True dat. But techno is not european. It started in detroit by some bloack guy...forget his name. Techno and kraftverk electronic and techno not the same. The Belleville Three(Juan Atkins, Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson) who I've met before, were three Black kids from the mostly White, middle class Detroit suburb of Belleville who immitated sounds they heard from Kraftwerk, copied them and then said they created something new when in reality they just immitated Kraftwerk;)     The influence of Kraftwerk’s distinctive use of synthesizers, drum machine rhythms, and heavily effected vocals can also be heard on early Detroit techno records. Detroit techno artists Derrick May and Juan Atkins tried to replicate Kraftwerk’s sound on early techno records such as Cybotron’s Clear (1983), Model 500’s No UFOs (1985), and Derrick May’s Nude Photo (1986).