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 Tuesday January 6, 10:29 AM
Kraftwerk co-founder Florian Schneider quits band
LOS ANGELES, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Florian Schneider, the
co-founder of legendary German electronica band Kraftwerk, has
quit the lineup, leaving it with just one original member.
His departure was revealed Monday on Kraftwerk's official
fan Web site (http://kraftwerk.technopop.com.br/). No reason
was given, but Schneider did not take part in Kraftwerk's 2008
world tour as he is reportedly working on other projects.
The band, headed by co-founder Ralf Huetter, is still
scheduled to open for Radiohead on the British group's first
tour of Latin America, which begins March 15 in Mexico City.
Schneider and Huetter co-founded Kraftwerk in early 1970,
eventually expanding it to a four-piece group with a revolving
lineup of musicians. They transformed electronic music in the
1970s with such synthetic yet oddly engaging tunes as "The
Robots" and the 22-minute "Autobahn." David Bowie, in his own
electronica phase, paid tribute to the band with his 1977
instrumental "V2-Schneider."
The Radiohead/Kraftwerk jaunt will also take in Rio de
Janeiro (March 20), Sao Paulo (March 22), Buenos Aires, (March
24), and Santiago (March 26-27). Additionally, Kraftwerk have
scheduled three shows in Wolfsburg, Germany, on April 25-26.
(Reporting by Dean Goodman)
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