Dieter Moebius & Tim Story - Moebius Strips (2021)

"Moebius helped forge the sound of European electronics during a particularly fruitful period in Germany... harnessing electricity and circuitry to create frequencies with overwhelming warmth and depth. He visited realms that broke free both aurally and structurally and still sound modern." (LA Times)

"Story has pulled off something marvellous here…” (The Wire, October 2021)

"A moving and monumental achievement by all those involved, this is one of the rare tribute albums that is just as essential as the work of its subject matter." (Record Crates United, October 2021)

Curious Music is pleased to announce the launch of Tim Story's new audio installation Moebius Strips. Honoring Story’s collaborator and dear friend Dieter “Moebi” Moebius (Cluster, Harmonia, Brian Eno, Conny Plank), Moebius Strips is a multichannel audio installation for museums, festivals, galleries, and other public spaces. Working with Moebius’ widow Irene, Story has collected thousands of his sounds, noises, samples and loops, and reimagined/recomposed these in patterned ‘strips’ which, out of the context of their original settings, combine in new and ever-evolving layers on the installation’s soundstage.

Moebius’ music continues to inspire a generation of sound explorers and composers, and we have honored those connections by inviting a distinguished group of artists who have been influenced by his work as well as former collaborators, to add their voice to the Strips – to interact in their own unique ways with the constructions - including contributions from Geoff Barrow (Portishead, Beak), Sarah Davachi, Jean-Benoît Dunckel (Air), Eve Maret, Mark Mothersbaugh (Devo), Phew, Hans-Joachim Roedelius (Cluster, Harmonia), Michael Rother (Harmonia, NEU!) and Yuri Suzuki.

Moebius Strips is commemorated with a limited edition cd (including options of 200 hand-numbered and signed by Tim Story or a shirt/cd bundle). The beautiful CD package was designed by artist Sebastian Boecking and comes in a matte finish with spot gloss printing of Moebi’s signature, new essays by Tim Story and Geeta Dayal, and a 32-page booklet which includes many previously unpublished photos (including of Harmonia and Cluster and Eno). Fancy pics coming soon. Strips will also be available as a limited “museum-edition” audiophile vinyl release (Spring 2022).