The Books Insiderindependent audiobook data
The Sound of the Machine: My Life in Kraftwerk and Beyond by Karl Bartos

The Sound of the Machine: My Life in Kraftwerk and Beyond: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Sound of the Machine: My Life in Kraftwerk and Beyond runs 19.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jim Boeven (about 13 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

19.6listening hrs
Arts & Entertainmentstore shelf
2022released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 19.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Sound of the Machine: My Life in Kraftwerk and Beyond at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day40 days
1 hour / day20 days
2 hours / day10 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×14 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 19.6 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 8,856 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog.

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

The Sound of the Machine: My Life in Kraftwerk and Beyond is an audiobook by Karl Bartos: a 19.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Jim Boeven, released December 27, 2022, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
19.6 hrs
Narrated by
Jim Boeven
Released
December 27, 2022
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Arts & Entertainment
ISBN
9798212379007

How to listen to The Sound of the Machine: My Life in Kraftwerk and Beyond free

New members at audiobooks.com get three free audiobooks with the trial.

Separately, the store's catalog carries more than 10,000 audiobooks that are always free to stream.

Start listening free

Questions listeners ask

How long is The Sound of the Machine: My Life in Kraftwerk and Beyond as an audiobook?

The Sound of the Machine: My Life in Kraftwerk and Beyond runs 19.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13 hours.

Is The Sound of the Machine: My Life in Kraftwerk and Beyond free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Sound of the Machine: My Life in Kraftwerk and Beyond?

The Sound of the Machine: My Life in Kraftwerk and Beyond is narrated by Jim Boeven.

Is The Sound of the Machine: My Life in Kraftwerk and Beyond worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13 hours, saving 6.5 hours.