How Kraftwerk’s Autobahn remade pop
Half a century ago, the art-rock band introduced the world to the vocoder. Their sound – and pop music – was forever changed.
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Jude Rogers
Jude Rogers is the author of “The Sound Of Being Human: How Music Shapes Our Lives” (White Rabbit)
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