追悼：クラフトワークの創設メンバー、フローリアン・シュナイダー

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エレクトロニック・ミュージックの先駆者である、クラフトワークの創設メンバーの一人、フローリアン・シュナイダーが逝去しました。

同じく創設メンバーで、現メンバーのラルフ・ヒュッターからは、以下のようなステートメントが発表されています。

“KRAFTWERK CO-FOUNDER AND ELECTRO PIONEER 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.

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…..

AUTOBAHN 1974 / RADIO ACTIVITY 1975 / TRANS EUROPE EXPRESS 1977 / THE MAN MACHINE 1978 / COMPUTER WORLD 1981 / TECHNO POP 1986 / THE MIX 1991 / TOUR DE FRANCE 2003

IN 2014 RALF HÜTTER AND FLORIAN SCHNEIDER WERE HONOURED WITH THE GRAMMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.”