Dieter Moebius Poll 1978-2011 [Update: RIP, July 2015]

Some Cluster is getting blasted out later. RIP :(

going to light up a bifter and listen to sowieso before bed the night :(

I met him a couple times -- really cool guy

The post doesn't say, but he'd been suffering from cancer for a while.

so sad. RIP

More shitty news. Farewell dieter!

Oh noooo
Deluxe/Sowiesoso double header right the fuck now
Feel honored to have seen one of the Harmonia shows a few years back

;_;
RIP.

This (sowiesoso) may actually be my favorite kraut-kosmische album of all
Vale dieter

Especially sad, this release was just announced July 17:
http://www.harmonia1973.com/

That box looks awesome. Worth buying for the pop-up alone.

listened to sowiesoso & the first eno/cluster this morning in tribute. beautiful, bittersweet, RIP.

Im Ewigkeit

RIP :(

Eno just now tweeted this (if doesn't display, it's Harmonia & Eno 76: Tracks & Traces, full album)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dVvUogQVtM&feature=youtu.be

Writing this on the train, but this is hitting me harder than I'd expected. I probably have had more affection for Roedelius' music over the years – in part because of his gift for melody and in part because of his story.

But Moebius is no less a monumental figure—in Krautrock, electronic music and in electronic sound design more broadly—that this feels like a particularly big loss. He had an exceptional ear for texture (i.e., Double Cut) and a fabulous sense of humor (i.e., his tracks on Zuckerzeit).

He was also an essential member of a loose collective—K/Cluster obv. but also including Conny Plank, Michael Rother, Brian Eno, Mani Neumeier, among others—that proved a certain kind of collaborative, even communal approach to music making was not only still possible in the wake of the 60s but could be quite groundbreaking artistically. Reading Eno's comments on what it was like to record w Harmonia in Forst and the rustic environment he and HJ had created there was eye-opening (for Eno as well) and an amazing contrast in many ways to the decidedly electric nature of the music.

In many ways, the generous, adventurous spirit of his artistry is as important a part of his legacy as the music itself.

RIP.

Well said

RIP

Especially sad, this release was just announced July 17:
http://www.harmonia1973.com/

― in an awkward manor (doo dah), Tuesday, July 21, 2015 6:23 AM (Yesterday)

ilxor geeta is writing the liner notes for it. I think she told me that she had a chance to re-interview Moebius recently about it.

yeah she posted this -- https://twitter.com/geetadayal/status/623551285401227264

ha i'm not on twitter

Well I didn't see Native Teen Idol's spotify list before I did my own - but here's a spotify playlist of every album on the service that Moebius was a part of, including Cluster, Harmonia, and innumerable collaborations over the last 45 years. It's not exhaustive—Spotify just doesn't have everything, including some obvious stuff—but it's still close to 24 hours of music.

http://open.spotify.com/user/scottpgwp/playlist/4DzuDbkDVkgs0tG4tJlec9

So sad here, too. Moebius was my favorite synth player by far because he was so focused on sound color and bringing sounds to life. He loves those weird sounds. Each and every one. I particularly admire the kinda intricate and always-changing miniature aspect to most all his work from Zuckerzeit on. Relentlessly psychedelic stuff, for me much more so then most music labelled as such. I counted 31 cds that I own featuring the man last night. I rate at least a half dozen as life-affirming masterpieces. There is a secret part of me that wishes all music were a little more like the music of Moebius. And there is an equally secret part that is glad no other music actually is like his. Dieter Moebius stands alone, even amongst his very worthy peers.

For the record, I think Moebius + Tietchens from 2012 or so is really good and special, I've been listening to it a lot recently, dude went out at the top of his particular game!! Low key, insidiously abstract, spacious and quirky.

http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2015/jul/22/dieter-moebius-five-classic-recordings

website link to Geeta Dayal piece

(i count six)

the Moebius & Tietchens CD is ridiculously good

Awesome geeta piece
I had no idea he designed the cover for Musik Von Harmonia?!? I'm guessing he did the zuckerzeit art as well then?

Don't think so.

how did I miss this

RIP

thanks for the Moebius/Tietchens recommendation

This is a really nice picture (among many others) of Moebius alongside Roedelius. Also: ;_;

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CK987MAWwAIBnbj.jpg

Would have voted repeatedly for Zero Set. As important as E2-E4 to today's music, even if presaged by later Can and Eno & Byrne in places.

Anyone have opinions on his OST for Blue Moon?

>even if presaged by later Can and Eno & Byrne in places.

Czukay was working on early mixes for 'Movies' at Conny's around the same time he played bass on the two Cluster & Eno records, and they all definitely heard each other's works in progress so all of these records are pretty much all in the family

Ummmm, "Zero Set" is from 1983.

Ignore that, misread Sanpaku's post! Soz. Plank played on "Der Osten ist Rot" of course.

New to Spotify, an album from Moebius Story Leidecker called "Familiar". Is this a reissue, or something new pulled from the vaults?

The latter, it seems: New Album from the Moebius Story Leidecker - sessions. October 6th 2017.

More info on the Bureau B website: http://www.bureau-b.com/msl.php

the album he did with Wobbly/Jon Leidecker right before he died is really fucking good, I just listened to it three times in a row

Sure would be cool to know how that record got made ...

finally listening to Zero Set and here are my first two thoughts

1) this is exactly what I was hoping My Life in the Bush of Ghosts was gonna sound like

2) Mouse on Mars may have taken a lot of ideas from this record