syn, 1944-2015 CH, Appenzell (Bezirk)
Musician / Producer of Electronic
Born 16 January 1944 in St. Gallen, Switzerland. Died 20 July 2015. From his early work with the krautrock band Cluster to his later solo recordings, Dieter Moebius remained one of the prolific voices in contemporary electronic music. In 1969 he was befriended by Conrad Schnitzler and invited to join Kluster, a band Schnitzler was forming with Hans Joachim Roedelius. The trio released their debut LP "Klopfzeichen" in 1970; in the wake of their third album, 1971's "Kluster und Eruption", Schnitzler exited to pursue a solo career, and Moebius and Roedelius continued on as a duo, modifying the name to Cluster. Working with producer Conrad Plank, Cluster began to move increasingly towards more structured soundscapes — with 1974's "Zuckerzeit", they even pursued an electronic pop sound similar in spirit to Kraftwerk. Moebius and Roedelius also teamed with Neu!'s Michael Rother in Harmonia, releasing a pair of LPs which caught the attention of Brian Eno, who in response collaborated with the trio on a session (released much later under the name Harmonia 76), a turn towards ambient textures (and influencing the sound of the 1976 Cluster album "Sowiesoso"). Roedelius and Moebius subsequently worked with Eno on 1977's "Cluster & Eno" and 1978's "After the Heat" as well; in the wake of 1981's "Curiosum", however, they dissolved Cluster, with both pursuing solo endeavors. Moebius' first subsequent effort was 1981's "Material", a second collaboration with Plank (their debut, "Rastakraut Pasta", had appeared a year earlier); together, they produced a record which over time gave way to the proto-ambient textures of 1986's "En Route", their final work before Plank's death. Concurrently Moebius also teamed with Gerd Beerbohm for 1982's "Strange Music" and 1983's "Double Cut"; meanwhile, he made the solo album Tonspuren (also from 1983). Apart from teaming with Karl Renzeihausen in the duo Ersatz, during the early '90s he also reunited with Roedelius to revive Cluster.
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Moebius Story Leidecker Andreas Spechtl | Dieter Moebius, Tim Story, Jon Leidecker / Andreas Spechtl | 2018 | Single |
Musik Für Metropolis | Dieter Moebius | 2017 | Album |
Kunsthalle Düsseldorf | Dieter Moebius, Stefan Schneider | 2017 | Album |
Familiar | Dieter Moebius, Tim Story, Jon Leidecker | 2017 | Album |
Sometimes Less / Squib, Last Image | Gudrun Gut Und Hans Joachim Irmler / Dieter Moebius, Tim Story, Jon Leidecker | 2015 | Single |
Remixed By Richard Fearless | Dieter Moebius / Conny Plank / Mani Neumeier | 2015 | Album |
Another Other Places | Dieter Moebius, Mani Neumeier, Jürgen Engler | 2014 | Album |
Wohlauf / WFMU Stream Test | Dieter Moebius, Mani Neumeier, Jürgen Engler / Schneider TM | 2014 | Album |
Snowghost Pieces | Dieter Moebius, Tim Story, Jon Leidecker | 2014 | Album |
Nidemonex | Dieter Moebius | 2014 | Album |
Mr. Mercator / Herrlichkeit (Ken Charlton) / Tiefland | Junior Electronics / Dieter Moebius & Asmus Tietchens | 2013 | Album |
Moebius + Tietchens | Dieter Moebius + Asmus Tietchens | 2012 | Album |
Zero Set II - Reconstruct Pt. 3 | Dieter Moebius & Mani Neumeier | 2011 | Album |
Ding | Dieter Moebius | 2011 | Album |
Zero Set II - Reconstruct Pt. 2 - | Dieter Moebius & Mani Neumeier | 2010 | Album |
Zero Set II - Reconstruct Pt. 1 - | Dieter Moebius & Mani Neumeier | 2010 | Album |
Kram | Dieter Moebius | 2009 | Album |
Paper Sleeve Series | Dieter Moebius | 2007 | Album |
Zero Set II | Dieter Moebius & Mani Neumeier | 2007 | Album |
Nurton | Dieter Moebius | 2006 | Album |
Live In Japan | Dieter Moebius & Mani Neumeier | 2003 | Album |
Blotch | Dieter Moebius | 1999 | Album |
Ludwig's Law | Dieter Moebius, Conny Plank, Mayo Thompson | 1998 | Album |
En Route | Dieter Moebius & Conny Plank | 1995 | Album |
Rastakraut Pasta & Material | Dieter Moebius & Conny Plank | 1994 | Compil. |
Ersatz II | Dieter Moebius & Karl Renziehausen | 1992 | Album |
Apropos Cluster | Dieter Moebius + Hans-Joachim Roedelius | 1990 | Album |
Ersatz | Dieter Moebius & Karl Renziehausen | 1990 | Album |
Blue Moon (Original Motion-Picture Sound-Track) | Dieter Moebius | 1986 | Album |
Double Cut | Dieter Moebius & Gerd Beerbohm | 1984 | Album |
Begegnungen | Brian Eno, Dieter Moebius, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Conny Plank | 1984 | Compil. |
Zero Set | Dieter Moebius - Conny Plank - Mani Neumeier | 1983 | Album |
Tonspuren | Dieter Moebius | 1983 | Album |
Strange Music | Dieter Moebius & Gerd Beerbohm | 1982 | Album |
Material | Dieter Moebius & Conny Plank | 1981 | Album |
Rastakraut Pasta | Dieter Moebius & Conny Plank | 1980 | Album |
After The Heat | Brian Eno, Dieter Moebius, Hans-Joachim Roedelius | 1978 | Album |
Begegnungen II | Brian Eno, Dieter Moebius, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Conny Plank | Compil. | |
Strange Music.... Plus | Dieter Moebius And Gerd Beerbohm | Album |