Tangents vol.14 — Moebius
Dieter Moebius (16 January 1944–20 July 2015) was a German/Swiss experimental/krautrock/ambient/electronic musician.
Moebius studied art in Brussels and Berlin and met there Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Conrad Schnitzler (Tangerine Dream). They founded a band Kluster in 1969. After the departure of Schnitzler, they changed their name to Cluster. Later Moebius and Roedelius founded the band Harmonia with Michael Rother (Neu!), which also collaborated with Brian Eno.
Dieter Moebius was involved into numerous projects with such musicians as Conny Plank, Mani Neumeier (Guru Guru).
Michael Rother (left) & Dieter Moebius (right) live in 2007
Moebius toured with Michael Rother as Rother & Moebius in 2007.[1] Additionally, on 27 November 2007, a Harmonia reunion concert was held in Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, where the band performed together live for the first time since 1976.[2][3] He died on 20 July 2015 of cancer.[4][5][6]
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Sky Records was founded in 1975 by Günter Körber after he left Metronome Musik, the parent company of influential Krautrock/Kosmische label Brain Records. Körber was able to sign several former Brain Records recording artists to his new label, most notably Cluster just as they began a successful collaboration with Brian Eno. The success of the albums Cluster & Eno in 1977 and After the Heat in 1978 helped put Sky on a solid financial footing. Other former Brain artists signing with Sky included Thirsty Moon and Michael Rother shortly after his departure from Neu! and Harmonia.
Other notable artists who recorded for Sky Records include Nik Tyndall, Moebius & Plank, Conrad Schnitzler, Asmus Tietchens, Earthstar, Serge Blenner, Harald Grosskopf, Adelbert von Deyen and Dieter Schütz. Both Dieter Moebius and Hans-Joachim Roedelius of Cluster released solo albums and collaborations on Sky.
In the 1990s Sky Records mainly reissued earlier albums from their catalog on CD. It closed down in 1997. The Discogs website entry for Sky Records lists them as defunct.[1]
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Timothy John Gane[1] (born 12 July 1964[2]) is an experimental-rock/pop English musician, formerly of Stereolab.[3][4]
Gane was born in Ilford, Essex, and began his musical career as a purveyor of harsh noise in the early 1980s under the alias Unkommuniti releasing self-financed cassettes on Black Dwarf Wreckordings along with fellow Unkommuniti members Kallous Boys and other noise projects.[4] Tim was a key member of McCarthy from 1985–1990.[4] Turn On, Gane’s side project with occasional Stereolab contributor and member of The High Llamas, Sean O’Hagan, released their self-titled debut in 1997.
In 2013 he released Blood-Drums under the moniker Cavern Of Anti-Matter (band composed by Tim, Holger Zapf and Joe Dilworth).
In 2014, Gane compiled the tracks for Sky Records Kollektion 1, a collection of tracks from the German electronic-rock label, issued by Bureau B.
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As a producer and engineer, McEntire has mixed and remixed recordings by many artists.[2] He also owns and operates Soma Electronic Music Studios in Chicago.
He produces and engineers most of the recordings for his own bands, as well as many of the solo efforts by bandmates Sam Prekop, Archer Prewitt, Jeff Parker, and Doug McCombs. He has also has engineered, produced, and/or mixed albums and tracks for many artists including: Bell Orchestre, Stereolab, Bright Eyes, Bobby Conn, Teenage Fanclub, Sylvain Chauveau, Kaki King, Tom Ze, The Ex, Smog, Trans Am, Eleventh Dream Day, Cougar, Antibalas, Innaway, The For Carnation, Dianogah, U.S. Maple, Chicago Underground Duo, Spookey Ruben, Blur, Pivot, The Fiery Furnaces, The Car Is on Fire, Small Sins,[3] Broken Social Scene, Coldcut, Spoon, Jaga Jazzist, Great 3 and most recently Yo La Tengo.
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Rachel’s were an American chamber music group that formed in Louisville, Kentucky in 1991. Former Rodan guitarist Jason Noble played music individually and referred to himself as Rachel’s but then began collaborating with core members, violist Christian Frederickson, and pianist Rachel Grimes
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The true star of Anahata is clearly Doug Sharin. Someone get this guy a Drummy Award. His complex lines can layer a one- hand roll, hissing cymbol splashes, a deep groove, and calculated bursts with ease. His electronica- mimicing beats gives Anahata a more groove- and- repitition vibe than other June of 44 records. Some moments on “Equators to Bi-Polar,” “Peel Away Velleity,” and “Five Bucks in My Pocket” are downright funky.
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