Conrad Schnitzler

The Profile

Conrad Schnitzler (1937–2011) was a German pioneer of experimental electronic music and krautrock. A co-founder of Tangerine Dream and Kluster, he later pursued a vast solo career exploring tape loops, synthesizers, and radical sound collage. Born in Düsseldorf, he died in Berlin of stomach cancer.

German experimental electronic and krautrock pioneer; co-founded Tangerine Dream and Kluster; born 1937 in Düsseldorf to a German father and Italian mother; died 2011 in Berlin of stomach cancer; active from the 1960s to 2011.

A single, positive review digs into Schnitzler’s early-’70s experimental electronics via Blau: mechanical loops, boundary-smashing krautrock energy, and hypnotic abstraction. Public facts confirm he co-founded Tangerine Dream and Kluster and remained a prolific solo pioneer. German, born 1937 in Düsseldorf, died 2011 in Berlin.