Legendary Kraftwerk Co-Founder Florian Schneider Passes Away at 73

Florian Schneider, co-founder of revolutionary German electronic group Kraftwerk has passed away after a short battle with cancer.

Florian Schneider, the Kraftwerk co-founder whose musical influence touched all corners of electronic music and beyond, has died at age 73 https://t.co/5iE6ZQIlP4 pic.twitter.com/ljcGXqagic

— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) May 6, 2020

“Kraftwerk co-founder and electro pioneer Ralf Hütter has sent us the very sad news that his friend and companion over many decades Florian Schneider has passed away from a short cancer disease just a few days after his 73rd birthday,” according to a statement by Rolling Stone.

Kraftwerk recently announced a summer reunion tour with Schneider who left the group back in 2008. Unfortunately, the 50th Anniversary North America tour had to be postponed due to concerns surrounding COVID-19.

Kraftwerk‘s 3D, 27-city North American tour has been postponed to 2021 due to health concerns related to the coronavirus pandemic.https://t.co/ca4G9lORLp

— technopop2000 (@technopop2000) May 2, 2020

Schneider’s talents spawned 10 studio albums over four decades. The multi-instrumentalist who played everything from synthesizer, vocoder, flute, sax, and more will be sorely missed.

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Florian Schneider was 73.