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Wikipedia | 1 month ago

Klaus Dinger

...later called "noise". During a concert in Dusseldorf with this ensemble, he spotted Florian Schneider, who he would later work with in Kraftwerk, sitting in the audience (Dinger said that...

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Wikipedia | 2 months ago

Florian Schneider

...2008. On 5 January 2009, the Kraftwerk fan site Technopop confirmed Schneider's departure. Florian Schneider currently lives in Meerbusch-Buderich near Dusseldorf, and has a...

"Autobahn " his use of acoustic instruments diminished. David Bowie titled his "Heroes" instrumental track "V-2 Schneider" after Schneider, and was heavily influenced by Kraftwerk's sound during his 'Berlin' period in the late 1970s. Schneider, speaking in 1991, said: "I had studied seriously up to a certain level, then I found it boring; I looked for other things, I found that the flute was too limiting... Soon I bought a microphone, then loudspeakers, then an echo, then a synthesizer. Much later I threw the flute away; it was a sort of process."

Florian Schneider Wikipedia | 2 months ago

Wikipedia | 2 months ago

Minimum-Maximum

...nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album in 2006. "The Man-Machine" (Karl Bartos, Florian Schneider, Ralf Hutter) Warszawa, Sala Kongresowa - 7:55 "Planet of...

A.V. Club RSS Feeds | 3 months ago

Music: Review:Kraftwerk: The Catalogue

...piece of conceptual art. There's really no wrong way of looking at Kraftwerk. The brainchild of Florian Schneider, Ralf Hutter, and a rotating cast of collaborators, the group's...

Contactmusic.com | 3 months ago

Kraftwerk - Kraftwerk Wont Quit

...much to quit. The German band were rocked last year (08) by the departure of founding member Florian Schneider, but frontman Ralf Hutter insists the remaining members are returning to...

Contactmusic.com | 3 months ago

Kraftwerk - Forever Young Kraftwerk

...electronic acts of all time. In November 2008, founder member Florian Schneider stunned fans when he left the group to embark on a solo career. 09 December 2009 05:45:26 AM

Independent.ie | 4 months ago

Loaded: 23/10/2009

...to what was to come, they do offer a pointer towards the brave new world that Ralf Hutter and Florian Schneider would map out. Listening to their two best albums -- Trans Europe...

New Kerala | 5 months ago

Kraftwerk return to the studio without co-founder Florian Schneider

...are set to return to the studio over Christmas (09) to record their first album without co-founder FLORIAN SCHNEIDER, who quit last year (08). The new project will be the Robots...

The Australian | 5 months ago

Kraftwerk took us down electronic road

...split away to form Neu! - creators of the motorik beat - and original Kraftwerk members Ralf Hutter and Florian Schneider regrouped to make their Kraftwerk 2 album, which contained the...

Telegraph.co.uk - Arts | 1 year ago

Kraftwerk founder leaves band after 40 years

...group Kraftwerk has left the band after 40 years. Last Updated: 12:03AM GMT 07 Jan 2009 Florian Schneider, who co-founded the band in 1970 and invented the "Krautrock" genre,...

Independent.co.uk - Music | 1 year ago

End of the road for Kraftwerk founder

...popular music scene back in the 1970s. Yesterday the German music world was stunned by the news that Florian Schneider, their co-founder and an inventor of the "Krautrock" genre, had...

Independent.co.uk - Commentators | 1 year ago

Andy Gill: The Lennon and McCartney of electro-pop

The departure of Florian Schneider from Kraftwerk marks a significant shift in the pioneering electronic group's musical chemistry. After a fruitful partnership lasting almost four decades,...