Dieter Moebius (16 January 1944 – 20 July 2015) was a Swiss-born German electronic musician and composer, best known as a member of the influential

krautrock Krautrock (also called , German for ) is a broad genre of experimental rock that developed in Germany in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It originated among artists who blended elements of psychedelic rock, avant-garde composition, and electron ...

bands Cluster and

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Career

Moebius was studying art at

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's Akademie Grafik and working as a restaurant cook when he met

Conrad Schnitzler Conrad "Conny" Schnitzler (17 March 1937 – 4 August 2011) was a prolific German experimental musician associated with West Germany's 1970s krautrock movement. A co-founder of West Berlin's Zodiak Free Arts Lab, he was an early member of Tang ...

, founder of the Zodiak Free Arts Lab with

Hans-Joachim Roedelius Hans-Joachim Roedelius (born 26 October 1934) is a German electronic music, electronic musician and composer, known as a co-founder of the influential 'kosmische musik, kosmische' groups Cluster (band), Cluster and Harmonia (band), Harmonia. He ...

. The trio founded the improv group

Kluster Kluster was a Berlin-based German Experimental music, experimental musical group formed in 1969 by Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Conrad Schnitzler, and Dieter Moebius. Their improvisational work presaged later industrial music. The original Kluster w ...

in 1969. After the departure of Schnitzler, the duo changed their name to Cluster and relocated to the countryside village of Forst, releasing influential albums such as '' Zuckerzeit'' (1974) and '' Sowiesoso'' (1976). Moebius would also draw on his

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training create the cover artwork for various Cluster albums and related collaborations. Meanwhile, Moebius and Roedelius founded the band

with Michael Rother of Neu!, releasing the albums '' Musik von Harmonia'' (1974) and '' Deluxe'' (1975). Admirer

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would subsequently collaborate with both groups. Moebius began recording solo works in the 1970s and was later involved in numerous side-projects with such musicians as

Conny Plank Konrad "Conny" Plank (3 May 1940 – 5 December 1987) was a German record producer and musician. He is known for his innovative work as a sound engineer and producer in Germany's krautrock and kosmische music scene in the 1970s. Plank was involv ...

and Mani Neumeier ( Guru Guru), including the influential 1983 album ''

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''.

Michael rother and dieter moebius 2007-11-14 live

Moebius toured with Rother as ''Rother & Moebius'' in 2007. Additionally, on 27 November 2007, a

reunion concert was held in Haus der Kulturen der Welt,

, where the band performed together live for the first time since 1976. He died of cancer on 20 July 2015.

Discography

;Solo albums and collaborations * 1980 '' Rastakraut Pasta'' (with

) * 1981 ''

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'' (with Conny Plank) * 1981 ''Strange Music'' (with Gerd Beerbohm) * 1982 ''

'' (with Conny Plank and Mani Neumeier) * 1983 ''Tonspuren'' * 1983 ''Double Cut'' (with Gerd Beerbohm) * 1986 ''Blue Moon'' (Original Soundtrack) * 1990 ''Ersatz'' (with Karl Renziehausen) * 1992 ''Ersatz II'' (with Karl Renziehausen) * 1995 '' En Route'' (with Conny Plank; recorded in 1986, additional mix in 1995) * 1998 '' Ludwig's Law'' (with Conny Plank and Mayo Thompson) * 1999 ''Blotch'' * 2002 ''Live in Japan'' (with Mani Neumeier) * 2006 ''Nurton'' * 2007 ''Zero Set II'' (with Mani Neumeier) * 2009 ''Kram'' * 2011 ''Ding'' * 2012 ''Moebius & Tietchens'' (with Asmus Tietchens) * 2014 ''Snowghost Pieces'' (Moebius, Story, Leidecker) * 2014 ''Nidemonex'' ;Posthumous albums * 2017 ''Musik Für Metropolis'' * 2017 ''Familiar'' (Moebius, Story, Leidecker) * 2017 ''Kunsthalle Düsseldorf (Live)'' (12") (Moebius, Schneider) * 2019 ''Objective Objects'' (Dieter Moebius & Dwight Ashley) * 2023 ''Aspirin'' ;As

/ Cluster *See ''

and Cluster'' ;With

and

*1977 : '' Cluster & Eno'' *1978 : '' After the Heat'' ;As

, with Michael Rother and

*1973 : '' Musik Von Harmonia'' *1975 : '' Deluxe'' *1997 : '' Tracks and Traces'' (recorded 1976 with

) *2007 : '' Live 1974'' ;As Cosmic Couriers, with Mani Neumeier and Jürgen Engler *1996 : ''Other Places'' *2014 : ''Another Other Places'' ;With Liliental * 1978 ''Liliental'' ''Source:''

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Moebius, Dieter 1944 births 2015 deaths Deaths from cancer in Germany Ambient musicians Krautrock Swiss rock musicians