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For most Kraftwerk will need no introduction. Often referred to as the "godfathers of electronic music", many major developments in the last twenty or thirty years can be traced directly back to these guys. Not to say they invented electronic music - plenty of other bands (mostly German) were experimenting with electronic noise around then, but Kraftwerk were among the first to bring the melody to the forefront and make it danceable. Their use of electronic instruments in the late 70's caught the attention of, well, just about everybody, and the rest is history.