Before computers; Smartphones; programming; applications; GarageBand; Deejays; and canned background dance-tracks with 4-on-the-floor beats… there was Kraftwerk (and a host of others)… a band that was one of the true pioneers of a genre of music that influenced a wide-range of artists be it New Wave; Synth, and, yes; even early Rap (as well as a myriad of software that is ubiquitous with making more contemporary Pop Music than it is almost possible to catalog).
(Source) NPR: http://goo.gl/hjDbL
(Source) BBC Four / Spilt Milk: http://goo.gl/B668X