"Now the electronic equipment and musical instruments Florian Schneider used to create some of the band's best-known songs in the 1970s and 1980s could fetch hundreds of thousands of dollars when they are sold at auction next month. Music for a solo project that the 73-year-old Schneider was working on just before he died from cancer in 2020 can also be heard for the first time in a video about the auction, shared with the Guardian."
"Alongside his suitcase synthesiser, his flute and his vocoders which he used to make his voice sound like a robot fans will get a chance to buy nearly 500 of Schneider's personal possessions in the sale by his estate. These include his collection of more than 100 brass and woodwind instruments, numerous Polaroid photographs, his sunglasses, the passport he used while touring until 1978 and his VW panel van, which he custom-painted grey."
Florian Schneider, pioneer of electronic music and co-founder of Kraftwerk, created key sounds using electronic equipment and instruments now consigned to auction. The sale will include his suitcase synthesiser, flute, vocoders and nearly 500 personal possessions from his estate. The collection comprises more than 100 brass and woodwind instruments, Polaroid photographs, sunglasses, his pre-1978 touring passport, a custom-painted grey VW panel van and the Panasonic Panaracer bicycle featured in the "Tour de France" video and single artwork. Recordings for a solo project Schneider worked on before his 2020 death from cancer are included and previewed in a video. Julien's Auctions will hold the sale.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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