Autobahn - Kraftwerk and Köln

A nice piece in 'The Guardian' explores the legacy of 'Autobahn'. It's fifty years since the LP was released.


Tim Jonze explores the legacy of this album and in particular, the main title track.

Astonishingly for a 22-minute 43-second song about the German road network, it somehow managed to change the musical landscape forever.

I remember my Uncle Stan playing me this album on his quadrophonic sound system - it must have been shortly after it came out.

There is a connection with Köln here too, which I visited last month for Practical Pedagogies.
For me the classic Keith Jarrett concert is the main connection I think of with the city.


I'm working on something inspired by Matt Podbury's Music and Geography session at the conference. Check out his unit.

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