Wolfgang Flür
Encyclopedia
Wolfgang Flür is a German
musician
, best known as a member of the electronic group
Kraftwerk
, from 1973 to 1987, playing electronic percussion. Flür also built much of the group's studio and stage equipment in his workshop below the band's Kling Klang
studio.
in the Düsseldorf
band The Spirits of Sound. (Another member of this band was guitarist Michael Rother
, who also spent a few months as a member of Kraftwerk in 1971, before forming Neu!
with then Kraftwerk drummer Klaus Dinger
.)
, who released an album Time Pie in 1997, produced in collaboration with Mouse on Mars
. Flür's next release, the 12" and remixes of I Was A Robot climbed to number 6 in the German club charts. Collaborations with Pizzicato Five
and Der Plan
founding member Pyrolator have been announced, and the lyrics to the song "Greed" are in Flür's autobiography
, but this material remains unreleased.
Flür also wrote an autobiography, published in the year 2000, called Ich war ein Roboter (English version: I Was a Robot), and released in 2011 in Spanish as 'Kraftwerk: Yo fui un robot' (Ed. MILENIO) describing his views on the inner workings of Kraftwerk.
Recently, Flür has been seen DJ'ing
in clubs, playing tech house and electro. He has also accompanied the German synthpop duo, Dyko
, in live shows as an electronic percussionist, and on a single released in 2009.
Japanese singer Maki Nomiya
's album Party People included the song "Yamate Line" with songwriting and co-production credited to Flür/Yamo (both being cited).
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
, best known as a member of the electronic group
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
Kraftwerk
Kraftwerk
Kraftwerk is an influential electronic music band from Düsseldorf, Germany. The group was formed by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider in 1970, and was fronted by them until Schneider's departure in 2008...
, from 1973 to 1987, playing electronic percussion. Flür also built much of the group's studio and stage equipment in his workshop below the band's Kling Klang
Kling Klang
Kling Klang is the private music studio of the band Kraftwerk. The name is taken from the first song on the Kraftwerk 2 album...
studio.
Background
Previously he had played a conventional acoustic drum kitDrum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
in the Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
band The Spirits of Sound. (Another member of this band was guitarist Michael Rother
Michael Rother
Michael Rother is a German experimental Krautrock musician and composer.- Early life and education :Born in 1950, Rother went to school in Munich, Wilmslow , Karachi, and Düsseldorf. He also lived in Pakistan in the early 1960s where he was exposed to Pakistani music that would influence his own...
, who also spent a few months as a member of Kraftwerk in 1971, before forming Neu!
Neu!
Neu! was a German band formed by Klaus Dinger and Michael Rother after their split from Kraftwerk in the early 1970s...
with then Kraftwerk drummer Klaus Dinger
Klaus Dinger
Klaus Dinger was a German musician and songwriter most famous for his contributions to the seminal krautrock outfit, Neu! He was also the guitarist and chief songwriter of new wave group La Düsseldorf and briefly the percussionist of Kraftwerk.-Pre-Neu! :Klaus Dinger was born in Scherfede,...
.)
Activities after Kraftwerk
Flür is now the founding member of YamoYamo
Yamo has multiple meanings.*Yamo is a musical project by Wolfgang Flür.*The Green Yamo is an enemy character in the computer game Bruce Lee....
, who released an album Time Pie in 1997, produced in collaboration with Mouse on Mars
Mouse on Mars
Mouse on Mars is a duo from Germany who have been making electronic music since 1993. Their music is a sometimes quirky blend of IDM, krautrock, disco, and ambient with a heavy dollop of analog synth sounds and cross-frequency modulation...
. Flür's next release, the 12" and remixes of I Was A Robot climbed to number 6 in the German club charts. Collaborations with Pizzicato Five
Pizzicato Five
Pizzicato Five was a Japanese pop group best known to audiences in the West in their later incarnation as a duo of Maki Nomiya and Yasuharu Konishi...
and Der Plan
Der Plan
Der Plan is a German electronic music group from Düsseldorf, formed in the earlier months of 1979 by Moritz Reichelt , Kai Horn, and Frank Fenstermacher, originally under the name of Weltaufstandsplan ....
founding member Pyrolator have been announced, and the lyrics to the song "Greed" are in Flür's autobiography
Autobiography
An autobiography is a book about the life of a person, written by that person.-Origin of the term:...
, but this material remains unreleased.
Flür also wrote an autobiography, published in the year 2000, called Ich war ein Roboter (English version: I Was a Robot), and released in 2011 in Spanish as 'Kraftwerk: Yo fui un robot' (Ed. MILENIO) describing his views on the inner workings of Kraftwerk.
Recently, Flür has been seen DJ'ing
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
in clubs, playing tech house and electro. He has also accompanied the German synthpop duo, Dyko
Dyko
Dyko is a German electronica/synthpop duo from Frankfurt. Dyko is composed of John Barrie Dyke, vocalist and e-drummer and Christofer Jost, keyboardist and guitarist.-Biography:...
, in live shows as an electronic percussionist, and on a single released in 2009.
Japanese singer Maki Nomiya
Maki Nomiya
is a Japanese singer and musician. She released her first solo album in 1981, and worked through the 1980s as the lead vocalist of the New Wave band Portable Rock. In 1991 she became the lead singer of the band Pizzicato Five. When the group disbanded in 2001 she embarked on a solo career...
's album Party People included the song "Yamate Line" with songwriting and co-production credited to Flür/Yamo (both being cited).