ARTIST: MOEBIUS
MOEBIUS, D. - Blotch CD (Scratch)
"Swiss-born Dieter Moebius studied
art in Brussels and Berlin, where he met Hans-Joachim Roedelius and
Conrad Schnitzler. In 1969 the three founded Kluster, which after two
years and three records, Roedelius and Moebius continued as Cluster,
whose work is easily as earth-shaking, and relevant today as that of
Can, Tangerine Dream, Neu!, Faust, Kraftwerk and company. Moebius has
always been more interested in straightforward motorized or handmade
rhythms and the use of electronic, eccentric and unpredictable
machine noises. Blotch, his 2nd solo album, following Tonspuren,
released 16 years ago, was produced in March/Arpil of 1999 in
Moebius' minimal studio in Berlin. Performed with a Korg Prophecy and
an EMU Orbit, it was recorded with a Yamaha eight-track cassette
recorder."
MOEBIUS - Blue Moon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) CD
(Sky)
"Original score to the 1986 Roxy Film Production Blue Moon by
Dieter Moebius (of C/Kluster/Harmonia/_ & Roedelius fame...). Nice,
if somewhat short selection of synth-themes & pain-relieving sonics.
Surprisingly low usage of era sound-producing technologies, although
they ARE in there (the DX7 ruined E-Music for an entire
generation...). 80's Moebius/Roedelius output is only now starting to
ripen w/age, no reason not to enhance your personal selection w/a
crate or two of this fine ruby port." -- Hrvatski.
Info off Allmusic Guide:
Moebius
AKA Dieter Moebius
Years Active
Genres Rock
Styles Kraut Rock, Ambient, Electronic
Instruments Synthesizer
Labels Skyclad (8), Moonwind (3)
See Also Moebius & Beerbohm Moebius & Plank Dieter Moebius
From his early work with the pioneering Krautrock band Kluster to his later solo recordings,
Dieter Moebius remained one of the most innovative and prolific voices in contemporary electronic
music, anticipating movements from ambient to techno years before the fact. By day a student at
Berlin's Akademie Grafik, Moebius was moonlighting as a cook at an area restaurant when in 1969
he was befriended by Conrad Schnitzler, a key figure in local avant-garde circles, and invited to join Kluster, a band Schnitzler was forming with fellow underground artist 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 famed 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 much-acclaimed mid-1970s LPs which caught the attention of Brian Eno, who in response collaborated with the trio on a legendary session (released much later as Harmonia 76) heralding 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 and Eno and 1979'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 (its predecessor, Rastakraut Pasta, appeared two years earlier); together, they produced some of the most experimental recordings of their respective careers, creating harsh mutant soundscapes which over time gave way to the proto-ambient textures of 1986's En Route, their final work before Plank's untimely death. Concurrently Moebius also teamed with Gerd Beerbohm for 1982's Strange Music and 1983's Double Cut, both explorations of pure noise; meanwhile, with the solo album Tonspuren (also from 1983), Moebius clearly anticipated the emergence of techno. Apart from teaming with Karl Renzeihuasen in the duo Ersatz, during the early 1990s he also reunited with Roedelius to revive Cluster. -- Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
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