RIP Florian Schneider. The Kraftwerk co-founder has passed away at age 73.

[basquebromance]

future music from germany...give them a listen on youtube!

Kraftwerk Co-Founder Florian Schneider Dies at Age 73

Florian Schneider, who co-founded the influential electronic band Kraftwerk, has died.

www.billboard.com

another legend passes!

 

[basquebromance]

kraftwerk means "power station" in german. its an unusual name for a pop band. also, just like Rammstein, the lyrics are in german

 

[Asclepias]

I remember that band. One of my favorite songs when I was young. I think this song was in Beat Street.

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

Saw them once in the early 80's with this set-up at the Warner Theater in DC. Great show.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Used to play Kraftwerk on the turntable in our school common room late 70s. It was a war between us and the Rainbow/Whitesnake crew. If they got in first they used to play that shite all day. Kraftwerk used to freak them out cos it wasnt "real music".
Preferred Bowie myself.

 

[basquebromance]

some of their songs are neither pop nor rock, but rather sound like an odd transmission of music from the future

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Oh damn, sorry to hear this. RIP.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

I remember way back in the mid 70's when Autobahn came out being blown away by the synthesizers.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

 

[DigitalDrifter]

And we're driving, driving, driving on the Autobahn......…......…...………….

 

[basquebromance]

And we're driving, driving, driving on the Autobahn......…......…...………….

after Autobahn, Kraftwerk became Germany's Andy Warhol

"i want to be a machine that creates art" - Acerbic Andy Warhol

Kraftwerk created arty art art, indeed! Bowie called it "industrial folk music"

 

[basquebromance]

in their 1977 album, Kraftwerk predicted that governments would use technology to spy on citizens.

you know the rest of the story, my friends!

 

[basquebromance]

Almost every musician on the planet owes a debt to Florian Schneider...a true pioneer

 

[basquebromance]

The sound that Schneider pioneered influenced David Bowie, Depeche Mode, and the entire 80s synth-pop scene. The Beatles of Electronic Music!

 

[basquebromance]

"Man we are losing the hugely influential great ones. Rest In Peace the great Florian Schneider. That music will put you in a trance, sent a million musicians in a new direction, (Bowie named a beautiful song after him for crying out loud!); had a huge hand in the invention of hip hop, all while fearlessly navigating and pioneering the inventive avante-garde in post war Germany. What a spirit! Radioactivity is in the air for you and me! Kraftwerk forever! I’m grateful for you Florian! " - Flea of RHCP

 

[basquebromance]

 

[basquebromance]

You are who you are. When you get your opportunity - show the world

 

[basquebromance]

"support the economy. celebrate Christmas more often" - Kraftwerk lyric

that's the German idea of irony!

 

[basquebromance]

from Pitchfork:

"Kraftwerk was supposed to be the man machine, the ultimate fusion of culture and technology. This was a band whose music would live on via automation long after its human incarnation had departed the natural realm. And yet the death of Florian Schneider—the band’s co-founder, sonic perfectionist, and erstwhile flute player—still hurts like hell. "

 

[Shawnee_b]

future music from germany...give them a listen on youtube!

Kraftwerk Co-Founder Florian Schneider Dies at Age 73

Florian Schneider, who co-founded the influential electronic band Kraftwerk, has died.

www.billboard.com

another legend passes!

RIP man. Autobahn? Damn. What music