Former Kraftwerk member Wolfgang Flür tricked into working with imposter pretending to be Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter

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Kraftwerk member Wolfgang Flür was reportedly tricked into working with an imposter pretending to be Daft Punk‘s Thomas Bangalter.On Friday (March 28), Flür released his latest album ‘Times’, which supposedly featured some collaborations with Bangalter.

Flür, who was Kraftwerk’s drummer from 1973 to 1987, has been involved in music since his departure, releasing his first solo record in 2015.However, Flür had teased a Bangalter collaboration for the last two years.

Upon its release last Friday, it has been revealed that Flür unknowingly worked with an impersonator instead.According to The Daft Punk Historian (via Stereogum), word of the album first appeared in a February 2023 interview with Blitzed Magazine.

There, Flür and musical partner Peter Duggal claimed a Facebook account with Bangalter’s name complimented their latest release, 2022’s ‘Magazine 1’ through a private message.