Kraftwerk
This band for me represents another point in time: it was when I moved to Melbourne. I had finally got a job and, eventually, my own apartment. I was learning to do a lot for myself and I’d experienced a change in character that was for the best. I was spending lots of time riding on a train listening to my mp3 player and I was making new friends. Indeed, it was spending those long times on the train that I listened to Kraftwerk a lot. Considering I have held a long-standing interest in electronic music, it is indeed a natural progression that I should eventually come to the fore-runners of the genre. Indeed, Kraftwerk made a perfect soundtrack to train journeys: With the processed drumming, the well-crafted songs, and the rhythmic structures, I will always associate those nutty Germans with the sight of watching the scenery of Melbourne drift past. They may have written songs about Europe but to me they could be about anywhere.
Key Album: The Man Machine (1977) From the same country that brought you Rammstein! I could have picked Trans-Europe Express but instead I went with this: it's their most accessible album but it strikes a delightful middle-ground between conventional pop songs and some fantastically realised soundscapes. Plus it has the immortal The Model which by itself is worth every cent.
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