Kraftwerk is the debut studio album by German electronic band Kraftwerk. It was released in Germany in 1970, and produced by Konrad "Conny" Plank.
The album was recorded from July to September 1970. Chief Kraftwerk members Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider used two drummers during the recording of the album; Andreas Hohmann and Klaus Dinger. Dinger played on "Vom Himmel Hoch",while Hohmann played on "Ruckzuck", and "Stratovarius", however, these last ones were completed before Dinger joined the sessions.
The other instrumentation features Hütter on bass and Hammond and Tubon electric organs, the latter was made by Swedish factory Joh Mustad AB in 1966, whilst Schneider supplied flute. The song "Ruckzuck" is driven by a powerful multi-dubbed flute riff, along with electric violin and guitar; these instruments often connected to further electronics via an Electronic Music Studios pitch-to-voltage converter.[citation needed] "Vom Himmel Hoch" has slight pitch curves that emulate the Doppler effect. The artwork featured a fluorescent-coloured traffic cone drawn.