By Greg Evans
06.05.2020 - 20:39 / hollywoodreporter.com
Florian Schneider of German electronic band Kraftwerk has died,Billboardconfirms. He was 73.
Schneider formed the influential group and multimedia project with Ralf Hutter in 1970. Kraftwerk — with its use of electronic instruments that included homemade and custom-built devices — has been widely credited withpioneering electronic music and influencing various genres across the musical spectrum, including hip-hop, synthpop and rock with their soundscapes, experimentation and technical
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Florian Schneider, a pop music pioneer who co-founded the German electronic group Kraftwerk, died following a short battle with cancer. He was 73.
Florian Schneider, the co-founder of the pioneering electronic music group Kraftwerk, has died at the age of 73.