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Conrad Schnitzler (b. Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf

D?sseldorf is the capital city of the Germany state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is an economic centre of Germany. The city is situated on the River Rhine and has a high population density - the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area has over 10 million inhabitants alone....
, 1937) is a prolific German
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 experimental musician
Musician

A musician is a person who plays or writes music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music:* An instrumentalist plays a musical instrument....
. Schnitzler has been a major, though reclusive, figure on the Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
an music scene since the late 1960s. Schnitzler was an early member of Tangerine Dream
Tangerine Dream

Tangerine Dream is a Germany electronic music group founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. The band has undergone many personnel changes over the years, with Froese being the only continuous member....
 (1969–1970) and a founder of the band Kluster
Kluster

Kluster was a Germany krautrock or experimental musical group whose work often resembles later industrial music.Kluster was short-lived, existing only from 1969 until mid-1971 when Konny Schnitzler left and the remaining two members renamed themselves Cluster ....
. He left Kluster in 1971, first working with his group Eruption
Eruption (German band)

Eruption was a short-lived Germany krautrock or experimental music super group founded by former Tangerine Dream member and then current Kluster member Conrad Schnitzler....
 and then focusing on solo works. He continued to record from his home studio in Dallgow, Germany, creating CD-R
CD-R

A CD-R is a variation of the Compact Disc invented by Philips and Sony. CD-R is a Write Once Read Many optical medium, though the whole disk does not have to be entirely written in the same session....
s which he sells independently.






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Conrad Schnitzler (b. Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf

D?sseldorf is the capital city of the Germany state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is an economic centre of Germany. The city is situated on the River Rhine and has a high population density - the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area has over 10 million inhabitants alone....
, 1937) is a prolific German
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 experimental musician
Musician

A musician is a person who plays or writes music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music:* An instrumentalist plays a musical instrument....
. Schnitzler has been a major, though reclusive, figure on the Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
an music scene since the late 1960s. Schnitzler was an early member of Tangerine Dream
Tangerine Dream

Tangerine Dream is a Germany electronic music group founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. The band has undergone many personnel changes over the years, with Froese being the only continuous member....
 (1969–1970) and a founder of the band Kluster
Kluster

Kluster was a Germany krautrock or experimental musical group whose work often resembles later industrial music.Kluster was short-lived, existing only from 1969 until mid-1971 when Konny Schnitzler left and the remaining two members renamed themselves Cluster ....
. He left Kluster in 1971, first working with his group Eruption
Eruption (German band)

Eruption was a short-lived Germany krautrock or experimental music super group founded by former Tangerine Dream member and then current Kluster member Conrad Schnitzler....
 and then focusing on solo works. He continued to record from his home studio in Dallgow, Germany, creating CD-R
CD-R

A CD-R is a variation of the Compact Disc invented by Philips and Sony. CD-R is a Write Once Read Many optical medium, though the whole disk does not have to be entirely written in the same session....
s which he sells independently. Schnitzler has also participated in several collaborations with other electronic music
Electronic music

Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology....
ians. He recorded Acon (2001), a somewhat abstract piece, with former bandmate Hans-Joachim Roedelius. His album with American electronic composer Michael Thomas Roe, Mi.T.-CON 04 (2005), has been compared to his earlier works such as Con/Ballet Statique and Con 3. The Norwegian Black metal
Black metal

Black metal is an extreme metal subgenre of Heavy metal music. It often employs fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, double-kick drumming, and unconventional song structure....
 band Mayhem has a Schnitzler composition, "Silvester Anfang," on their debut EP, Deathcrush
Deathcrush

Deathcrush is the first studio album by the influential Norway band Mayhem . It was released in 1987 and was the first studio release by any band of the Norwegian black metal scene....
.

Partial discography

Note: Schnitzler's full discography would be difficult to catalog, as he has many private, limited and one-off releases.

