Hans Joachim Roedelius

Infobox musical artist
Name = Hans-Joachim Roedelius


Img_capt = Hans-Joachim Roedelius in 2007
Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Hans-Joachim Roedelius
Alias =
Born = Birth date and age|1934|10|26|mf=y
Died =
Origin = Berlin, Germany
Instrument = Synthesizer, Keyboards, Piano, Guitar
Genre = Kosmische Musik Krautrock Industrial Electronic music Synth Pop
Oblique Strategies Ambient
Psychedelic rock Electronic art music
Experimental music
New Age Music
German Rock music (Deutschrock)
Occupation = Musician, Producer
Years_active = 1968 to Present
Label = Sky Records Egg Records Barclay Records Multimood All Saints Prudence Klanggalerie Rykodisc Gyroscope Polygram Curious Music Amadeo Captain Trip Records, Grönland Records Nepenthe Music Fabrique Records Psychonavigation Records
Associated_acts = Cluster Harmonia Aquarello Kluster Human Being
URL = [http://www.roedelius.com/ Official Website]
Current_members =
Past_members =

Hans-Joachim Roedelius (Hans-Joachim Rödelius, born October 26, 1934 in [http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=2497Berlin] ) is an German experimental / ambient / electronic 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.

Biography

In 1968 Roedelius co-founded the music commune known as "Human Being" and co-formed Zodiak Free Arts Lab, the center of Berlin's Underground Culture at the time, with conceptual artist Conrad Schnitzler. He met Dieter Moebius at the Zodiak. In 1970 Roedelius, Schnitzler and Moebius formed Kluster (later known as Cluster).

While he played as a member of Cluster, Roedelius worked in various projects like Geräusche, Plus/minus, Per Sonare, Harmonia, Meeting Point Vienna, Friendly Game, Aquarello and Tempus Transit. He has collaborated with many other composers and performers including Brian Eno.

Roedelius has written poems in English and German, some of which he recites on his albums. His solo albums are collections of quiet atmospheric piano pieces, including solos "Momenti Felici" (1987), duos "Pink, Blue and Amber" (1996) or groups of up to four performers "Bastionen Der Liebe - Fortress of Love" (1989).

As a child he acted in UFA films such as "...reitet für Deutschland" ("Riding for Germany") (1941) and "Verklungene Melodie" ("Dead Melody") (1938).

Discography

;In Kluster / Cluster
*See Kluster and Cluster

;In Harmonia
*See Harmonia

;In Aquarello
*1991 : "Friendly Game" (studio album, as Roedelius, Capanni, Alesini)
*1993 : "To Cover The Dark" (studio album)
*1998 : "Aquarello" (live album)

;In Aqueous
*1997 : "Meeting The Magus" (studio album)

;In Human Being
*2008 : "Live 1968" (live album)

;Ambient music with Brian Eno and Dieter Moebius
*1978 : "After the Heat" (studio album)

;Ambient music With Brian Eno, Dieter Moebius and Conny Plank
*1984 : "Begegnungen" (compilation album)
*1985 : "Begegnungen II" (compilation album)

;On Brian Eno's solo album
*1984 : "Before and after Science" (studio album)
**Track: "By This River", with Dieter Moebius

;With Alexander Czjzek
*1987: "Weites Land" (studio album)

;With Globe Trotters Project
*1999 : "Vol. 1, Drive" (studio album)

;With Conrad Schnitzler
*2001 : "Acon 2000/1" (studio album)

;With Tim Story
*2000 : "The Persistence of Memory" (studio album)
*2002 : "Lunz" (studio album)
*2008 : "Inlandish" (studio album)

;With Nikos Arvanitis
*2002 : "Digital Love" (studio album)

;With Morgan Fisher
*2005 : "Neverless" (studio album)

;With David Bickley
*2008 : "Bonaventura" (studio album)

;With Kava
*2008 : "The Gugging Album" (studio album)

;Solo albums
*1978: "Durch Die Wüste" (studio album)
*1979: "Jardin Au Fou" (stduio album)
*1979: "Selbstportrait" (studio album)
*1980: "Selbstportrait - Vol. II" (studio album)
*1980: "Selbstportrait Vol. III "Reise durch Arcadien"" (studio album)
*1981: "Lustwandel" (studio album)
*1981: "Wenn Der Südwind Weht" (studio album)
*1982: "Flieg' Vogel flieg'" (studio album)
*1982: "Offene Türen" (studio album)
*1982: "Wasser im Wind" (studio album)
*1984: "Geschenk des Augenblicks - Gift of the moment" (studio album)
*1986: "Wie das Wispern des Windes" (studio album)
*1987: "Momenti Felici" (studio album)
*1989: "Bastionen der Liebe - Fortress of love" (studio album)
*1990: "Variety of Moods" (studio album)
*1991: "Der Ohrenspiegel" (studio album)
*1991: "Piano Piano" (studio album)
*1992: "Cuando... Adonde" (studio album)
*1992: "Frühling" (studio album)
*1993: "Tace!" (studio album)
*1994: "Sinfonia Contempora No. 1" (studio album)
*1994: "Theatreworks" (studio album)
*1995: "Selbstportrait VI: The Diary of the Unforgotten" (studio album)
*1995: "Vom Nutzen der Stunden - Lieder vom Steinfeld Vol. I" (studio album)
*1996: "Sinfonia Contempora No. 2: La Nordica" (studio album)
*1996: "Pink, Blue And Amber" (studio album)
*1996: "La Nordica" (studio album)
*1999: "Selfportrait VII: dem Wind voran - ahead of the wind" (studio album)
*1999: "Amerika Recycled by America Inc" (studio album)
*1999: "Vom Nutzen der Stunden - Lieder Vom Steinfeld Vol.II" (studio album)
*2000: "Roedeliusweg" (studio album)
*2000: "Romance In The Wilderness" (studio album)
*2000: "Der Ohrenspiegel" (studio album)
*2001: "Veni Creator Spiritus" (studio album)
*2002: "Evermore" (studio album)
*2002: "Selbstportrait VIII - Introspection" (studio album)
*2003: "American Steamboat" (studio album)
*2003: "Counterfeit" (studio album)
*2003: "Vom Nutzen der Stunden - Lieder vom Steinfeld Vol.III" (studio album)
*2005: "Lunz-Reinterpretations" (studio album)
*2006: "Works 1968-2005" (compilation album)
*2007: "Snapshots/Sidesteps" (studio album)
*2008: "Back Soon" (studio album)

ee also

* Aquarello
* Aqueous
* Nikos Arvanitis
* Cluster
* Brian Eno
* Morgan Fisher
* Harmonia
* Kluster
* Dieter Moebius
* Michael Rother
* Conny Plank
* Conrad Schnitzler
* Tim Story

Bibliography

"Painting with Sound: The Life and Music of Hans-Joachim Roedelius" by Stephen Iliffe. Foreword by Brian Eno - Meridian Music Guides 2003. ISBN 0954599500

External links

* [http://www.roedelius.com/ Hans-Joachim Roedelius Official Homepage]
* [http://www.starsend.org/roedelius.html Hans-Joachim Roedelius Profile]
* [http://www.thegatherings.org/TheGatheringsConcert Series]
* [http://www.spaceformusic.com/roedelius/ HANS JOACHIM ROEDELIUS - Contemporary Electronic, Piano and ...]
* [http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_BAND.asp?band_id=2497 HANS JOACHIM ROEDELIUS discography, MP3 and reviews]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1474966/ Hans-Joachim Roedelius (Filmography)]