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Origin
  
Germany

Children
  
Gregor Schnitzler

Role
  
Musician

Name
  
Conrad Schnitzler

Years active
  
1960–2011


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Genres
  
Electronic music, krautrock, ambient, Berlin School, new-age

Occupation(s)
  
Sound designermusicianFoley artistPerforming artist

Instruments
  
Tape recorder, synthesizer, cello, violin, keyboards, drums

Labels
  
Schnitzler Private Pressing

Died
  
August 4, 2011, Berlin, Germany

Movies
  
Kraftwerk and the Electronic Revolution

Albums
  
Con-Struct, Consequenz

Similar People
  
Hans‑Joachim Roedelius, Dieter Moebius, Edgar Froese, Klaus Schulze, Gregor Schnitzler

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Conrad ("Conny") Schnitzler (17 March 1937 – 4 August 2011) was a prolific German experimental musician. Schnitzler's father was German, his mother was Italian. He had a wife and they had three children, one of whom is son Gregor Schnitzler, who was born in 1964 in Berlin and who is a film director.

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Life

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Schnitzler was born in Düsseldorf. A co-founder of West Berlin's Zodiak Free Arts Lab, he was an early member of Tangerine Dream (1969–1970) and a founder of the band Kluster. He left Kluster in 1971, first working with his group Eruption and then focusing on solo works. Schnitzler participated in several collaborations with other electronic musicians.

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Conrad Schnitzler died from stomach cancer on 4 August 2011 in Berlin.

Discography

1970

  • Electronic Meditation (with Tangerine Dream)
  • Klopfzeichen (with Kluster)
  • 1971

  • Zwei-Osterei (with Kluster)
  • Schwarz (a.k.a. Eruption)
  • 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)
  • 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, with Peter Baumann)
  • 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
  • Deathcrush (Silvester Anfang intro) (with Mayhem)
  • 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)
  • 00/142-8 – MHz Records. Germany
  • 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
  • 20070709 (with Bernhard Woestheinrich)
  • 2009

  • Aquafit (with Big Robot) – Karisma. Norway
  • Kluster 2008: Three Olympic Cities Mix (with Michael Thomas Roe and Masato Ooyama)
  • Horror Odyssee (with Big Robot) – TIBProd. Italy
  • 2010

  • Kluster 2009: Three Voices (with Michael Thomas Roe and Masato Ooyama)
  • 2011

  • Consequenz 010B (with Wolfgang Seidel) – Mirror Tapes
  • Kluster CMO 2010 (with Michael Thomas Roe and Masato Ooyama)
  • Against The Grain (with Håvard Tveito, Ole Christensen, Kjetil Manheim, Johannes Stockhausen Hektoen, Fredrik Owesen, Tord Litleskare, Nils Martin Haugfoss, Marius Håndlykken, Shawn Ytterland and Vigleik Skogerbø)
  • 2015

  • GEN CON Barbarella (with Ken Montgomery, Arvo Zylo, Mama Baer, Kommissar Hjuler) – Psych.KG
  • GEN CON FLUX (with Ken Montgomery & Mama Baer, Kommissar Hjuler) – Psych.KG
  • genconhjulachinsky (with Ken Montgomery, Steve Dalachinsky & Kommissar Hjuler) – Psych.KG
  • References

    Conrad Schnitzler Wikipedia