Organisation (band)

Organisation
OriginGermany
GenresKrautrock
Years active1969–1970
LabelsRCA Victor
SpinoffsKraftwerk
Past membersBasil Hammoudi
Butch Hauf
Ralf Hütter
Alfred "Fred" Mönicks
Florian Schneider-Esleben

Organisation zur Verwirklichung gemeinsamer Musikkonzepte (German: "Organisation for the Realisation of Shared Music Concepts"[1]) was an experimental krautrock band, that was the immediate predecessor of the band Kraftwerk. In addition to the founding members of Kraftwerk, Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider-Esleben, Organisation included Basil Hammoudi, Butch Hauf, and Fred Monicks. The band was assisted by Paul Lorenz, Peter Martini, and Charly Weiss during their career.[2][3]

  1. ^ Boing, Boom, Tschak: Die ARTE-Doku über Kraftwerk Archived 2013-09-11 at the Wayback Machine in Arte-Magazin 9/2013 (German)
  2. ^ ":::: Kraftwerk.technopop.com.br - Data - Formations - 2011-Aug-9 ::::". Archived from the original on 2011-08-09. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
  3. ^ Pascal Bussy: "Kraftwerk: Man, Machine and Music", SAF Publishing Ltd., Reprinted 1993, 1997, 1999