aw, RIP :(
― a passing spacecadet, Wednesday, 6 May 2020 15:29 (four years ago) link
Sony in Germany confirming, saying it was cancer-related:
https://www.focus.de/kultur/musik/mitgruender-von-kraftwerk-musik-pionier-florian-schneider-esleben-stirbt-mit-73-jahren-an-krebserkrankung_id_11962516.html
― the grateful dead can dance (anagram), Wednesday, 6 May 2020 15:32 (four years ago) link
:-(
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 6 May 2020 15:36 (four years ago) link
shit!
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 6 May 2020 15:45 (four years ago) link
This sucks :(
― may the force leave us alone (zchyrs), Wednesday, 6 May 2020 15:45 (four years ago) link
Seems to be true. RIP Florian, my favourite Monkee Kraftwerk ;_;
― Angry Question Time Man's Flute Club Band (Tom D.), Wednesday, 6 May 2020 15:46 (four years ago) link
Gah. RIP.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 6 May 2020 16:01 (four years ago) link
Christ, this is as bad as 2016. RIP, Florian. May flights of vocoders sing thee to thy rest.
― The multiplying villainies of nature / Do swarm upon him (Vast Halo), Wednesday, 6 May 2020 16:07 (four years ago) link
Much computer love :(
― jmm, Wednesday, 6 May 2020 16:12 (four years ago) link
RIP
― Hey, let me drunkenly animate yr boats in about 25 to 60 days! (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 6 May 2020 16:20 (four years ago) link
I got to see them in Milwaukee in 2008 - was strange because they did like 2-3 shows a year then and they just happened to randomly pick Milwaukee. Must've been one of the last shows he ever did.
Was a really cool night...I was 22 and there were a lot of people who looked even younger than me. Like high schoolers in custom made Kraftwerk shirts. Although it was basically the same thing as the Minimum-Maximum DVD, seeing and hearing it in person is something else. Feeling the Autobahn bassline in your chest is a hell of an experience.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 6 May 2020 16:20 (four years ago) link
rip florian x
― nxd, Wednesday, 6 May 2020 16:21 (four years ago) link
rip to the god. is minimum-maximum available to stream anywhere?
― sleight return (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 6 May 2020 16:46 (four years ago) link
fuck. RIP.
― Fizzles, Wednesday, 6 May 2020 16:50 (four years ago) link
RIP, the most human of the robots and a killer flautist.this clip of him having fun with his pocket calculator makes me smile every time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mopXKac2R3E
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 6 May 2020 17:07 (four years ago) link
This clip!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABOMrTgPNZA
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 6 May 2020 17:12 (four years ago) link
I've probably watched that Taschenrechner clip two dozen times
Florian 'breaks character' there, it's hilarious
― frogbs, Wednesday, 6 May 2020 17:49 (four years ago) link
that was awesome
― maffew12, Wednesday, 6 May 2020 18:52 (four years ago) link
Think it was a regular routine to have some fun during Pocket Calculator. Florian did it the only time I saw them (on The Mix tour).
― everything, Wednesday, 6 May 2020 19:08 (four years ago) link
Radio 3 playing a little tribute to Florian right now which is v moving
― Flaneuring Bevan (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 7 May 2020 06:59 (four years ago) link
Florian and Juan Atkins at the liquor store:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EXbj9zPWoAEWPC-.jpg
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 7 May 2020 17:48 (four years ago) link
aw man, that's amazing
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Thursday, 7 May 2020 17:49 (four years ago) link
What a great photo
― paolo, Thursday, 7 May 2020 17:53 (four years ago) link
Florian looks like he just asked Juan to pull his finger
A+, but I really wanna know what they bought there
― sleeve, Thursday, 7 May 2020 17:58 (four years ago) link
You vill be pulling ze finger, Herr Atkins?
― Angry Question Time Man's Flute Club Band (Tom D.), Thursday, 7 May 2020 17:59 (four years ago) link
https://www.uncut.co.uk/features/blogs/read-michael-rothers-eulogy-to-florian-schneider-126501/
― Angry Question Time Man's Flute Club Band (Tom D.), Thursday, 7 May 2020 18:03 (four years ago) link
― sleeve, Thursday, May 7, 2020
Lays Kettle Chips + a bottle of white zin
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 7 May 2020 18:04 (four years ago) link
Feel quite emotional looking at that pic.
