UFlorian Schneider ushone ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule ngenxa yomdlavuza obhubhisayo kodwa sifunda ngawo namuhla. Umsunguli noRalf Hütter waseKraftwerk ngo-1970, washiya iqembu ngoNovemba 2008, ukuhamba kwaqinisekiswa ngoJanuwari 6, 2009.
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Kwakungo-1968 lapho aqala khona ukusebenza noRalf Hütter, omunye umfundi esikhungweni sokunakekela izingane saseDüsseldorf. Baqale basungula iqembu elingcono elibizwa ngeNhlangano kwathi, ngo-1970, iKraftwerk. Ekuqaleni uFlorian wayedlala umtshingo lapho futhi kamuva waze wenza nomtshingo we-electronic. Ngemuva kwe-albhamu ethi "Autobahn" ezembule emphakathini jikelele, uzoliyeka leli thuluzi ukuze agxile kumathuluzi kagesi, ikakhulukazi ngokwenza iVocoder iphelele.
Ngo-1998 uFlorian Schneider waba uprofesa wezobuciko bezokuxhumana e-Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design eJalimane. Kusukela ngo-2008 ubengasekho esiteji noKraftwerk. Ube esethathelwa indawo uStefan Pfaffe, kwase kuba nguFalk Grieffenhagen.
Ifa lika-Kraftwerk alinakulinganiswa emculweni weminyaka engama-50 edlule. Babhekwa njengamaphayona omculo we-elekthronikhi, bathonya izizukulwane zamaciko, kusukela ku-Depeche Mode kuya ku-Coldplay futhi baba nomthelela wokunquma ku-Hip Hop, House futhi ikakhulukazi i-Techno, kuhlanganise ne-albhamu yabo yango-1981 ethi "Computer World". UDavid Bowie wayenikele kuye iculo elithi “V2 Schneider” ku-albhamu ethi “Heroes”.
Ngo-2015 uFlorian Schneider wahlangana no-Belgian Dan Lacksman, umsunguli we-Telex Group, kanye no-Uwe Schmidt ukuqopha i-Stop Plastic Pollution, "i-electronic ode" yokuvikela ulwandle njengengxenye ye-"Parley for the Oceans".