Klaus Röder

Klaus Röder (often spelled Roeder; born 7 April 1948) is a German musician and music teacher. Born in Stuttgart, Germany, he currently lives and teaches in Langenfeld, Rhineland, Germany. Röder is married and has three children.

Klaus Röder
Birth nameKlaus Röder
Born (1948-04-07) 7 April 1948
Stuttgart, Germany
Genres
Occupation(s)Musician, music teacher
InstrumentsPiano, violin, guitar
Years active1969–present
Associated actsKraftwerk
Websitewww.klaus-roeder.org

He studied violin and piano, then began a study of sound engineering in 1968, later switching to part-time studies in composition and guitar at the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf, ultimately graduating in 1980 with a diploma in electronic music composition.

Interested in experimental and avant garde music he began creating custom-made instruments, also using synthesizers and tape recorders to manipulate recorded sounds.

During this period he played guitar (used as a sound trigger device for synthesizer) in a free jazz group, Synthesis, and briefly, during 1974, with the electronic band Kraftwerk.[1][2]

Since 1975 he has worked from his own electronic music studio, latterly using personal computers entirely for composing and creating music.[3][4]

Röder had an interview about his Kraftwerk time on music documentary film "Kraftwerk And The Electronic Revolution" produced by Rob Johnstone, released in 2008.[5][6][7]

Discography

With Kraftwerk

As Solo

  • 1978 Schmutzmusik[8][9]
  • 1981 Elektronische Kompositionen / Klaus Röder[10]
  • 1985 Kompositionen 1981 - 1983[11]
  • 1993 Kristallisationen 5[12]
  • 1999 Live-Music 1[13]
  • 2002 Frozen Sounds[14]
  • 2009 Kristallisationen - LP[15]
  • 2010 Kristallisationen 2 - LP[16]

Documentary

  • 2008 Kraftwerk And The Electronic Revolution[17][18]

References
  1. Schmidt, Marko (25 February 1999). "Stellungnahme von Klaus Röder (Kraftwerker von 1974-1975) zum Buch von Wolfgang Flür" [Statement by Klaus Röder (Kraftwerk from 1974-1975) on the book by Wolfgang Flür]. Germankraft.de (in German). Archived from the original on 12 August 2004. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  2. "Biographie". KlausRöder.org (in German). 2007. Archived from the original on 3 August 2009. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  3. "Klaus Röder - Biography". KlausRöder.org. 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  4. "Biographie". KlausRöder.org (in German). 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  5. "Kraftwerk and the Electronic Revolution - DVD Documentary - Audio-biog - Interview - Music". Rob Johnstone, Chrome Dreams Media Ltd. 2008. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  6. "About the DVD - Kraftwerk And The Electronic Revolution". MyReviewer.com. 2008. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  7. "Kraftwerk and the electronic revolution [videorecording] (Originally released in 2004) in SearchWorks". Stanford University Libraries. 2008. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  8. Röder, Klaus (1978). "Schmutzmusik". Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (in German).
  9. "Schmutzmusik". Klaus-Roeder.org.
  10. Röder, Klaus (March 25, 1981). "Elektronische Kompositionen". Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (in German).
  11. Röder, Klaus (March 25, 1985). "Kompositionen 1981 - [19]83". Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (in German).
  12. "Kristallisation 5". Klaus-Roeder.org (in German).
  13. "Life-Music 1". Klaus-Roeder.org (in German).
  14. "Frozen Sounds". Klaus-Roeder.org (in German).
  15. "Klaus Roder : Kristallisationen - PLANAM 006LP". Forced Exposure.com.
  16. "Klaus Roder : Kristallisationen 2 - PLANAM 012LP". Forced Exposure.com.
  17. Kraftwerk And The Electronic Revolution (UK) at Discogs
  18. Kraftwerk And The Electronic Revolution (AUS) at Discogs


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