Seems this passed unnoticed everywhere, but this guy deserves a tribute here for his contribution to the experimental and ambient genres. R.I.P.

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Dieter Moebius, a giant in the genre of electronic music, died, his Harmonia bandmate Michael Rother confirmed on Facebook. Moebius was 71. "Very sad news today for all friends of Dieter Moebius and his unique music. Our friend, neighbor and collaborator passed away the morning, July 20th, 2015," Rother wrote on Facebook. "He will be missed dearly by all of us. Our thoughts go out to his wife, Irene." The Facebook account for Cluster, Moebius' long-running collaboration with Hans-Joachim Roedelius, also confirmed the keyboardist's passing. No other details were shared.

In 1969, Moebius co-founded a trio called Kluster featuring Roedelius and Tangerine Dream's Conrad Schnitzler at the Zodiak Free Arts Lab in Berlin. After a pair of albums, Schnitzler left the group and the duo renamed themselves Cluster. Their self-titled first album was released in 1971. Conny Plank was a regular collaborator with both Kluster and Cluster as a writer, performer, and engineer. In the 1980s and 1990s, Moebius and Plank released a series of collaborative albums.
Moebius and Roedelius moved to a rural retreat in Forst, Germany, and in 1973, Rother took a break from Neu! to form Harmonia with the duo. They released two albums—1974's Musik Von Harmonia and 1975's Harmonia Deluxe. All three men collaborated with Brian Eno in 1976. Those sessions were released on the album Tracks and Traces in 1997 under the name Harmonia 76. Eno's collaborations with Moebius and Roedelius continued on 1978's Cluster and Eno and 1979's After the Heat.

 

R.I.P Dieter

(thx for the info Zeus!)

 

hello, fellow audio lovers,

requiescat in pace.

still remember, in those times of yore, liked, admired, one of their older releases, titled musik von harmonia, by one of the many formations he worked with.

all the best for all of us...

later edit, post scriptum, ooooops, the album has already been mentioned by the original poster, pray do excuse my writing before reading, again...

 

Last edited: Aug 21, 2015

R.I.P.

 

Conny Plank, Mani Neumeier and Dieter Moebius in Plank’s studio, 1982




Dieter Moebius - Furbo

R.I.P.

 

Hans Joachim Roedelius
Michael Rother
Dieter Moebius
Brian Eno

Awesome track.