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Florian Schneider-Esleben (born 7 April 1947, Kattenhorn,〔Copyright paper for Kraftwerk, filled by Florian Schneider, 1970〕 Germany) is one of the founding members of electronic music band Kraftwerk. He left the band in November 2008. ==Career== Florian Schneider-Esleben founded Kraftwerk with Ralf Hütter in 1970. They met in 1968 while studying at the Academy of Arts in Remscheid, then at the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf. They played improvisational music together in the ensemble Organisation. Before meeting Hütter, Schneider had played with Eberhard Kranemann in the group Pissoff from 1967 to 1968.〔 From 1968 to 1969, Schneider played flute, with Ralf Hütter on Hammond organ, Eberhard Kranemann on bass and Paul Lovens on drums. Originally Schneider's main instrument was the flute, which he would treat using electronic effects, including tape echo, ring modulation, use of pitch-to-voltage converter, fuzz and wah-wah, allowing him to use his flute as a bass instrument. He also played violin (similarly treated), electric guitar (including slide guitar), and made use of synthesizers (both as a melodic instrument and as a sound processor). Later he also created his own electronic flute instrument. After the release of their 1974 album, ''Autobahn'', his use of acoustic instruments diminished. David Bowie titled his ''"Heroes"'' instrumental track "V-2 Schneider" after Schneider,〔Roy Carr & Charles Shaar Murray (1981). ''Bowie: An Illustrated Record'': p.92〕 and was heavily influenced by Kraftwerk's sound during his "Berlin period" in the late 1970s. Schneider, speaking in 1991, said: "I had studied seriously up to a certain level, then I found it boring; I looked for other things, I found that the flute was too limiting... Soon I bought a microphone, then loudspeakers, then an echo, then a synthesizer. Much later I threw the flute away; it was a sort of process."〔Pascal Bussy (1993). ''Man, Machine and Music''〕 Although he has limited keyboard technique, and is a trained flautist, he apparently preferred to trigger the synth sounds through a keyboard in the group's 1975, 1976 and 1981 concerts (later, developments in sequencing limited the need for hands-on playing). Schneider's approach is concentrated on sound design (in an (interview in 2005 ), Hütter called him a "sound fetishist") and vocoding/speech-synthesis. One patented implementation of the latter was christened the Robovox, a distinctive feature of the Kraftwerk sound. Hütter said of Schneider's approach: Schneider is also known for his comical, enigmatic interviews, although he has only seldom given permission to be interviewed. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Florian Schneider」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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