Henning Schmitz
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- 1953
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- Germany
- Occupation
- musician · audio engineer · tonmeister
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- electronic music · avant-garde music
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Indexed under Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research, Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies, Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments, Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments, Epilepsy research and treatment. Associated with University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik, Technische Universität Dresden. Recorded as musician, audio engineer and tonmeister.
Kraftwerk, live in Ferrara (Italy), 06/07/2005
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Kraftwerk, 2018-07-20, jazzopen 2018, Schlossplatz Stuttgart
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1953
Henning Schmitz was born in 1953.
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- 18.Karl Bartos 2017, Der Klang der Maschine, ch. 12
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- 30.Simpson, Dave. Kraftwerk/Steve Reich. The Guardian. 3 July 2009.
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- 33.Witter, Simon. Article. Kraftwerk.technopop.com.br. Spring 2006.
- 34.Lenbachhaus – Kunstbau. Lenbachhaus.de.
- 35.Rubin, Mike. Kraftwerk Day Eight: Retrospective on 2003's 'Tour De France'. Rolling Stone. 18 April 2012.
- 36.Aftab, Kaleem. Kraftwerk, MOMA, New York. The Independent. 18 April 2012.
- 37.Kraftwerk CZ. Kraftwerk: Radioactivity (No Nukes 2012, Tokio, Japan). 2012-07-28.
- 38.Kraftwerk denied festival appearance in China. The Guardian. 29 March 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2013
- 39.P Street, Andrew. Kraftwerk's Ralf Hütter: 'Now we can concentrate on album number nine'. The Guardian. 12 June 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2013
- 40.McGreevy, Ronan. Sun cream at the ready as Longitude festival gets underway in Marlay Park. The Irish Times. 19 June 2018.
- 41.Kraftwerk: 'Optreden in Evoluon is geweldig'. Ed.nl.
- 42.saret97. Kraftwerk – Spacelab (Live @ Evoluon 18-10-2013). YouTube. 18 October 2013.
- 43.Kraftwerk in concert at Disney Hall. Los Angeles Times. 19 March 2014.
- 44.Diehl, Matt. Kraftwerk Launch L.A. Residency With Thrilling 'Autobahn' Show. Rolling Stone. 19 March 2014.
- 45.Kraftwerk – KRAFTWERK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 – LAPhil. Kraftwerk.laphil.com. 24 September 2012.
- 46.Pareles, Jon. Look Out! That Song Is Going to Hit You Right in the Head!. New York Times. 2 April 2014.
- 47.Summer Sonic 2014 Lineup. Summersonic.com. 19 May 2014.
- 48.Computer World (3-D Le Catalogue): Kraftwerk – Fondation Louis Vuiton, Paris – November 10, 2014. My Concert Archive.
- 49.Kraftwerk sets 8-night Paradiso residency. NL Times. 9 September 2014.
- 50.Special Report Kraftwerk At The Tour De France – Electronic Sound.
- 51.Kate Müser. Kraftwerk to open Tour de France in Dusseldorf. Deutsche Welle. 31 January 2017.
- 52.Kraftwerk and LCD Soundsystem among Grammy Awards 2018 winners. Resident Advisor.
- 53.YouTube. Good evening, Kraftwerk / Guten Abend Kraftwerk, guten Abend Stuttgart!. 21 July 2018.
- 54.Kraftwerk. Bluedot Festival.
- 55.Cosh, Colby. Remembering Kraftwerk's Florian Schneider, the prophet of the post-human. National Post. 8 May 2020.
- 56.Kraftwerk co-founder Florian Schneider-Esleben dies aged 73. AP News. 6 May 2020.
- 57.Kraftwerk's German language albums, 3-D documentary hit streaming services for first time. Consequence of Sound. 2 July 2020.
- 58.Remixes. Qobus.
- 59.MTV Europe - Music Non-Stop (1993-97) - ALL Idents. YouTube. 5 June 2013.
- 60.Kraftwerk have been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. Mixmag.
- 61.Minsker, Evan. Kraftwerk Announce 2022 North American Tour. Pitchfork. 1 November 2021.
- 62.Tourdates 2022. Rolling Stone. 2021.
- 63.Optic & Music I. YouTube. 2023.
- 64.Optic & Music II. 2023.
- 65.Optic & Music III. 2024.
- 66.Optic & Music IV. 2024.
- 67.Madison, Evan. Kraftwerk Announce Career-Spanning Residency in Los Angeles. Pitchfork. 10 January 2024.
- 68.Kraftwerk perform 'Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence' in tribute to Ryuichi Sakamoto. Mixmag.
- 69.Madarang, Charisma. Kraftwerk Celebrate 50 Years of 'Autobahn,' Announce 2025 North American Tour. 5 December 2024.
- 70.Lusher, Adam. The Kraftwerk conference: Why a bunch of academics consider the German electropoppers worthy of their own symposium. The Independent. 21 January 2015.
- 71.Martinson, Steven D. Deutsch Als Fremdsprache. Peter Lang. 225. 2008. 978-3-03911-627-0.
- 72.artist. biography. Artist Biography by Jason Ankeny. Jason. Ankeny.
- 73.Barr, Tim. Kraftwerk: from Dusseldorf to the Future With Love. Ebury Press. 1998. 978-0-09-186490-3.
- 74.DNA I. TheGuardian.com. 2012.
- 75.Coplan, Chris. Video Surfaces of Kraftwerk's Television Debut in 1970. Consequence of Sound. 26 March 2014.
- 76.Segal, Dave. What Does Kraftwerk Mean to You?. The Stranger.
