Kraftwerk began as the Beatles ended in 1970 and are still with us. In terms of years together, then, Kraftwerk have the big ...

I’m standing on a street corner in downtown Dusseldorf, listening to two jolly German musicologists called Michael Wenzel and Sven-Andre Dreyer explaining the genesis of electronic music. It all feels ...

In their 55 years as a band, Kraftwerk has managed the rare double-feat of changing the face of modern music forever, while never breaking into the mainstream. If you’ve listened to disco, hip-hop, ...

An interview with Ralf Hütter, the man behind legendary German crew Kraftwerk, seemed like a long shot. But a few days later, the band’s publicist emailed me back in disbelief — “Holy smokes, Batman!” ...

There are few bands whose influence was such that it can unequivocally be said that modern music would sound different without them. Kraftwerk, co-founded by Florian Schneider, whose recent death at ...

German electronic music pioneers and Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Kraftwerk will celebrate the 50th anniversary of their groundbreaking 1974 album, Autobahn, with a nine-date residency at the Walt ...

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 ...

In 1982, a teenaged-Organized Noize member Patrick “Sleepy” Brown heard Afrika Bambaataa and the Soulsonic Force’s “Planet Rock” for the first time. He was hooked by the song’s combination of rap ...

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, a founder and enigmatic force behind Kraftwerk, the experimental German band that helped bring electronic music into the mainstream with its rhythmically hypnotic, synthesizer-heavy ...

Florian Schneider, 0ne of the founders of the pioneering and highly influential German electronic music group Kraftwerk, has died. He was 73 years old. His death was confirmed by his former bandmate, ...