Software (band)
Software was a German electronic duo active from 1984 to 1999, originally composed of Peter Mergener and Michael Weisser The duo formerly used the name Mergener & Weisser.
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History
The group released their records under the IC (Innovative Communication) label, which also released a number of other electronic musicians, including Klaus Schulze and the Neue Deutsche Welle group Ideal.
During a brief hiatus from 1990 to 1992, Weisser produced four albums using the Software name with a different group composition: Fragrance with Klaus Schulze and Georg Stettner, and Modesty-Blaze I / II and Cave with Billy Byte (Stephan Töteberg).[1]
After the dissolution of Software in 1999, the two musicians went their separate ways: Peter Mergener continues to compose and play electronic music, while Michael Weisser first founded the group G.E.N.E. (Grooving Electronic Natural Environments),[2] and is currently, among other things, active as a media artist.
The project released one other album in 2007. In September 2017 Weisser without Mergener released six albums under the Software name.
Members
- Michael Weisser – (1984–1999, 2007, 2017)
- Peter Mergener – (1984–1990, 1992–1999)
- Billy Byte – (1990–1993)
- Klaus Schulze – (1990–1992)
- Georg Stettner – (1990–1992)[3]
Discography
Mergener & Weisser
- Beam Scape (1984)
- Phancyful Fire (1985)
- Chip Meditation I (1985)
- Chip Meditation II (1985)
- Electronic Universe I (1985)
- Night-Light (1986)
Software
- Past-Present-Future I (1987)
- Past-Present-Future II (1987)
- Syn-Code (1987)
- Digital Dance (1988)
- Electronic Universe II (1988)
- Software Visions (1988)
- Kassettenbuch Dea Alba (1988)
- Visions (1989)
- Live-3rd Dimension (1989)
- Ocean (1990)
- Fragrance (1990)
- Modesty-Blaze I (1991)
- Modesty-Blaze II (1992)
- Software Visions (1992)
- Space Design (1993)
- Cave (1993)
- Ten Years (1994)
- Brain Food Music (1994)
- Heaven to Hell (1995)
- Sky-Dive (1997)
- Fire-Works (1998)
- Mystic Millennium I (1999)
- Mystic Millennium II (2000)
- Spring Visions (2007)
- Space World (2017)
- Sacral World (2017)
- Ocean World (2017)
- Erotic World (2017)
- Electronic World (2017)
- Dea Alba (2017)[4]
References
External links
- Official website
- Website of Peter Mergener (German)
- Website of Michael Weisser (German)
- Software discography at Discogs
- Software on Progressive archives