krtek a houby
Saoirse don Phalaistín!
Damn. Auf wiedersen, Florian
Florian Schneider is dead (Kraftwerk)
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SpookyFrank
Don't swallow the cap
This is a tune off the album 'Ralf und Florian' which sort of marked the transition between improvisational, experimental stuff and the synthesizer stuff they're so well known for. The album version is very different, with acoustic percussion as well as synths and electronic effects, but this version with Florian on flute is stunning.
e2a: This is apparently Wolfgang Flur's first performance with Ralf and Florian. He's playing a homemade electronic drum pad he invented.
e2a: This is apparently Wolfgang Flur's first performance with Ralf and Florian. He's playing a homemade electronic drum pad he invented.
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
this is Schneider's best flute action, absolutely astonishing. Also, good value stoned hippy audience.
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Dr. Furface
One small step for me
Back in Feb I went to Düsseldorf and paid a visit to Florian's old workplace. Yes, this inauspicious looking building in a seedy street near the bahnhof was the home of the original Kling Klang studio.
Goodbye Florian, and thanks for the future.
Goodbye Florian, and thanks for the future.
hipipol
Peckham Wry
Saw them on some giant tent at some festival decades ago. Even though I had the records for yonks by that time, they still sounded utterly unique, groundbreaking and fresh.. Almost everything was changed by them, from cheapo disposable Euro Trance to Hip Hop. Farewell the creator of my sonic universe, thank you for all the years of joy you made happen
Sad to hear this news 
That was a fascinating article for me, because I'm not as clued up as I should be about Kraftwerk
This other Florian Schneider article (an appreciation by Alexis Petridis) is even more detailed.
Really worth a read -- I recommend.
More detail here:
Florian Schneider, Kraftwerk co-founder, dies aged 73
Co-founder of hugely influential electronic pop group, who has died of cancer, had a UK No 1 hit with The Model in 1982amp.theguardian.com
That was a fascinating article for me, because I'm not as clued up as I should be about Kraftwerk
This other Florian Schneider article (an appreciation by Alexis Petridis) is even more detailed.
Really worth a read -- I recommend.
lefteri
Well-Known Member
klaus dinger later of neu! inventing motorik there as well
I've still got these from the 1981 tour:
RIP.
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
if a tree falls and the Guardian doesn't report it, does William of Walworth hear it?
There's always the option of actually reading the obit, and that other piece I linked to earlier.
I found them pretty interesting
krtek a houby
Saoirse don Phalaistín!
Excellent doc about "krautrock" and Kraftwerk on 6 at the moment.
Raheem
Well-Known Member
That is actually pretty cool, but reckon he'd have his head in his hands being remembered as a flautist.
Also, some of the audience might be stoned, but think they are mainly just being German. Not a world leader in whooping.
hash tag
Lighting the blue touch paper
ranked by some dickhead - as if Numbers is at 20.
ska invita
back on the other side
Not having a go, but I dont agree with that, theyre being subjected to a set of repetitive experimental avant garde art music the likes of which hadnt been heard before or since tbh - seemed to be very generous with getting into it I think.
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Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
Eh? He's going to be remembered as more than that
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
He is indeed. Tho it did at least allow the following exchange to occur (names omitted to spare the guilty):
A: Florian Schneider has died, from Kraftwerk.
B: Which one was he?
A: Played the flute and lots of the acoustic stuff.
B: The acoustic stuff in Kraftwerk? Fuck me, that must be the easiest job going.
DJWrongspeed
radio eros
Check this out from Italy (they even translate the lyrics). The nearest they got to a kind boy band show. Note the presenter's ceiling hanging mic lead, just in case he needs to hang himself!
DJWrongspeed
radio eros
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