Kraftwerkian

English

Etymology

From Kraftwerk +‎ -ian.

Adjective

Kraftwerkian (comparative more Kraftwerkian, superlative most Kraftwerkian)

1. Of or relating to the pioneering German electronic music group Kraftwerk (formed in 1970).
   • 2004, Phoebe Hoban, Basquiat: A Quick Killing in Art, page 47:

     He was this Kraftwerkian techno-creature, sort of a caricature of the future.

   • 2009 December, SPIN, page 30:

     Just tap and slide a finger along this pocket-size synth's touchpad to create your own Kraftwerkian sounds.

   • 2010, Stuart Lenig, The Twisted Tale of Glam Rock, page 79:

     Producer Rhett Davies played a key role in the band's sound, adding a cleaner, more Germanic Kraftwerkian sheen.

   • 2011, Sean Albiez, David Pattie, Kraftwerk: Music Non-Stop, page 201:

     Kraftwerkian masculinity is calculated and rational. By replacing themselves with static, emotionless robots, and quietly laughing about it, Kraftwerk posed as a team of characterless, almost faceless, male technologists engineering a hypnotic spectacle of electronic dance music.

Translations

Translations

• French: kraftwerkien
• German: kraftwerkisch
• Italian: kraftwerkiano
• Spanish: kraftwerkiano