Kraftwerk - The fathers of Electronica?

[FearOfGhosts]

I had no idea for at least a decade after Kraftwerk released their first song in 1971 ( called KRAFTWERK I (HIGHRAIL)) that electronic music even existed in that capacity. I would really be shocked to hear of a predecessor so here is the challange. Who is the father of Electronica? I realize certain groups used keyboards, etc... That's not what I mean. I'm talking about groups that used programming, razor cutting tapes to make loops, computers, etc...

I'm very interested hearing others opinions on this topic...

[FearOfGhosts]

here's a Kraftwerk discog..

1971 KRAFTWERK I (HIGHRAIL)
1972 KRAFTWERK II (VAR)
1973 November RALF AND FLORIAN
1974 November AUTOBAHN
1975 February Autobahn
1975 July Kometenmelodie 1
1975 July Kometenmelodie 2
1975 October EXCELLER 8
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[rewind]

Grandfather of Electronica - Leon Sergeivitch Termen, inventor of the Theremin.

Father of Electronica - Robert Moog, inventor of the Moog Synthesizer.

[golfer]

Yes , one might sat that Kraftwerk were the forerunners of Electronica, but that would be in a commercial or publicised sense. Well prior to them Karlheinz Stockhausen produced quite a pieces of music. http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/stockhausen.html is a

[2Nu]

Excuse me folks, but I must give a nod to those electronica progenitors 'Tangerine Dream' [8D]

[fritzb]

I loved Tangerine Dream in college. Was always one of the groups I used as background music to study to and to chill out. I have a fat stack of TG vinyls from back in the day. I've recently been considering getting the better ones on CD, now that they'

[rewind]

RE: Tangerine Dream
(From
http://www.obsolete.com/120_years
...great introduction to electronic music)

After the success of Walter (later Wendy) Carlos's album "Switched on Bach", entirely recorded using Moog synthesisers, Moog's instruments made

[golfer]

T.D. didnt really start till 1970..but you could probably call them the originators of TRANCE.I remember when I heard the Alpha Centuri LP in '71 there was nothing like it about, then in 73/4 they blew the world a[;)]way with the single Pheadra....Yep..bi

[golfer]

Robert Moog was commisioned by I think by Universal Studios in the mid 60's to take his sound generators a step further for use in movies very much like the Theramin and the Mellotron which was created by a dude called Harry Chamberlain in the 1940s, agai

[golfer]

Rewind!!!! what a nice link youve provided [:)].Makes a fella want to dust of the old Fairlight and try it over again.!!![;)]