If he hadn’t passed away during the Covid period…

we’d be celebrating Florian Schneider’s birthday today.

79.

Co-founder, visionary, and one half of the engine behind Kraftwerk.

Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag, Florian.

Formalities done.

👉 Time to play some Kraftwerk.

Minimal, precise, futuristic… and still so influential.

This was one of my absolute prized possessions and, believe it or not, this exact version was actually released in Belgium at the time: the Japanese version of Pocket Calculator.

👉 What’s your favorite Kraftwerk track?