Kraftwerk founder Florian Schneider dies at 73
Source: BBC News
Florian Schneider, co-founder of highly influential electronic pop group Kraftwerk, has died at the age of 73.
The German quartet set the template for synthesiser music in the 1970s and 80s with songs like Autobahn and The Model.
They achieved both musical innovation and commercial success, and inspired scores of artists across genres ranging from techno to hip-hop.
Schneidder formed the group with Ralf Hütter in 1970, and remained a member until his departure in 2008.
A statement said he "passed away from a short cancer disease just a few days after his 73rd birthday".
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Roy Rolling
(6,853 posts)Autobahn is my favorite driving song!
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)I'm so saddened by the loss. I'll have to listen again!
world wide wally
(21,718 posts)And nice too.
utopian
(1,091 posts)I saw Kraftwerk a few years ago, after being a fan for decades. I came to them by way of DEVO, and Man Machine was just fucking out of this world. I'll never forget the first time we played it in my friend's bedroom. We'd just gotten high, and one of our group freaked out because it was so strange and make us turn it off. I'll have to give it a listen today.
Kid Berwyn
(14,643 posts)Hier spricht die Stimme der Energie
Ich bin ein riesiger, elektrischer Generator
Ich liefere Ihnen Licht und Kraft
Und ermögliche es Ihnen, Sprache, Musik und Bild
Durch den Äther auszusenden und zu empfangen
Ich bin Ihr Diener und Ihr Herr zugleich
Deshalb hütet mich gut
Mich, den Genius der Energie
-...-
Here speaks the voice of energy.
I am a giant electric generator.
I deliver to you light and power.
And I make possible language, music and art.
Through the ether to look and receive.
I am your servant and your master at the same time.
Therefore guard me well.
Me, the genius of energy.
Vielen Dank, Herr Schneider! Auf wiedersehen.
rocktivity
(44,555 posts)rocktivity
padah513
(2,483 posts)Coventina
(26,844 posts)Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)Cross gently, Florian.
totodeinhere
(13,034 posts)Rest in peace.
DAMANgoldberg
(1,278 posts)Skrillex, Tiesto, Frankie Knuckles, Joey Negro, and others in the DJ / Electronic music industry to Kraftwerk. Cross Gently.
Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)I just thought of them this morning and posted a youtube link to Autobahn in the lounge.
tinrobot
(10,848 posts)Florian will be missed.
lastlib
(22,978 posts)R I P, Florian. Your music will live forever.
ProfessorGAC
(64,413 posts)Glad you posted!
They were HUGELY influential!
Tikki
(14,537 posts)Kraftwerk....rip Florian.
Tikki