1. Michael Rother resided in Pakistan in the early 1960s where he was exposed to Pakistani music that would influence his own music in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
11 Facts About Michael Rother
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From 1965 Michael Rother played in the band Spirits of Sound, from which other members would later go on to join Kraftwerk and Wunderbar.
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Michael Rother regained the rights to these releases in the late 90s, and re-released CD versions of them, all of which contained bonus tracks, usually in the form of then-current remixes of original album tracks.
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Michael Rother's album, Remember featured vocals and was released in 2004.
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On 1 July 2007, Michael Rother joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers for a live jam at the end of their concert in Hamburg.
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In 2010, Michael Rother played five shows in Europe with Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley and Tall Firs guitarist Aaron Mullan.
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In 2015, Michael Rother recorded scores for the German film Die Rauber by Paul Cruchten and Frank Hoffmann and the German TV film Houston by Bastian Gunther.
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In February 2019, Michael Rother re-released his first four solo albums and his recent soundtrack work for The Robbers and Houston in the boxset Solo.
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On 4 September 2020, Michael Rother released his new album Dreaming.
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Michael Rother recorded the track with Vittoria Maccabruni with whom he recorded a whole album which was released in January 2022 on Groenland Records titled As Long As The Light.
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In 2010 Michael Rother released the "Blinkgurtel" single with his live group Hallogallo 2010.