― Dan Worsley, Thursday, 7 May 2020 18:18 (four years ago) link
behind the mask of the machine...a man
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Thursday, 7 May 2020 20:27 (four years ago) link
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, May 7, 2020
which flavour???
― maffew12, Friday, 8 May 2020 01:24 (four years ago) link
wine flavour duh
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Friday, 8 May 2020 02:34 (four years ago) link
otm
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 8 May 2020 02:35 (four years ago) link
@geetadayalLevel 1:In tribute, I am trying to dress up like Kraftwerk circa “The Man-Machine.” Problem is, I forgot how to tie a tie.Can you help? I never knew.This is how far she's gotten:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EXYhKciUYAEik_G?format=jpg&name=900x900
― dow, Friday, 8 May 2020 04:08 (four years ago) link
Thread...
June 8 1998 was one of the most important nights of my life. Kraftwerk played a absolutely breathtaking show at the Palladium (the last tour w synths instead of laptops), after EVERYONE was headed Kontrol Faktory - LA's legendary all industrial club. And when I say everyone...— Das Bunker (@DASBUNKER) May 6, 2020
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 8 May 2020 21:55 (four years ago) link
Great story. Takes me back to many fantastic nights at Kontrol and Helter Skelter
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Saturday, 9 May 2020 06:44 (four years ago) link
Michael Rother remembers Florian from school days, early studio play, enduring inspiration etc.:https://www.uncut.co.uk/features/read-michael-rothers-eulogy-to-florian-schneider-126501/
― dow, Monday, 11 May 2020 19:17 (four years ago) link
A piece from the archives i just re-read, the predictably on point Pushing Ahead Of The Dame, talking about Bowie, Berlin, Kraftwerk etc
https://bowiesongs.wordpress.com/2011/05/17/v-2-schneider/
― piscesx, Monday, 11 May 2020 19:28 (four years ago) link
xp It still occasionally amazes me that Michael Rother played in Kraftwerk, Neu! and Harmonia.
― doug watson, Monday, 11 May 2020 19:28 (four years ago) link
+ I have his first three solo albums ID3 tagged as Rother / Liebezeit / Plank
been going through the 1990 KW bootlegs. last tour with Karl Bartos, though it's Hilpert playing raw live percussion. lots of extremely different versions of the 90's digital retool of 'Numbers', and 'Autobahn' traffic jams are top. probably the last hurrah for them as an actual live band; the only real reason to go through different nights of any given tour after '91 is for fidelity reasons
― Milton Parker, Monday, 11 May 2020 19:42 (four years ago) link
That Pushing Ahead piece reminded me that you can draw a straight line from "V-2 Schneider" to Einstürzende Neubauten's "Kalte Sterne" (they have the same underlying pulse):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8-oXfqqgVE
― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 11 May 2020 20:02 (four years ago) link
my little tribute here:https://critterjams.wordpress.com/2020/05/11/endless-endless/
― frogbs, Monday, 11 May 2020 20:12 (four years ago) link
speaking of Kraftwerk covers, new for Aboriginal / first nations charities, in homage to both Florian and Weatherall - a 15-minute Neon Lights cover (plus 10-minute remix)) by Jono Ma (from Pnau/Jagwar Ma), Jonti (Danimals/live Avalanches), Stella Mogzawa (Warpaint/the XX/Kurt & Courtney), Ewan Pearson (Ewan Pearson) & pals
― massage angry pixels (sic), Saturday, 30 May 2020 09:31 (three years ago) link
Ewan Pearson (Ewan Pearson)
thank you for this, I knew the name sounded familiar...
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 30 May 2020 16:03 (three years ago) link
Ah, you’re partial to his arts
― massage angry pixels (sic), Saturday, 30 May 2020 19:28 (three years ago) link
Echo..
― Mark G, Saturday, 30 May 2020 21:33 (three years ago) link
^ That Neon Lights cover is rather lovely and would have sounded excellent at ALFOSes I'm sure.
― Picasso visita el planeta de los shitposteros (Noel Emits), Wednesday, 8 July 2020 14:48 (three years ago) link
new kraftwerk dropped lads: https://open.spotify.com/album/5FvNOnZtP0dQKZbDQ1uhGy?si=eOOM4BwmQCueKyK6Wm_5HA
― mark s, Monday, 21 December 2020 19:21 (three years ago) link
What's at the link?
― huge rant (sic), Monday, 21 December 2020 19:53 (three years ago) link
This is really just a playlist of remixes that were previously released. Nothing new about it.
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 21 December 2020 19:56 (three years ago) link