Library Album

Ralf und Florian

Kraftwerk's 1973 third album, the group's first to feature the vocoder and a step toward its classic electronic sound.

Cover of Ralf und Florian by Kraftwerk
Original 1973 Philips/Vertigo LP artwork.Source

Kraftwerk’s third album, named for founders Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider, was the group’s first recording to use a vocoder and the clearest step yet from their earlier krautrock instrumentation toward the fully synthesizer-based sound that would define Autobahn the following year.