{"product_id":"kraftwerks-computer-world-9781501378980","title":"Kraftwerk's Computer World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eComputer World\u003c\/i\u003e was Kraftwerk's most concise and focused conceptual statement, their most influential record and crowning achievement. \u003ci\u003eComputer World\u003c\/i\u003e transformed the way pop music was composed, played, packaged and released and, in the process, helped create entire new genres of music including hip-hop, techno, trance, electro, industrial and synth-pop. They influenced the influencers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUpon its release on 10 May 1981, the record was a revelation. It was unlike anything created for mainstream consumers of music at that time, an electronic suite of assured and industrious propulsive forward movement. Kraftwerk set off a sonic detonation that is still being felt today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book explores Kraftwerk's revolutionary sonic template, their conceptual and artistic preoccupations and lyrical obsessions to provide new insights into one of the greatest records ever made.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501378980\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160","brand":"Steve Tupai Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41839751856309,"sku":"9781501378980","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d3f4357a-378a-4dc8-be6f-5df929c62416.jpg?v=1646730777","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/kraftwerks-computer-world-9781501378980","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}