Kraftwerk, with Stephen Vesecky

12/12/15 • 24 min

4 German automatons changed music forever in the 70s. Stephen tells us how. You can listen to Stephen's music here: https://soundcloud.com/stephen-vesecky The Kraftwerk songs featured at the end of the episode are "Uranium" and "Hall of Mirrors."

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