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06.05.2020 - 18:45 / variety.com
By Jem Aswad
Senior Music Editor
Florian Schneider — cofounder of German electronic-music pioneers Kraftwerk, one of the most influential music groups of the past 50 years — has died, a rep for the group confirms to Variety. He was 73.
“Florian Schneider has passed away from a short cancer disease just a few days after his 73rd birthday,” a statement from the group reads. “In the year 1968 Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider started their artistic and musical collaboration.
“In 1970 they
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With the passing of Kraftwerk co-founder Florian Schneider, the world is taking a moment to not only remember the man, but the incredible influence of the musical project he helmed for more than four decades. Kraftwerk is widely credited with the not small feat of inventing electronic music, but also with inspiring artists in the realms of rock, hip-hop, synthpop and beyond.
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.