Conrad Schnitzler
Conrad Schnitzler (1937 to 2011) was an institution of German electronic music for forty years. A student of Joseph Beuys in Düsseldorf in the mid 1960s, he opened the Zodiak Free Arts Lab in Berlin in 1968, played on Tangerine Dream's first album, Electronic Meditation, then left to form Kluster with Dieter Moebius and Hans-Joachim Roedelius.
Slow Motion
Schnitzler decelerates: long, hovering electronic tones and slow-turning sequences that reward patience. 'Slow Motion' is among the more meditative corners of his vast output, cold, spacious and quietly mesmerising.
Filmmusik 2
The second volume of Schnitzler's cinema for the mind's eye. Sequencer motifs and alien textures sketch scene after scene of electronic drama: the restless imagination of a true pioneer, drawn from his boundless tape archive.
Filmmusik 1
Imaginary soundtracks from the Kluster co-founder. 'Filmmusik 1' collects vivid electronic scenes, sinister, playful and cosmic by turns, music for films that never existed, from one of Germany's boldest sonic minds.
Congratulacion
More from the inexhaustible archive of Berlin's electronic anarchist. Schnitzler stacks pulsing sequences and caustic tone-colours into restless, self-contained machines of sound: uncompromising, hypnotic and utterly his own.
Conditions of the Gas Giant
Previously unreleased tapes from the Kluster co-founder and restless electronic pioneer. Cold, pulsing sequencer patterns and alien tone-colours map an imaginary planet: raw, hypnotic and unmistakably Schnitzler, from his vast archive.
Conal
Conal arrived in 1981 on the Norwegian independent Uniton Records, in a run of 4,000 copies, at a point when Conrad Schnitzler was long past being a German secret. The founding member of Kluster and a brief early presence in Tangerine Dream had spent…
Nachtfahrt
*150 copies limited edition* Here CON presents an uneasy experimental piece exploring obscure liquid sonic realms and their contents. Schnitzler continues to take the familiar and transform it into something unrecognizably warped. Nachtfahrt is a dee…
LichtPunkte
*150 copies limited edition* LichtPunkte is a dense work, enhanced by inventive arrangements and powerful narrative ideas so abundant that the album could serve as a launchpad for several more works. There are spaces filled with melodies that float a…
Consequenz III
On Consequenz III, Conrad Schnitzler and Wolf Sequenza (Wolfgang Seidel) drive their most “pop‑adjacent” collaboration to a razor’s edge. Eleven short rhythmic études balance strict, serial electronics against near‑song structures, turning drum‑tight…
Cas-Con II
As part of our series "Experimental Electronic Underground GDR", we are very pleased to be able to make a very special recording available again. On the evening of 3.9.1986, the privately announced and illegal concert took place in the Erlöserkirche …
Con-Struct
The German pioneer of electronic music Conrad Schnitzler (1937-2011) amassed a vast archive of sounds for use in combination with each other in live performances. In 2011 the idea came up of con-structing new compositions, not remixes, from this mate…
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Rot (CD)
First 1997 CD re-issue on Plate Lunch of the wild electronic first album from 1973 former Tangerine Dream / Kluster memember and one of the most peculiar and adventurous electronic explorers of the German scene.
Zug (LP)
First vinyl re-issue on M=minimal of the very rare privately released "red cassette" from 1974 of minimal rhythmic/floating electronic music by former Tangerine Dream / Kluster memember and one of the most peculiar and adventurous electronic explorer…
Auf Dem Schwarzen Kanal (12"EP)
Very rare original 1980 EP on RCA with four pieces of NDW/avantgarde-dance electronic music by former Tangerine Dream / Kluster memember and one of the most peculiar and adventurous electronic explorers of the German scene.
Contrasts (2 tapes)
1988 double-cassette set on Auricle released in an edition of 200 hand-numbered copies by the two outstanding Berlin electronic musicians.
