The great pioneer of German experimental music died earlier this week – here are some of the tracks that proved how far ahead of the pack he was
Dieter Moebius, who died of cancer on Monday at age 71, was one of the most innovative musicians and composers of our time. He was best known as being half of the great “Krautrock” group Cluster and a third of Harmonia, but his immensely varied and voluminous output spanned inventive collaborations with the late legendary producer Conny Plank, Guru Guru drummer Mani Neumeier, the great musician Asmus Tietchens, and many more. Above all, Moebius’s approach to making music was relentlessly individualistic. “I was more of the ‘flippy’ one,” he joked when I interviewed him for Frieze in 2012. “Still am. That works a lot with rhythms. ‘Flippy’, that’s German. I guess it means crazy or something.” Here are five great moments from his career.
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