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Florian Schneider
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Öhningen-Kattenhorn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Florian Schneider-Esleben (7 April 1947 – 21 April 2020) was a German musician. He is best known as one of the founding members and leaders of the electronic band Kraftwerk, performing his role with the band until his departure in 2008. Description above from the Wikipedia article Florian Schneider, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
- Electronic Vibrations: A Sound Changes the World — Self - Musician (archive footage)2022
- SUPERBOOTH16 - SchneidersTalk — Self2016
- Kraftwerk: Pop Art — Self (archive footage)2013
- Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany — Self (archive footage)2009
- Kraftwerk: Minimum-Maximum — Self2005
- Kraftwerk - 0100-013-0-2005-0100 — Self2005
- Klassentreffen – Mordfall unter Freunden — The Wandering Stars - Bass2001
- Na sowas! — Self - Kraftwerk1982
- Midi Première — Self - Kraftwerk1975
- Kraftwerk - Soest 1970 — Self1970
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1947
- Active to
- 2020
Discography
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 237
- Total plays
- 1,733
Tags
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Key facts
- Born
- Florian Schneider-Esleben , ( 1947-04-07 ) 7 April 1947, Öhningen , French occupation zone in Germany , (now Baden-Württemberg , Germany)
- Died
- 21 April 2020 (2020-04-21) (aged 73), Düsseldorf , Germany
- Genres
- Electronic synth-pop electropop art pop krautrock avant-garde
- Occupations
- Musician singer
- Instruments
- Synthesizer vocals guitar flute saxophone drums percussion violin vocoder
- Years active
- 1968–2008, 2014–2015
- Formerly of
- Kraftwerk Organisation Pissoff
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Florian
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of death
- Düsseldorf
- Father
- Paul Schneider-Esleben
- Occupation
- musician
- Educated at
- Robert Schumann Hochschule
- Languages spoken
- German
- Field of work
- electronic music
- Genre
- avant-garde music
- Instrument
- electronic musical instrument
- Image
- Florian Schneider 1975.jpg
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- Commons category
- Florian Schneider
- date of birth
- 1947-04-07
- name in native language
- Florian Schneider-Esleben
- birth name
- Florian Schneider-Esleben
- copyright representative
- GEMA
- start of work period
- 1968-00-00
- date of death
- 2020-04-21
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- cancer
- end of work period
- 2008-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Schneider live in Ferrara, Italy, 2005 Florian Schneider-Esleben (7 April 1947 – 21 April 2020) was a German musician. He is best known as one of the founding members and leaders of the electronic band Kraftwerk, performing his role with the band until his departure in 2008.
Early life
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