Wolfgang Flür (born 17 July 1947) is a German musician, best known as a member of Kraftwerk, the electro-pop group, 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. Previously he had played a conventional acoustic drum kit in the Düsseldorf band The Spirits of Sound.

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  • Wolfgang Flür (born 17 July 1947) is a German musician, best known as a member of Kraftwerk, the electro-pop group, 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. Previously he had played a conventional acoustic drum kit in the Düsseldorf band The Spirits of Sound. Flür is now the founding member of Yamo, 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 5 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, showing the inner workings of Kraftwerk from the beginning. This book met with hostility and litigation from his former Kraftwerk colleagues Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider. The original Hannibal Verlag edition was soon withdrawn, following an injunction, but the book was republished in English and Japanese, with removal of a couple of embarrassingly homoerotic photos of Schneider and Emil Schult and re-wording of certain sections. For instance, Flür no longer claims that the composition "Metal on Metal" was his idea; the idea was "probably" Hütter's, and he must have got the idea when he heard Flür banging away building stuff. However, most of the court attention centered around the recording of the song "Autobahn", and this point was decided in Flür's favor: The German court found that Flür did play drums on the Autobahn album. For many fans and critics, it seemed odd that Hütter and Schneider would take offence at this claim, since they credited him for doing so on the original edition of the album, and even later, credit-less, editions carry a band photo with Flür and his drum kit center stage. 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. 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). The Agency recently released an exclusive Wolfgang Flur interview. Questions focused on Flur's background, musical inspirations, and customized drum machines that he created for Kraftwerk. (en)
  • Wolfgang Flür, född 17 juli 1947 i Frankfurt am Main, Tyskland, är en tysk musiker, och före detta medlem i Kraftwerk mellan åren 1973-1986 där han bland annat spelade elektroniska trummor. Wolfgang Flür som är tvilling med Winfried föddes i Frankfurt am Main, son till Hildegard och Heribert Flür och lillebror till Gregor.I mitten av 1960-talet började han spela trummor i bandet The Beathovens som bland annat spelade förband för the Who i Düsseldorf 1966. Han spelade även trummor i bandet Fruit för att mot slutet av 1960-talet spela trummor i bandet Spirits of Sound tillsammans med bland andra gitarristen Michael Rother, som också var medlem i Kraftwerk under ett antal månader innan han bildade bandet NEU! tillsammans med Kraftwerktrummisen Klaus Dinger.I oktober 1973 erbjöds han att spela elektroniska trummor för Kraftwerk under ett TV-framträdande i programmet Aspekte på ZDF. Efter detta fungerade han som medlem i bandet fram till 1986.Flür släpper numera skivor under namnet Yamo. Detta projekt startade under namnet Jamo 1992 då Flür skapade sången Little Child. The Children of Sarajevo som en reaktion på kriget i Bosnien. Den släpptes först som en kassett 1992 och som singel året därpå. Projektet ändrade sedan namn till Yamo och släppte sin första fullängdsskiva Time Pie 1997 som producerades tillsammmans med bandet Mouse on Mars. Han har också skrivit självbiografin Ich war ein Roboter, som kom ut i tyskland 1999 och som främst avhandlar hans tid i bandet kraftwerk. (sv)
  • Wolfgang Flür (nacido el 17 de julio de 1947) es un músico alemán, más conocido por que fue miembro del cuarteto de música electrónica Kraftwerk, desde 1973 hasta 1987, como percusionista electrónico. Flür también fabricó mucho equipamiento para sus actuaciones, así como para el estudio y sello de grabación discográfico de Kraftwerk, Kling Klang. Anteriormente el actuó como percusionista convencional en la banda de Düsseldorf The Spirits of Sound. Flür es actualmente el miembro fundador de Yamo, que sacó un álbum Time Pie en 1997, producido en colaboración con Mouse on Mars. Flür también escribió una autobiografía, publicada en el año 2000, bajo el título I Was a Robot (traducido: Yo fuí un robot), mostrando su evolución en la banda Kraftwerk desde el principio. En este libro habla de un modo hostil de sus anteriores compañeros en Kraftwerk Ralf Hütter y Florian Schneider. (es)
  • Wolfgang Flür incominciò la sua carriera musicale intorno alla fine degli fine anni '60, come batterista in alcuni gruppi musicali di Düsseldorf, tra cui gli Spirits Of Sound, nel quale militò per breve tempo il chitarrista Michael Rother. Sul finire del 1973 Flür entrò nei Kraftwerk, allora composti solo da Ralf Hütter e Florian Schneider, per suonare le percussioni elettroniche. Flür abbandonò i Kraftwerk nel 1987 e fondò dopo alcuni anni un progetto intitolato Yamo, con il quale registrò un album intitolato Time Pie nel 1997. Nel 2000 Flür pubblicò un libro intitolato Ich war ein Roboter in cui racconta della sua militanza nei Kraftwerk. Ottimo talent scout Flür ha contribuito al lancio dei Mouse on Mars band tedesca da molti considerata come unica erede dei Kraftwerk e dei Dyko, duo elettronico di Francoforte oltre alla collaborazione con artisti italiani quali Giorgio Li Calzi e The Transistors. (it)
  • Wolfgang Flür (* 17. Juli 1947 in Frankfurt am Main) ist ein deutscher Musiker und war zwischen 1973 und 1986 Schlagzeuger bei Kraftwerk. (de)
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  • Wolfgang Flür (born 17 July 1947) is a German musician, best known as a member of Kraftwerk, the electro-pop group, 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. Previously he had played a conventional acoustic drum kit in the Düsseldorf band The Spirits of Sound. (en)
  • Wolfgang Flür, född 17 juli 1947 i Frankfurt am Main, Tyskland, är en tysk musiker, och före detta medlem i Kraftwerk mellan åren 1973-1986 där han bland annat spelade elektroniska trummor. Wolfgang Flür som är tvilling med Winfried föddes i Frankfurt am Main, son till Hildegard och Heribert Flür och lillebror till Gregor.I mitten av 1960-talet började han spela trummor i bandet The Beathovens som bland annat spelade förband för the Who i Düsseldorf 1966. (sv)
  • Wolfgang Flür (nacido el 17 de julio de 1947) es un músico alemán, más conocido por que fue miembro del cuarteto de música electrónica Kraftwerk, desde 1973 hasta 1987, como percusionista electrónico. (es)
  • Wolfgang Flür incominciò la sua carriera musicale intorno alla fine degli fine anni '60, come batterista in alcuni gruppi musicali di Düsseldorf, tra cui gli Spirits Of Sound, nel quale militò per breve tempo il chitarrista Michael Rother. (it)
  • Wolfgang Flür (* 17. Juli 1947 in Frankfurt am Main) ist ein deutscher Musiker und war zwischen 1973 und 1986 Schlagzeuger bei Kraftwerk. (de)
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