It began in early '80s Detroit with the likes of Derrick May, Juan Atkins, Underground Resistance, and Jeff Mills pioneering ...

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, ...

It has become a cliché to compare Kraftwerk to the Beatles — but if anything, the group's impact has been wider and more enduring. During its two decades of prime creativity, Kraftwerk intersected ...

Florian Schneider — the founder of the pioneering German techno group Kraftwerk, who laid the foundation for electronic music — has died of cancer, according to multiple reports. A source confirmed to ...

‘Seminal’ is a much-used word in arts and culture but in the case of German electronic collective Kraftwerk it’s an extremely apt one. Kraftwerk are one of the most influential bands in the history of ...

The German band he helped found toyed with ideas about technology and society, leaving a profound mark on rock, dance music and hip-hop. By Ben Sisario Florian Schneider, one of the founders of ...

After recently completing a hugely successful worldwide concert tour including a festival stealing appearance at Coachella, ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

Florian Schneider, who co-founded the seminal German electronic band Kraftwerk in 1970 and went on to become a godfather of genres including synth-pop, hip-hop, electronic dance music and post-rock, ...

Now Kraftwerk and the much-celebrated robots return to the UK bringing with them their constantly upgraded Multimedia Tour ...

Florian Schneider and Ralf Hütter met while studying piano and flute at university in Germany. Before too long, they'd redrawn the entire outline... It has become a cliché to compare Kraftwerk to the ...