The tenth Kraftwerk studio album - "Electric Cafe" - is my favourite of their records with a subtle theme about man and technology enabling a global village united by electricity, industry and electronics, and how this transforms human relationships. It's a visionary record about the layers of reality and our inner and outer lives, but also the last one by the 'classic; 1975-1987 lineup. It took 5 years to make, over 750 studio sessions, a bicycle crash, an abandoned LP and tour, a standalone single, a video finished two years before the song was ready, low charting singles, endless remixes and overthinking, creative paralysis, and ultimately resulted in the band fracturing. I love this album though, and it has grown in stature with time. Like much of Kraftwerk it was ahead of its time, and in many ways, it still is. 30 April 2024.