Topic: Florian Schneider leaves Kraftwerk!

Florian Schneider leaves Kraftwerk after a 40 years
partnership with Ralf H

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is this official?
can you name the source?

Re: Florian Schneider leaves Kraftwerk!

Wtf?

4 (edited by lj 2009-01-05 23:19:53)

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lj wrote:

is this official?
can you name the source?

ok forget it ... apparently, this already happened last year.
must have completely slept on it. tongue

Re: Florian Schneider leaves Kraftwerk!

Maybe retirment?

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WOW!  On the one hand, it's a shocker.  Hadn't heard this news yet!  On the other hand.. 

I had the great blessing of seeing them live a few years back.  While all of the greatness of their traditional sound was there (to my ears at least) one could also hear the subtle influence of a slightly more modern sound.  I mean no disrespect, but it was almost "clubby" with the 909ish sounds doing a little pumping in the background.  Seeing some of the remix artists chosen to work on new projects and such...  UR?  Very cool!  Some of the others...  well...  different strokes, I guess.  But it's Kraftwerk and ya gotta love 'em!

More than anything, I hope that everything is good between the four of them.  My gut tells me that it is unlikely and just a matter of wanting to work on different individual things, but it would be a huge bummer if there were anything gone sour between the lads.  After everything they've done, they deserve nothing but the best!





Hearing that Florian

Re: Florian Schneider leaves Kraftwerk!

lj wrote:
lj wrote:

is this official?
can you name the source?

ok forget it ... apparently, this already happened last year.
must have completely slept on it. tongue

No you didn't,

Florian Schneider did not perform on any of the dates of the Kraftwerk 2008 world tour.
His position onstage was filled by Stefan Pfaffe, an associate working for the band as a video technician.
According to a close friend of the group, on the 21st of November, Schneider supposedly left Kraftwerk.
On the 5th of January 2009, the official Kraftwerk fan site, Technopop, confirmed Florians departure.

Re: Florian Schneider leaves Kraftwerk!

didn't expect to read that this morning. or ever.
a shame for anyone who hoped to see them all live.

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i guess it's official right now...it was some time ago when he didn't   performed with Kraftwerk.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7813200.stm

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http://kraftwerk.technopop.com.br/news_recent.php

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I'm really happy that I got tickets for the concert in april (wolfsburg, germany)...probably one of the last chances to see their live performance, even it's not the original setting...

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"Schneider's departure will not affect Kraftwerk's plans to support Radiohead in South America in March."

that'd be some gig!!

14 (edited by Ant.La 2009-01-06 23:27:44)

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Mr. Schneider was Kraftwerk for a longer time then Mr. H

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Re: Florian Schneider leaves Kraftwerk!

Ant.La wrote:

Mr. Schneider was Kraftwerk for a longer time then Mr. H

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andaaa wrote:

"Schneider's departure will not affect Kraftwerk's plans to support Radiohead in South America in March."

that'd be some gig!!

So sad to hear of the breakup of this partnership sad

But wow, that would be one of my ultimate lineups for a concert ever...wish I could be there...even if I would be in tiny pieces all night....!

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he left because they use stupid laptops now and vsts OBVIOUSLY

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I'm so sick of standing on stage and chatting with you guys over instant messenger during our gigs. Don't worry, I'll still be online sometimes. Text me l8r

19 (edited by MenschMaschine 2009-01-09 19:30:33)

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Few hours ago Technopop removed the info about this matter. Seems that old Florian is not willing to give up

20 (edited by kybernetis 2009-01-17 18:40:56)

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lina wrote:

I'm so sick of standing on stage and chatting with you guys over instant messenger during our gigs. Don't worry, I'll still be online sometimes. Text me l8r

haha... yes, thats probably what they do on stage. smile

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