1. Edgar Froese was born in Tilsit, East Prussia, on D-Day during World War II; members of his family, including his father, had been killed by the Nazis and after the war his mother and surviving family settled in Berlin.
12 Facts About Edgar Froese
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Edgar Froese took piano lessons from the age of 12, and started playing guitar at 15.
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Edgar Froese started an evening degree in Psychology and Philosophy and received his doctorate on Kant's categorical imperative.
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Edgar Froese declared himself to be vegetarian, teetotal, and a non-smoker; he did not take drugs.
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Edgar Froese was married to artist and photographer Monika Edgar Froese from 1974 until her death in 2000.
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In 2002, Edgar Froese married artist and musician Bianca Froese-Acquaye.
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Edgar Froese was a friend of such artists as David Bowie, Brian Eno, Iggy Pop, George Moorse, Volker Schlondorff, Alexander Hacke and Friedrich Gulda.
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Edgar Froese helped Bowie with his recovery from drugs and introduced him to the Berlin underground scene.
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Edgar Froese died suddenly in Vienna on 20 January 2015 from a pulmonary embolism.
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Edgar Froese was posthumously awarded the Schallwelle Honorary Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2015.
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Edgar Froese was quoted by the BBC as having once said: "there is no death, there is just a change of our cosmic address".
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The tracks on discs one and two are remixed and contain new overdubs, and Edgar Froese is credited as producer for the entire album.