Person in history

Dieter Moebius

Dieter Moebius, Swiss-German keyboard player and producer (born 1944)

Life at a glance

Died: 2015 · July 20

Their story

Who they were

Dieter Moebius was a Swiss-born German electronic musician and composer, best known as a member of the influential krautrock bands Cluster and Harmonia.

Path and career

Career Moebius was studying art at Berlin 's Akademie Grafik and working as a restaurant cook when he met Conrad Schnitzler , founder of the Zodiak Free Arts Lab with Hans-Joachim Roedelius . [ 1 ] The trio founded the improv group Kluster in 1969. After the departure of Schnitzler, the duo changed their name to Cluster and relocated to the countryside village of Forst , releasing influential albums such as Zuckerzeit (1974) and Sowiesoso (1976).

Why this date

Dieter Moebius appears on our July 20 calendar for 2015 as a death entry.

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July 20 2015.

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