- 77.D>Elektro – MATERIAL – Kraftwerk – Interview 11/76 – P. Alessandrini. Thing.de.
- 78.Stubbs, David. Ladies und Gentlemen, the future has arrived. The Independent. 27 January 2013.
- 79.Schütte, Uwe. Kraftwerk: Future Music from Germany. Penguin UK. 27 February 2020. 9780241320556.
- 80.Sperounes, Sandra. The man behind Kraftwerk's machines. Edmon Journal. 14 September 2015.
- 81.Monroe, Alexei. Interrogation Machine: Laibach and NSK. Cambridge: The MIT Press. 212. 2005. 0-262-63315-9.
- 82.Kraftwerk Vocoder (Barth / Leunig) sold: $12,500. Sequencer.de. 25 June 2006.
- 83.YouTube. 'Tomorrow's world' (1976 TV performance). 23 January 2008.
- 84.Flür, Wolfgang (2001). "Kraftwerk": I Was A Robot. Sanctuary Publishing. .
- 85.Reynolds, Simon. "Generation Ecstasy". Routledge. 2013.
- 86.Aktivitaet Online – Archive – General articles – Kling Klang: The Electronic Garden. Aktivitaet-fanzine.com.
- 87.Synthanorma Sequenzer – description by D. Matten. Elektropolis.de.
- 88.Interview: The Future Is Virtual – Music Tech Talk With Fritz Hilpert, Sounds & Performance magazine, 2009
- 89.YouTube. Top 100 Albums: Kraftwerk Trans-Europe-Express commented by Johnny Marr and Mark Radcliffe. 1 April 2007.
- 90.Goddard, Simon. "The 21 people who changed music – They are the robots." Q Magazine. November 2007, p. 106.
- 91.McCormick, Neil. Kraftwerk: the most influential group in pop history?. The Telegraph. 30 January 2013.
- 92.Sean Albiez, David Pattie Kraftwerk: Music Non-Stop 2011, page 152-157
- 93."Synth Britannia", BBC Four, 19 October 2009. Excerpt .
- 94.OMD biography. OMD.uk.com.
- 95.OMD discography: Sugar Tax. OMD.uk.com.
- 96.Fink, R. "The story of ORCH5, or, the classical ghost in the hip-hop machine". Popular Music 24.3 (2005): 339–356. 9 November 2009.
- 97.Lynskey, Dorian. Underworld's Dubnobass . 20 years on. The Guardian. 9 October 2014.
- 98.Christopher A. Daniel. How German electronic band Kraftwerk influenced Atlanta's Black music scene. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. 20 March 2025.
- 99.KEXP 90.3 FM – KEXP Documentary: POP Goes Electronic.
- 100.Ladytron: 604 - Release Music Magazine review. www.releasemagazine.net.
- 101.Lester, Paul. Tank boy. The Guardian. 5 October 2001.
- 102.Pytlik, Mark. Björk: Wow and Flutter. ECW Press. 126. 2003. 1-55022-556-1.
- 103.Bakers Dozen: Alex Paterson of the Orb Chooses His Favourite 13 Albums. Thequietus.com. 4 November 2010.
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- 105.The album Trans-Europe Express was played over the PA before Joy Division's concerts. New Order's song "Your Silent Face" also has some similarities with "Europe Endless" and had a working title of "KW1", or "Kraftwerk 1". New Order also recorded a song called "Krafty" that appeared as a single and on the album Waiting for the Sirens' Call.
- 106.Butterworth, Michael. The Blue Monday Diaries: In the Studio with New Order. Plexus Publishing Ltd. 30 November 2015.
- 107.Intervista: I Kraftwerk, redeirelettronica: 'Partiamo per il Tour de France'. La Stampa. numero 229. 29. 22 August 2003.
- 108.The Mojo Collection: the ultimate music companion. Blondie – Parallel Lines. 410. 2007. 978-1-84767-643-6.
- 109.Hunter-Tilney, Ludovic. Falstaff with a synth: LCD Soundsystem at Alexandra Palace. Financial Times. 25 September 2017.
- 110.Brandstetter, Markus. Die zehn erfolgreichsten Singles von Rammstein. Rolling Stone Germany. 30 March 2020.
- 111.Schuh, Michael. Kraftwerk hatten noch Mut zum Risiko . laut.de. 1 March 2004.
- 112.Gregor, Neil. Dreams of Germany: Musical Imaginaries From the Concert Hall to the Dance Floor. Berghahn Books. 281. 2019. 9781789200331.
- 113.Weber, Stephanie. Riding the Trans-Europe Express. Museum of Modern Art. 24 February 2011.
- 114.Brady, Tara. The Dude abides: The Big Lebowski 20 years on. The Irish Times. 22 September 2018.
- 115.BBC. Kraftwerk: Computer Love, Soul Music – BBC Radio 4. 24 January 2018.
- 116.Murphy, Glen. Thin Lizzy nominated for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2020 induction. The Irish Times.
- 117.Class of 2021 Inductees. Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
- 118.C6 Fest – Kraftwerk faz show impecável para plateia reverente no Rio. Ambrosia.
- 119.Kraftwerk: Über Leverkusen in den Musik-Olymp. Ksta.de. 24 January 2014.
- 120.Karl Bartos. KARL BARTOS – Curriculum vitae Karl Bartos. 2016.
- 121.KraftwerkOfficial. Kraftwerk – About _ Facebook. 2012.
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- Bussy, Pascal. Kraftwerk—Man, Machine & Music. SAF Publishing. 1993. 978-0-946719-70-9.
- Flür, Wolfgang. "Kraftwerk": I Was A Robot. Sanctuary Publishing. 2001. 978-1-86074-417-4.
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