Roli Mosimann (7 November 1955 – 15 September 2024) was a Swiss-born American drummer, electronic musician, and record producer who worked in genres ranging from industrial to pop. Originally from Switzerland, Mosimann first came to attention with the New York City no wave band Swans and later collaborated with

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leader JG Thirlwell in the duo Wiseblood. Mosimann was born in Thurgau, Switzerland on 7 November 1955. As a producer, Mosimann worked with That Petrol Emotion, the Young Gods, the The,

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, New Order and the Hair and Skin Trading Company, and helped birth Faith No More's '' Album of the Year'', among others. He was an early producer for Skinny Puppy's '' The Process'' (1996) and

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's '' Portrait of an American Family'' (1994); however, both bands were unsatisfied with the results and chose to finish those albums with other producers ( Martin Atkins and Trent Reznor, respectively). Mosimann later worked with Jojo Mayer and Miloopa (engineering and mixing the latter band's ''Unicode'' album). Mosimann died from

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at a hospital in

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, on 15 September 2024, at the age of 68.

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* * * 1955 births 2024 deaths Swiss electronic musicians Noise rock musicians Swans (band) members Swiss record producers Swiss drummers Swiss male musicians Male drummers Swiss audio engineers Swiss expatriates in the United States Swiss rock musicians Industrial musicians Deaths from lung cancer in Poland People from Thurgau {{Switzerland-musician-stub