The German musician, who died at 73, shaped sounds that provided templates for countless varieties of electronic dance music, rock and hip-hop. By Jon Pareles Machines making music. Repetitive, ...

No one can accuse the Top-40 radio stations of the mid-1970s of not being eclectic. Take, for example, the Billboard Hot 100 from March 15, 1975. The Doobie Brothers’ uncharacteristic foray into ...

On this edition of All Songs Considered, we take a musical journey honoring the genius of Kraftwerk's Florian Schneider, who died May 6, just a few days after turning 73. Kraftwerk's music was so very ...

Florian Schneider, the co-founder of Kraftwerk with Ralf Hütter, passed away last week after a short battle with cancer at 73, according to Sony Berlin. Kraftwerk is one of the most influential ...

Despite the seventh night of “Kraftwerk – Retrospective 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8″ being scheduled to spotlight The Mix, 1991’s re-recorded greatest-hits collection, I ...

The German electronic quartet Kraftwek has been making music since 1970. They are one of the most innovative and influential groups of their kind, creating their own Autobahn-sized lane on the musical ...

Kraftwerk have spent much of their career blurring the lines between man and machine. They are from a generation that grew up thinking that computers and machines would depersonalize us all and make ...

In our Pioneers series, we illuminate the genius of the most influential artists and producers in musical history. This month, we take on Kraftwerk, the extraordinarily influential German four-piece ...

BERLIN (AP) — Florian Schneider-Esleben, who helped pioneer electronic music as the co-founder of Kraftwerk and influenced genres ranging from disco and hip-hop to electro and synth pop, has died at ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Florian Schneider, who co-founded the seminal German electronic band ...

Florian Schneider, co-founder of German electronic group Kraftwerk, has died from cancer. He was 73. The band's publicist, Alexandra Greenberg, confirmed the news Wednesday in a statement shared with ...