Michael Rother

Michael Rother ( born September 2, 1950 in Hamburg ) is a German rock musician and composer.

Career

Already 1965-1971 played as a guitarist Michael Rother in the Düsseldorf band Spirits of Sound. In 1971 he was a member of the group Kraftwerk made ​​an appearance in the Beat-Club. 1971 to 1975 he played in the group NEW! with Klaus Dinger. 1973-1976 led the collaboration with Dieter Moebius and Hans -Joachim Roedelius in Harmonia group to two LP releases. 1977 succeeded Michael Rother with his first solo album " Flaming Hearts" then the breakthrough. As a result, he then published several solo albums, worked over and over again along with other artists such as Moebius, Rodelius and Brian Eno, produced theater and film music. In his " caterwauling " Home Studio from 1983 he was one of the first German musician who produced his music with the Fairlight CMI computer music instrument. As part of the radio program " sounds from the synthesizer " Rother was in 1985 a broad insight into his musical work. In 1998 it came under the COMM 98 in Dusseldorf after 22 years of absence from the stage back to a first live performance, now the others followed.

Caused a stir Rother 2003, when he was at a concert of the band Red Hot Chili Peppers in Hamburg to a jam session on stage. As a result, there were further collaborations between the guitarist of the band, John Frusciante and Rother. 2004 gave the two a joint concert in Los Angeles. Was released in 2004 the album " Remember ( the Great Adventure) ", which was also Asmus Tietchens and Herbert Grönemeyer have participated. On July 1, 2007 in Hamburg, improvised Rother at the end of the concert of Red Hot Chili Peppers with the band. A reunion concert by Harmonia original members was held in Berlin's House of World Cultures on 27 November 2007. In 2009 he took part with the title Neutronics 98 ( A Tribute To Conny Plank) on the compilation Brand New! That a British Tribute priority groups to New! represents. In addition to Michael Rother include Oasis, Primal Scream and Kasabian to see the publication.

Discography

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