From the Bonn (Matten & Wiechers) custom made analog sequencers, EMU Emulators, Synclaviers and the early synthesizers used, you’ll find plenty of this within the pages. He even does a good job of highlighting some details of the Kling Klang studio. Nonetheless, I believe he does a stellar job of describing the electronics used by Kraftwerk during his time in the company of the other robots. In the first chapters of the book, Flür points out that he would not be talking about synthesizers, oscillators, LFO’s or things like modulation, etc. Reading this biography was perhaps one of the most enlightening books I have read from a member of a band. Couldn’t Wolfgang have made this a trilogy, perhaps!? What I would give to spend an afternoon in Dusseldorf talking to Wolfgang about his recollections and his point of view on life in this era. The sign of a good book, for me, is when I just don’t want the story to end. I read it from cover to cover in just a few days. I felt like a kid who had just received a much wanted bicycle on Christmas. A few weeks ago while visiting a local bookstore in Seattle I came across a used copy. It was one of those books I always wanted to read but was never able to find. I have waited to read this book for over a decade.
