Ralf Hütter

Ralf Hütter ( born August 20, 1946 in Krefeld ) is a German musician.

Life and work

Together with Florian Schneider founded in 1968 Hütter first organization to attain a common musical concepts whose test recordings were later released in the UK under the group name organization as a record. From this formation, the music group Kraftwerk emerged. At the beginning of his musical career Hütter was also a member of the bands Phantom, Rambo Zambo Bluesband and Bluesology.

Hütter studied at the Akademie Remscheid. In power plant he first played organ and percussion instruments, later the keyboard instruments and all kinds of electronic tone generator. The group became one of the most influential and best known German music formations, and came to worldwide fame. Later, his last name was changed for better international marketing in ' Hutter ' on record covers.

Ralf Hütter is dedicated cyclists.

Influence

He is the consistent German - orientation of the international reputation of the Group attributable to power plant, the 1970 (quote Hütter ) " an acoustic representation of the Ruhr " began and presented itself over the years, in the words of Hütter's like this: "After the war, the German entertainment industry destroyed. The people of Germany were robbed of their culture and got an American head attached. I think that we are the first generation after the wars that have shaken him and know, here's the American music and that is our own. We can not deny that we come from Germany. "

Unlike its more closed and restrained former bandmate Florian Schneider, Ralf Hütter led to their time together almost exclusively on the interviews with the press and has thereby contributed much to the music robot image of the group. Interviews are Hütter but only to selected recipients. He focuses exclusively on topics about "Kraftwerk" and music, so that about his private life little is known.