 4 terabytes of memory on an automaton.
Be honest: you have only pretended.
You played, you had fun.
What is left to do?
Elevate this divertissement of yours to a manifesto.
Play one more time.
One last time.
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The review reflects on Kraftwerk's Electric Cafe as a conceptual exploration of automation and futurism in music. It suggests that although listeners may have played with these themes, the album aspires to be a manifesto. The tone is contemplative, recognizing the album's innovative electronic approach while maintaining some distance in emotional engagement.
Kraftwerk
Kraftwerk are a German electronic music group formed in Düsseldorf in 1970 by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider, known as pioneers of electronic, krautrock and synth‑pop music.42 Reviews
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The world is a computer. I am a number. My body? Do I still have a body? Am I still my body?
It’s the end of the world, let’s get comfortable, relax, and enjoy its death.
