Florian Schneider's Kraftwerk Gear Going Up for Auction

Kraftwerk icon Florian Schneider’s instruments to go up for auction

Instruments owned by the late Kraftwerk co-founder Florian Schneider are going up for auction. The electronic music pioneer died of cancer, aged 73, in 2020. Advertisement Now, the equipment and instruments he used to create some of the group’s biggest songs are up for auction, in a sale of almost 500 of his personal possessions by his estate. The collection includes his suitcase… Source

Kraftwerk co-founder Florian Schneider's possessions heading to auction

Florian Schneider, co-founder of über-innovators Kraftwerk, passed away in 2020. Now, Julien's Auctions are disseminating his musical gear, and lots more, in accordance with his wishes."[Schneider] always believed that [instruments] are meant to be played and shared — not left unused or gathering dust in storage. He wanted his equipment to find their way to people who would truly value them," a press release reads in part.The auction, to take pl…

Kraftwerk Cofounder’s Vintage Electronic Gear and Ephemera Go Up for Auction

The history of 20th-century music and art holds out few paragons more important than Kraftwerk, the electronic pop group founded in Germany in the 1970s by Florian Schneider and Ralf Hütter. Creative repurposing of rigid technologies, forging new sounds that would insinuate themselves into countless forms of music, positing useful ways of thinking about human/non-human divides—all of these were part of the total work of art that was Kraftwerk, w…

Florian Schneider's Kraftwerk Gear Going Up for Auction

Julien's Auctions will be offering a wide collection of synths, gear, personal items and more from the late Kraftwerk co-founder Florian Schneider