kraftwerk

I've always liked Kraftwerk but never really knew why...

Jack Thurston on Kraftwerk

"Soon enough, band members retired their fleet of vintage Mercedes-Benz
in favour of VW Golfs and bicycles. Hütter saw cycling as more than a mere leisure pursuit,
something closer to a political statement: ‘No, it’s not for holiday. It is the man machine.
 It’s me, the man machine on the bicycle. Holidays are an alienation, a consumption concept.
To relax ourselves, we ride the bicycle, it’s enough. We are liberated from holidays.’ "

http://jackthurston.com/articles/kraftwerk-and-the-ultimate-man-machine/

They were obsessed with the harmony of man, nature and technology!