Never forget the first time I heard “Autobahn”, totally unlike anything I ever heard, it was absolutely mesmerizing.
They really were the godfathers of Techno.
No doubt about it.
Made possible in large part by the efforts of American Dr. Robert Moog.
Autobahn so much has Moog’s trademark filter sound. Kraftwerk later made their own stuff and kept Moog equipment plus some great German companies like PPG, Doepfer and a few others.
So many bands and groups were influenced by Kraftwerk and their stuff was sampled for other songs.