The German electronic artist is considered one of the most important musicians of the computer age.
Florian Schneider, who co-founded the seminal German electronic band Kraftwerk in 1970 and went on to become a godfather of genres including synth-pop, hip-hop, electronic dance music and post-rock, has died. Schneider was 73.
One of the most important musicians of the computer age, the artist died after what his longtime bandmate Ralf Hutter described as a short bout with cancer.
It’s hard to overstate the ways in which Kraftwerk co-founders Schneider and Hutter transformed popular music.
