Harmonia
In 1973, while Neu! was still active, Michael Rother teamed up with Cluster's Dieter Moebius and Hans-Joachim Roedelius to form Harmonia, working out of a rural studio in the small West German town of Forst. Rother's shimmering guitar textures met Cluster's electronic atmospheres to make something neither band had made alone. Brian Eno visited that studio in 1976 and came away calling Harmonia "the world's most important rock band," a verdict at odds with how little anyone outside West Germany had heard of them at the time.
At a glance
- Active
- 1973–1976
- From
- Forst, West Germany
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In the issues
- German KrautrockSupporting cast · 1968-1975
German Krautrock is a music scene from West Germany (Düsseldorf, Cologne, Berlin), 1968–1975. Its principal artists include Kraftwerk, Can, Neu! and Tangerine Dream. This issue covers 10 essential albums and 12 dated events.
Family tree
Bands that shared members with Harmonia, and who.
Places
- Conny's Studio (Conny Plank Studio)Cologne · 1969-1987 · German Krautrock
Producer Conny Plank's studio where he recorded Neu!, Cluster, Harmonia, and early Kraftwerk, becoming the sonic architect of krautrock's experimental production techniques.
Voices
Quotations from the issues, each matched word for word against the source it links to.
“We were a lot of the times on the streets instead of studying. As young people we were not very proud to be German [...] we were all tired of listening to bad German music and imitations of American music. Something had to happen.”