Deutsche Elektronische Musik 2 (Record A) (2LP)
First volume of the Soul Jazz's superb introduction to experimental German rock and electronic Musik from 1971 to 1983, a 2013 2LP set featuring A.R. & Machines, Can, Roedelius, Michael Rother, Popol Vuh, Michael Hoenig, Agitation Free, D.A.F., Haral…
Windmills
*150 copies limited edition* On the website fancymoon.com, CON himself describes 'Windmills' as Electro Cosmic Metal Industrial. It comprises 33 tracks and represents a continuous body of electronic music. The album was recorded and performed in the …
Upwards
*150 copies limited edition* The music on 'Upwards' is constantly surprising and as always, it's expansive and incredibly captivating. The work comprises 19 "electric miniature" compositions, and one could say they all lead nowhere – and this is true…
No Borders (LP)
Rare and great post-industrial experimental compilation edited by the Haters' GX Jupitter-Larsen presenting very obscure Canadian projects available only here - Si Monkey, .08, Xyster and L.C.D. Grey - plus the outstanding Italian master M.B, private…
Rr·concerrt
*150 copies limited edition* Like all concerts by Conrad Schnitzler, this one is unpredictable and always captivatingly beautiful. A masterfully crafted mix of four solo works, all located in close proximity to the RR album itself. There are few such…
Memory
*150 copies limited edition* 'Memory' is a saturated, multifaceted poem, a work of sound art set against a backdrop of shimmering cosmic space. It is a sonic excursion into memory, reflecting both the light and the darkness of our consciousness. Movi…
Convex
LP version. Convex is one of a series of LPs that Schnitzler released himself in the 1980s. It is one of his LPs that convey virtually no visible information. Only the title is printed in large letters on the cover of Convex, and in tiny letters that…
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Control
LP version. "Control was created during a phase of Schnitzler's work in which his friendship with Peter Baumann (formerly of Tangerine Dream) allowed him to try out and use new electronic sound generators and peripheral technologies. He never used th…
Silberland Vol 3: The Ambient Side Of Kosmische Musik (1972–1986)
On their last trip to Silberland, hurtled along the chrome highways and glass skyways of the kosmische landscape, powered ever onwards in perpetual motorik motion. This time, however, the Hamburg imprint opt for an unhurried itinerary, coasting far b…
DronosWalze / Dron
With DronosWalze / Dron, Conrad Schnitzler revisits and redefines the drone form, crafting a dual album that foregrounds his singular approach to electronic minimalism. These expansive pieces radiate immersion and mechanical elegance - each a testame…
Control
Control captures Conrad Schnitzler at a pivotal moment in his solo career, with recordings made between 1979-1981 at his home studio in Berlin. Following his departure from Kluster and his brief tenure with Tangerine Dream, Schnitzler had fully commi…
Gelb
The second chapter in Schnitzler's color trilogy of pure electronic minimalism. Released in 1981 on Edition Block, Gelb continues the radical sonic experiments begun with Grün, stripping electronic music to its most stark and uncompromising essence. …
Gruen
Electronic minimalism at its most hypnotic and uncompromising. Released in 1981 on Edition Block, this is pure Schnitzler—no concessions, no commerciality, just the sonic vision of one of Germany's most radical electronic pioneers. Former Tangerine D…
Drei Kugeln
*100 copies limited edition* Totally concentrated, this album captures the birth of new ideas almost every minute – each emerging, disappearing instantly, and making way for the next. Reminiscent of Elliott Sharp’s 'Phlogiston' and the works of Rolan…
RhythmiCon
*100 copies limited edition* Con's rhythmic explorations, carried out over 18 years from 1982, culminated in this full 66-minute album. A truly unique release, it stands apart from his other works, offering a distinct sonic experience. Intentionally …
Krautrock Eruption – An Introduction To German Electronic Music 1970-1980
Krautrock, what is it anyway? A genre, a derogative term, a song by Faust, … or: a welcome (and recurring) opportunity to talk about all of this. The music associated with the term in question has eagerly been canonized. From the enthusiastic and idi…
The Red Cassette
Original ultra-rare cassette self-released by Con in 1973.
Con '72 Part II
Second volume of Conrad Schnitzler's previously unheard wild early synthesizer experiments recorded live in London in 1972 and released in a limited edition LP by Qbico in 2004.
Con '72
First volume of Conrad Schnitzler's previously unheard wild early synthesizer experiments recorded live in London in 1972 and released as a limited edition LP by Qbico in 2002.
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John Tyler Selection
*100 copies limited edition* A successful example of a collaboration between critic/listener and musician, where existing artifacts acquire a new sound through their combination. This release is an essential tool in the musical arsenal of both a begi…
Magie
*100 copies limited edition* Like the entire series of 100 works showcasing the most notable viewpoints in CON's electronic space, 'Magie' is a unique facet that draws the listener into an unpredictable, sometimes frightening journey into the unknown…
Blau
** 500 copies. Limited 50th Anniversary Edition: embossed, reverse board, hand numbered, limited edition red vinyl ** On the red album, Conrad Schnitzler laid down the direction his musical artistry would take. The blue album (Blau) offered confirmat…
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Aufzug
*100 copies limited edition* Flip-Flap is pleased to announce that the series of works chosen by Conrad Schnitzler for publication with us is now continued with the help of the Dutch-based distributor Fonodroom. This selection of works was originally…
Activis
Flip-Flap is pleased to announce that the series of works chosen by Conrad Schnitzler for publication with us is now continued with the help of the Dutch-based distributor Fonodroom. This selection of works was originally made by Conrad Schnitzler hi…
Rot
** 500 copies. Limited 50th Anniversary Edition: embossed, reverse board, hand numbered, limited edition red vinyl ** There was a particular type of artist who could only have emerged in the legendary early 1970s. Few musicians fit the bill better th…
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