1970

  • Electronic Meditation
    Electronic Meditation

    Electronic Meditation is the debut album by the Germany electronic music group Tangerine Dream....
     (with Tangerine Dream)
  • Klopfzeichen
    Klopfzeichen

    Klopfzeichen is the first full-length album by German experimental music trio Kluster.Klopfziechen was recorded on December 21, 1969 at Rhenus-Studio, Gordorf, Germany....
     (with Kluster)

1971

  • Zwei-Osterei
    Zwei-Osterei

    Zwei-Osterei is the second full-length album by German experimental music trio Kluster. The album title translates to English as "Two - Easter Egg"....
     (with Kluster)
  • Schwarz (a.k.a. Eruption
    Eruption (album)

    Eruption is the third and final full-length album by German experimental music trio Kluster. It is also the only live recording issued by Kluster....
    )


1973

  • Rot
  • Slowmotion

1974

  • Blau
  • Work in Progress
  • The Red Cassette
  • The Black Cassette

1978

  • Con

1980

  • Auf Dem Schwarzen Kanal (EP)
  • Consequenz (with Wolfgang Seidel
    Wolfgang Seidel

    Wolfgang Seidel was a racing driver from Germany. He participated in 12 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on August 2, 1953....
    )
  • Die Wandelnde Klangwolke Aus Berlin

1981

  • Contempora
  • Con 3
  • Conrad & Sohn (with Gregor Schnitzler)
  • Conal
  • Control
  • Gelb (reissue of The Black Cassette as an LP)
  • Grün
  • Context

1982

  • Convex
  • The Russians Are Coming (EP)
  • Container

1983

  • Con 3.3.83

1984

  • Con '84

1985

  • Con '85

1986

  • Concert
  • Consequenz II (with Wolfgang Seidel)
  • Micon in Italia (with Michael Otto)
  • Face On Radio (with Wolfgang Hertz)
  • Con '86
  • GenCon Productions (with Gen Ken Montgomery)
  • Conversion Day

1987

  • Congratulacion
  • Contrasts (with Wolfgang Hertz)
  • Black Box 1987
  • Contra-Terrene
  • Conditions of the Gas Giant

1988

  • ConGen: New Dramatic Electronic Music (with Gen Ken Montgomery)
  • CS 1 - CS 13: January 1988 - December 1988
  • Concho (with Michael Chocholak)
  • GenCon Dramatic (GenCon Live) (with Gen Ken Montgomery)

1989

  • Constellations
  • CS 89/1 - CS 89/12: January 1989 - December 1989
  • The Cassette Concert (with Gen Ken Montgomery)

1990

  • Kynak (Camma) (with Giancarlo Toniutti)
  • CS 90/1 - CS 90/12: January 1990 - December 1990
  • Confidential Tapes
  • 00/001 - 00/004: Confidential Tapes

1991

  • Contempora 00/014 - 00/031

1992

  • Tolling Toggle (with Jorg Thomasius)
  • Tonart Eins (with Tonart)
  • Ballet Statique (reissue of Con)
  • Contempora 00/032 - 00/039

1993

  • Clock Face (with Jorg Thomasius)
  • Tonart Zwei (with Tonart)
  • Con Brio
  • Contempora 00/040 - 00/044


1994

  • Blue Glow
  • Con Repetizione
  • Contempora 00/045 - 00/053

1995

  • Charred Machinery
  • Electronegativity

1997

  • 00/106
  • The Piano Works 1
  • 00/44

1999

  • Construction
  • 00/071: Piano
  • 00/063: Piano
  • Con/Solo/1
  • 00/121: Piano
  • 00/139: Concert
  • Con/Solo/2
  • Computer Jazz

2000

  • The 88 Game
  • 5.5.85 (Concert)

2001

  • Conal2001
  • Acon (with Hans Joachim Roedelius
    Hans Joachim Roedelius

    Hans-Joachim Roedelius is an Germany Experimental music / ambient music / electronic music musician. He best known as a co-founder of the German krautrock groups Cluster and Harmonia and his work in the ambient jazz trio Aquarello....
    )

2002

  • Con '72

2003

  • Live Action 1997
  • Gold
  • Contakt

2004

  • Con '72 Part II

2005

  • Mi.T.-Con 04 (with Michael Thomas Roe)

2006

  • Moon Mummy
  • Zug
  • Aquatic Vine Music (with Michael Thomas Roe)
  • Conviction
  • Con 2+
  • ElectroCon
  • Klavierhelm
  • Trigger Trilogy

2007

  • Mic + Con 07 (with Michael Thomas Roe)

2008

  • Kluster 2007 (with Michael Thomas Roe and Masato Ooyama)
  • rare tracks 1979 - 1982 (with Remixes by Dompteur Mooner) Erkrankung durch Musique Records

2009

  • Kluster 2008: Three Olympic Cities Mix (with Michael Thomas Roe and Masato Ooyama)


Video

  • Con Video 1970's
  • Con '81 - Lux Mix


External links

  • Mi.T.-CON
  • Mi.T.-CON