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
 
