“Conceptually, Kraftwerk were as prophetic as Orwell; musically, they helped jump-start hip-hop with an electro shock and set the stage for techno, especially after Afrika Bambaataa borrowed the melody of ‘Trans-Europe Express’ for his 1982 smash, ‘Planet Rock.’ One of their inheritors, techno king Carl Craig, probably said it best: ‘They were so stiff they were funky.'” – Rolling Stone
