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I went to the Kraftwerk auction to buy their chairs, but came back with loads of gear from Florian Schneider’s studio and a massive bill instead

To say I got a little overexcited is an understatement - here are the hard lessons I learned so you don't have to

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Kraftwerk's 'Tour de France' bike just sold for $57,600

The Speedwell bike sold amongst an array of treasures left by Florian Schneider

Cycling Weekly

Bike ridden by Kraftwerk in ‘Tour de France’ music video sells at auction for jaw-dropping price

The bike, ridden by Florian Schneider, is up for auction as part of a much wider collection

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Kraftwerk’s equipment defined electronic music. Now it’s on sale to the highest bidder

On November 18 and 19 in Nashville, United States, auction house Julien’s will auction more than 450 items from the estate of Florian Schneider, the co-founder of German electronic band Kraftwerk.

The Conversation

Florian Schneider's Kraftwerk instruments go up for auction – including an EMS Synthi AKS likely used on Autobahn

The collection includes a "treasure trove of synths, drum machines, and vocoders" alongside an extensive number of historic woodwind and brass instruments

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“Nobody knew you could do that, we always try to do things to break the normal order”: More than 30 years before Teenage Engineering, Kraftwerk saw the future of portable music-making and released a pocket calculator instrument

Marking an album that foresaw the 21st century’s computer-addicted society, Kraftwerk dropped their own branded handheld synth decades ahead of the trend

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Florian Schneider’s Kraftwerk instruments put up for auction in US

Auction in US includes late musician’s vocoders, flute, sunglasses and bike he rode in Tour de France video

The Guardian - UK

“Karl left because they spent millions on these machines but never played one note. They were caught by the technology and it overtook them”: Our lost interview with Kraftwerk’s Wolfgang Flür gives rare insight into the band's internal conflicts

Back in 2007, we caught up with Kraftwerk’s former rhythm robot, who had much to share about the fraught relationship with the band that defined electronic music

MusicRadar

“We should use the tools of today’s society to create music – otherwise it is just antique”: How Kraftwerk’s The Model set the prototype for modern pop

The No.1 hit from the band that liked to say: “Our drummers don’t sweat!”

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"They inhabited the future of their time, but they sound historical to me now": A music professor breaks down the theory behind Kraftwerk's Autobahn

Following the landmark album's 50th birthday, we pop the hood on Kraftwerk's breakout release to inspect its musical mechanics

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‘A road trip like no other’: my epic drive on Kraftwerk’s Autobahn

Fifty years ago, the electronic pioneers released a 23-minute song about a road – and changed pop music for ever. Our writer hits the speed-limit-free highways of Düsseldorf and Hamburg in search of its futuristic brilliance

The Guardian - UK

"Kraftwerk is not a band, it’s a concept": How Kraftwerk introduced the world to electronic music - and showed us that we could make it too

We explore the resounding influence of the German innovators credited with popularizing electronic music-making and launching a thousand genres

MusicRadar

"Kraftwerk were using a Bee Gees-branded toy drum machine. You really couldn't make it up": Yes, a band you considered at the forefront of synth technology used a toy beat maker. And a pretty terrible one at that

And it's certainly not the only piece of weird gear the iconic German band have used…

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“We spend a month on the sound and five minutes on the chord changes”: Remarkable classic interview with Kraftwerk reveals how the band created their iconic electronic tunes, and what really went on in their mythical Kling Klang studio

If you like don't like having your music myths busted, you might not want to read this…

Louder

Karl Bartos and Kraftwerk: "The endless cycling didn’t help invent new music!"

The former Kraftwerk musician and composer looks back over his career and discusses working with 'his former partners'!

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Fears for China’s Twitter users after ethical ‘compromise’ claims

Peiter Zatko’s allegations raise questions about big tech’s responsibility towards users in authoritarian countries.

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