UFlorian Schneider usweleke kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo ngenxa yomhlaza otshabalalisayo kodwa sifunda ngawo namhlanje. Umququzeleli kunye noRalf Hütter waseKraftwerk kwi-1970, washiya iqela ngoNovemba 2008, ukuhamba kuqinisekisiwe ngoJanuwari 6, 2009.
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Kwakungowe-1968 awathi waqalisa ukusebenza noRalf Hütter, omnye umfundi kwisikolo solondolozo saseDüsseldorf. Baqala baseka iqela eliphucukileyo elibizwa ngokuba nguMbutho emva koko, ngo-1970, iKraftwerk. Ekuqaleni uFlorian wayedlala imbande apho waza kamva wenza nefleyiti ye-elektroniki. Emva kwecwecwe elithi "Autobahn" elibatyhile kuluntu ngokubanzi, uya kusishiya esi sixhobo ukuze agxile kwizixhobo zombane, ngakumbi ngokufezekisa iVocoder.
Ngo-1998 uFlorian Schneider waba ngunjingalwazi wezobugcisa bonxibelelwano kwiYunivesithi yaseKarlsruhe yoBugcisa noYilo eJamani. Ukususela ngo-2008 wayengasekho eqongeni kunye noKraftwerk. Emva koko watshintshwa nguStefan Pfaffe, emva koko nguFalk Grieffenhagen.
Ilifa likaKraftwerk alinakulinganiswa kumculo weminyaka engama-50 edlulileyo. Bathathelwe ingqalelo njengoovulindlela bomculo we-elektroniki, baphembelela izizukulwana zamagcisa, ukusuka kwiMowudi ye-Depeche ukuya kwiColdplay kwaye babenempembelelo eqinisekileyo kwiHip Hop, iNdlu kwaye ngakumbi iTechno, kubandakanywa necwecwe labo le-1981 elithi “Computer World” lithathwa njengento esisiseko. UDavid Bowie wayezinikele kuye ingoma ethi "V2 Schneider" kwicwecwe elithi "Heroes".
Kwi-2015 uFlorian Schneider wadibana no-Belgian Dan Lacksman, umsunguli we-Telex Group, kunye no-Uwe Schmidt ukurekhoda i-Stop Plastic Pollution, "i-electronic ode" ekukhuselweni kolwandle njengenxalenye ye "Parley for the Oceans".