Kraftwerk - Kraftwerk Часть 3 4 Коллекция ремиксов и Rare Traxx концертов 1971 1990

Kraftwerk is a German group that has transformed several times since its humble start in Düsseldorf 1970. playing Krautrock > Electronic Experimental > Electro-Pop. Formerly known as , Kraftwerk debuted live as the trio of Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider-Esleben and Charly Weiss at the Tivoli Popfestival, Aachen on 11 July 1970. Klaus Dinger took over as drummer after that. Gigs between 26 December 1970 and 31 July 1971 omitted Hütter, with various line-ups including Michael Rother and others. After a gig in the Weserberglands of Germany on 31 July 1971, Dinger & Rother then split-off forming . Shortly after, Hütter returned. First known Hütter/Schneider gig is 22 November 1971 at the Sachsenwald Gymnasium, Hamburg, which instigated the partnership that developed into the well-known electro pop band continuing for decades with an expanded line-up after the 1974, international hit single Autobahn. Current members: Ralf Hütter (July 1970 to December 1970, September 1971-) Lead Vocals, Vocoder, Synthesizers, Keyboards, Organ, Drums and Percussion, Guitar, Bass Guitar Henning Schmitz (1987-) Electronic Percussion (1987) Sound Engineering Fritz Hilpert (1987-) Electronic Percussion, Sound Engineering Falk Grieffenhagen (2013-) Video Technician Former Members: Karl Bartos (1974-1991) Electronic Percussion Klaus Dinger (1970-1971) Drum Wolfgang Flür (1973-1987) Electronic Percussion Andreas Hohmann (1970) Drum Eberhard Kranemann (1970-1971) Bass Guitar Thomas Lohmann (1970) Drum Houschäng Néjadepour (1970-1971) Electric Guitar Michael Rother (1971) Electric Guitar Florian Schneider-Esleben (1970-2008) Charly Weiss (1970) Drums Plato Kostic (a.k.a. Plato Riviera) (1970) Bass Guitar Peter Schmidt (1970) Drums Emil Schult (1973) Electric guitar, Electronic violin Klaus Röder (1974) Electric guitar, Electronic violin Fernando Abrantes (1991) Electronic Percussion, Synthesizer Stefan Pfaffe (2008-2012) Video Technician has been a close friend of the group as well as an advisor and collaborator. has also collaborated on many releases, contributing both lyrics and graphics. There have been 22 albums and 24 compilations as releases by Kraftwerk since the band formed in 1970. Of these, seven have appeared in the "UK Top 40," music charts with 2 of them reaching the "Top 10," but no albums have reached the No.1 position in the UK. The albums to hit the Top 10 are "," and "," and together they have spent 7 weeks in the UK Top 10 charts. All 9 charting albums, have in total, been in the UK Charts for 66 weeks and within the Top 40 for 33 weeks. Kraftwerk have had some success with some of their 49 single/EP releases. In this case, there has been a UK chart entry for 12 of these releases, with one single making the No.1 spot. In February 1982, Kraftwerk hit the singles chart top spot with the (EMI 5207) release of "," but only spent one week at that coveted position. The single spent 11 weeks in the charts "Top 40," (6 weeks in the Top 10) and 21 weeks overall. It had two separate chart runs of 8 weeks (11/07/1981  29/08/1981) and 13 weeks (26/12/1981  (20/03/1982). The 12 Kraftwerk hit singles/EP's have spent time in the UK Top 40 music charts for 43 weeks and 79 weeks in the charts overall. The single spending the most time in the UK Charts is "," (EMI 5413) which entered the charts in August 1983 and overall, spent 23 weeks charting at that time. The single made a brief reappearance in the UK Charts in October 1999 with the CD single (EMI 8874210) release "," but for only 2 weeks and this did not score as a Top 40 hit. The first single to chart for Kraftwerk was "Autobahn," (Vertigo 6147012) on 10/05/1975 and it remained in the UK charts for 9 weeks achieving a high position of no.11. Similarly, Kraftwerks first album to chart was also entitled "." The album spent 21 weeks in the UK Chart achieving its highest position of no.4 in its fourth week. .

Members

• Karl Bartos
• Michael Rother
• Ralf Hütter
• Klaus Röder
• Wolfgang Flür
• Florian Schneider
• Klaus Dinger
• Fritz Hilpert
• Henning Schmitz
• Andreas Hohmann
• Eberhard Kranemann
• Houschäng Nejadépour
• Fernando Abrantes
• Charly Weiss
• Stefan Pfaffe
• Falk Grieffenhagen

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