Florian Schneider

Florian Schneider

Acting
1947-04-07
Öhningen-Kattenhorn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Biography

Florian Schneider-Esleben (7 April 1947 – 21 April 2020) was a German musician. He is best known as one of the founding members and leaders of the electronic band Kraftwerk, performing his role with the band until his departure in 2008. Description above from the Wikipedia article Florian Schneider, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For & Full Filmography7 Titles

#1Midi Première

Drama Series - 1975, 16 episodes as Self - Kraftwerk

9.0 / 10
Reality

Midi Première is a French variety show presented by Danièle Gilbert, directed by Jacques Pierre and broadcast from January 6, 1975 until January 1, 1982 on TF1. The program was generally broadcast between 12:15 p.m. and 12:55 p.m., then giving way to the 1:00 p.m. TV news. However, the broadcast schedule could change, depending on the guests, and the setting where the recording of the program was shot. Certain performances by artists who have become cult like the one where Ringo jostles with a demonstrator in interpretation (1977), that of Dalida with the title There is always a song with the soundtrack that does not start, twice, at the right speed (1978), Claude François and his Clodettes, who, in the provinces, are unable to join "the set" in order to interpret his song, the latter being taken by the crowd of delirious fans (summer 1977) . The group Supertramp performed there with the title "Dreamer" on March 8, 1975.

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#2Kraftwerk - 0100-013-0-2005-0100

Movie - 2005, 2h 15m as Self

7.0 / 10
Music

-Kraftwerk:0100-013-0-2005-011(Tilburg NL 1 July 2005), VERY RARE! 2005 Extremely issue 18-trk live DVD on Crime Crow label, full digipack p/s(Crime Crow CCPDVD045) Original Shooting, Artwork & Authoring : Nafoute Audio : KZ "Stolen", reworked and reauthored by Crime Crow productions (bastards). Compared to my originals DVDs : - The colours are enhanced - The image has been slightly cropped - More contrast but less details - The Nafoute TV logo has been blurred away

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#3Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany

Movie - 2009, 2h 15m as Self (archive footage)

7.2 / 10
DocumentaryMusic

Documentary which looks at how a radical generation of musicians created a new German musical identity out of the cultural ruins of war.

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#4Kraftwerk - Soest 1970

Movie - 1970, 2h 15m as Self

8.8 / 10
MusicDocumentary

In 1970, the year the band formed, Kraftwerk performed their first concert, appearing in Soest, West Germany, dressed in long hair and leather. The show was recorded by Rockpalast (Rock Palace), a German music television show that broadcast live on Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR). The lineup included founding members Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider (flute), plus drummer Klaus Dinger, who would soon leave to form NEU! with pianist Michael Rother.

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#5Electronic Vibrations: A Sound Changes the World

Movie - 2022, 2h 15m as Self - Musician (archive footage)

7.0 / 10
DocumentaryMusicHistory

The amazing story of electronic music: its epic journey from its origins in Europe, at the hands of the great artists of the post-war classical avant-garde, to the great post-industrial cities of the USA, where this genre of genres took over music stores, shady clubs and, eventually, the big stages.

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#6Kraftwerk: Minimum-Maximum

Movie - 2005, 2h 15m as Self

7.5 / 10
Music

Kraftwerk are one of the most influential bands in music history. Over the last two years, Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider, Fritz Hilpert and Henning Schmitz have toured the world, performing approximately 90 live shows that were unlike anything seen before, prompting global headlines such as this from the London Evening Standard: Is This The Greatest Show London Has Ever Seen? Said performance at London's Royal Festival Hall was also included in Time Out's recent list of best shows ever witnessed in the Capital.

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#7Kraftwerk: Pop Art

Movie - 2013, 2h 15m as Self (archive footage)

7.7 / 10
DocumentaryMusic

This is the amazing story of how a group of reclusive Rhineland experimentalists became one of the most influential pop groups of all time - a celebration of the band featuring exclusive live tracks filmed at their Tate Modern shows in London (Feb 2013), interwoven with expert analysis, archive footage of the group, newsreel of the era and newly-shot cinematic evocations of their obsessions. With contributions from Derrick May, Holger Czukay, Francois Kevorkian, Neville Brody, Paul Morley, Peter Boettcher, Caroline Wood and more.

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