Florian Schneider , one of the founding members of the German group Kraftwerk , has died at the age of 73 due to cancer , the Sony Berlin label has confirmed. One of his music collaborators has pointed out to The Guardian that Schneider died a week ago.
Born in 1947, Schneider took his first steps on the experimental rock scene called krautrock through the organization Group, alongside Ralf Hütter, with whom he would later form Kraftwerk in 1970. After three albums with Hütter in the mid-1970s, Kraftwerk released Autobahn , one of his biggest hits, and the lineup expanded to a quartet.
With synthesizers as the main brand, for six years Kraftwerk would publish four albums that positioned them as one of the most influential electronic bands of the 20th century : Radio-Activity (1975), Trans-Europe Express (1977), The Man-Machine (1978 ) and Computer World (1981).
Schneider worked on all of the group's studio albums. After their last studio album to date, the Tour de France soundtracks in 2003, and a return to a tour, Schneider left the group in 2008.
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