XLR8R — German-Chilean techno vet Uwe Schmidt surprised many a decade ago when he stepped into the spotlight shaking his maracas as Señor Coconut. On Coconut’s debut 2000 album, El Baile Alemán, he revised German electro-pop godfathers Kraftwerk... more info

Allmusic Blog — In 1974, ABBA won the Eurovision contest for Sweden with "Waterloo." During the California Jam in Ontario, CA, ELP's Keith Emerson attached himself to a piano and spun in mid air (while playing the instrument and chewing gum). Billboard began treatin... more info

Get Weird — Deep Red is a new collaboration that features Hercules & Love Affair vocalist Nomi Ruiz along with keyboardist Morgan Wiley and bassist Andrew Raposo and their sound has been likened to Afrikka Bambaata, Kraftwerk and Madonna. Their first single is t... more info

Topix — Florian Schneider, a co-founder of Kraftwerk, the German band that built the foundation for electro-pop and scored a chart-topping global hit with "Autobahn" in 1974, has left the group, its label said Tuesday. more info

Mojo 4 Music — Lemmy: The Movie! Kraftwerk founder quits! Clapton & Beck join forces! more info

Undercover, Australia — Florian Schneider has left Kraftwerk. more info

The Telegraph — One of the founding members of the pioneering German electropop group Kraftwerk has left the band after 40 years. more info

The Independent — Dinosaur rock fans aged 45 and over will remember the pulsating, eerily monotonous yet pioneering electronic sound of the smash hit "Autobahn" that launched the German band Kraftwerk on to the popular music scene back in the 1970s. more info

The Telegraph — Florian Schneider a cofounder of the German electropop band Kraftwerk has left the group its label has said. more info

XLR8R — It's been nearly 40 years since Florian Schneider and Ralf Hütter first joined forces and began making the music Kraftwerk would eventually become famous for, but from here on out, it seems that Hütter will be carrying the torch solo. Rece... more info