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Kraftwerk: Computer World

How the German band Kraftwerk's classic album Computer World has changed people's lives.

How the German band Kraftwerk's classic album Computer World has changed people's lives.

Ramona Gonzales from the band Nite Jewel recounts how a car crash and a chance encounter with Computer World changed the course of her life. And Andy McCluskey, from British group Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, recalls the Kraftwerk concert that inspired his musical career.

Photo: Kraftwerk in front of world time clock in Keio Plaza Hotel, Tokyo, September 1981 Credit: Koh Hasebe/Shinko Music/Getty Images

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