Dieter Moebius

Born: 16 January 1944

Years Active: 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000

Genres: Electronic, Avant-Garde, Pop/Rock

Styles: Experimental Electronic, Modern Composition, Ambient, Electronica, Kraut Rock, Art-Rock/Experimental, Prog-Rock

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From his early work with the pioneering Krautrock band Cluster 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 a...

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