KRAFTWERK co-founder Florian Schneider dead at 73
07 May 2020KRAFTWERK co-founder and electro-pop pioneer Florian Schneider has died aged 73. The band confirmed via a statement that he had died following "a short cancer disease".
The statement said: "Ralf Hütter has sent us the very sad news that his friend and companion over many decades Florian Schneider has passed away from a short cancer disease just a few days after his 73rd birthday.
"In the year 1968 Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider started their artistic and musical collaboration. In 1970 they founded their electronic Kling Klang studio in Düsseldorf and started the multi-media project KRAFTWERK. All the KRAFTWERK catalogue albums were conceived and produced there."
Schneider formed KRAFTWERK with Ralf Hütter in 1970, where he remained a member until leaving the band in 2008. In Schneider and Hütter's partnership, KRAFTWERK found its creative driving force, writing and producing their best known works – including 1974's Autobahn, 1977's Trans-Europe Express and 1978's The Man-Machine – together.
The influence KRAFTWERK have had on modern music has been great, informing everything from pop to techno as well as rock and metal acts including David Bowie, Nine Inch Nails and HIM.
Source: loudersound.com
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