Birmingham's Aston University is set to hold the first ever academic conference on Kraftwerk.
The conference, which has been given the grand title Industrielle Volksmusik for the Twenty-First Century: Kraftwerk and the Birth of Electronic Music in Germany, runs for two days on 20 and 21 January.
There have been a huge number of academic papers written about the German electronic band, who are considered pioneers of the genre. For example, Alexei Monroe's "Trans-Slovene Expressions: Kraftwerk on the Sunny Side of the Alps."
As The 405 reports, the conference organisers have said that a "pronounced interdisciplinary approach will provide the methodological framework to the conference." Come on guys, sex it up a bit.
If that didn't quite sell it you, then this might - Kraftwerk's very own Wolfgang Flur will be there reading from his memoirs and taking part in a Q&A.
Tickets can be bought from Aston University's website, and cost £20 for a non-student.
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