Ralf Hütter
Ralf Hütter (born 20 August 1946) is a German musician and composer best known as the lead singer and keyboardist of Kraftwerk, which he founded with Florian Schneider in 1969. On 12 May 2021, Kraftwerk was announced as one of the inductees of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Hütter was born on 20 August 1946 in Krefeld, Germany. In 2009 he lived near Düsseldorf. Hütter also has a daughter named Elsa who also produces music. He met Florian Schneider while studying improvisation at the Robert Schumann Hochschule. He is a vegetarian. Hütter is a secretive musician who avoids interviews. Hütter is an enthusiastic cycling fan, a fact reflected in some of the band's work. It was widely claimed that, when he was on tour, the group's bus would drop off Hütter 100 miles away from the next venue and he would cycle the rest of the way, a story that Hütter later confirmed. The band members took up cycling when recording the album The Man-Machine in the late 1970s. Ralf Hütter had been looking for a new form of exercise. The single "Tour de France" includes sounds that follow this theme, including bicycle chains, gear mechanisms and the breathing of the cyclist. At the time of the single's release Ralf Hütter tried to persuade the rest of the band that they should record a whole album based around cycling. At the time this did not happen, but the project eventually was released as Tour de France Soundtracks in 2003. Hütter was involved in a serious cycling accident in May or June ...
Kraftwerk: Minimum-Maximum (2005)
Kraftwerk are one of the most influential bands in music history. Over the last two years, Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider, Fritz Hilpert and Henning Schmitz have toured the world, performing approximately 90 live shows that were unlike anything seen before, ... (more)
Kraftwerk are one of the most influential bands in music history. Over the last two years, Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider, Fritz Hilpert and Henning Schmitz have toured the world, performing approximately 90 live shows that were unlike anything seen before, ... (more)
Kraftwerk: Pop Art (2013)
This is the amazing story of how a group of reclusive Rhineland experimentalists became one of the most influential pop groups of all time - a celebration of the band featuring exclusive live tracks filmed at their Tate Modern shows in London (Feb 2013), interwoven ... (more)
This is the amazing story of how a group of reclusive Rhineland experimentalists became one of the most influential pop groups of all time - a celebration of the band featuring exclusive live tracks filmed at their Tate Modern shows in London (Feb 2013), interwoven ... (more)
Krautrock : The Rebirth of Germany (2009)
Documentary which looks at how a radical generation of musicians created a new German musical identity out of the cultural ruins of war. (more)
Documentary which looks at how a radical generation of musicians created a new German musical identity out of the cultural ruins of war. (more)
Kraftwerk - 0100-013-0-2005-0100 (2005)
-Kraftwerk:0100-013-0-2005-011(Tilburg NL 1 July 2005), VERY RARE! 2005 Extremely issue 18-trk live DVD on Crime Crow label, full digipack p/s(Crime Crow CCPDVD045) Original Shooting, Artwork & Authoring : Nafoute Audio : KZ "Stolen", reworked and reauthored ... (more)
-Kraftwerk:0100-013-0-2005-011(Tilburg NL 1 July 2005), VERY RARE! 2005 Extremely issue 18-trk live DVD on Crime Crow label, full digipack p/s(Crime Crow CCPDVD045) Original Shooting, Artwork & Authoring : Nafoute Audio : KZ "Stolen", reworked and reauthored ... (more)
Kraftwerk - Live in Soest (1970)
In 1970, the year the band formed, Kraftwerk performed their first concert, appearing in Soest, West Germany, dressed in long hair and leather. The show was recorded by Rockpalast (Rock Palace), a German music television show that broadcast live on Westdeutscher ... (more)
In 1970, the year the band formed, Kraftwerk performed their first concert, appearing in Soest, West Germany, dressed in long hair and leather. The show was recorded by Rockpalast (Rock Palace), a German music television show that broadcast live on Westdeutscher ... (more)
Jazzopen Stuttgart 2018 (2018)
Kraftwerk: 3-D The Catalogue (2017)
Collection of performances from the abridged catalogue of German electronic band Kraftwerk. The tracks performed include 'Autobahn', 'Trans-Europe Express', 'Techno Pop' and 'Tour de France'. (more)
Collection of performances from the abridged catalogue of German electronic band Kraftwerk. The tracks performed include 'Autobahn', 'Trans-Europe Express', 'Techno Pop' and 'Tour de France'. (more)
Electronic Vibrations: A Sound Changes the World (2022)
The amazing story of electronic music: its epic journey from its origins in Europe, at the hands of the great artists of the post-war classical avant-garde, to the great post-industrial cities of the USA, where this genre of genres took over music stores, shady ... (more)
The amazing story of electronic music: its epic journey from its origins in Europe, at the hands of the great artists of the post-war classical avant-garde, to the great post-industrial cities of the USA, where this genre of genres took over music stores, shady ... (more)