Cleaner is the name of a
German
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project specializing in
electronic music
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. Formerly known as Cleen, Myer released several albums on the American
industrial music
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record label,
Metropolis Records
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, as well as the labels Zoth Ommog and
Accession Records
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Early in its existence, onl ...
.
History
Cleen began as a side project of
Haujobb's Daniel Myer, who teamed up with vocalist Thorsten Meier for the first few releases, beginning with 1997's ''Designed Memories''.
After the release of their second album, Thorsten Meier left to pursue other interests, and
Daniel Myer
Haujobb is a German electronic musical project whose output has ranged drastically within the electronic music spectrum, from electro-industrial to ambient and techno. They have become a staple crossover act, bringing several forms of electro in ...
assumed all musical and vocal duties. For the third release, ''Solaris'', Myer changed the name of Cleen to Cleaner.
Cleen, Cleaner, and Clear Vision have often been described as more synthpop oriented than Haujobb.
At this time, all of the Cleen and Cleaner releases are out of print.
Daniel Myer
Haujobb is a German electronic musical project whose output has ranged drastically within the electronic music spectrum, from electro-industrial to ambient and techno. They have become a staple crossover act, bringing several forms of electro in ...
continues to record with
Haujobb
Haujobb is a German electronic musical project whose output has ranged drastically within the electronic music spectrum, from electro-industrial to ambient and techno. They have become a staple crossover act, bringing several forms of electro ...
and his numerous other projects, including the recently formed Clear Vision, which appears to be another linguistic twist in the Cleen / Cleaner family.
Discography
*''Designed Memories'', 1998, CDEP
*''Second Path'', 1999, CD
*''The Voice'', 2000, MCD – #57 DAC Top 100 Singles of 2000
*''Solaris'', 2000, CD (as Cleaner)
– #13
CMJ
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RPM Charts
*''The Call'', 2002, CDS (as Clear Vision)
*''Deception'', 2002, CD (as Clear Vision)
See also
*
Haujobb
Haujobb is a German electronic musical project whose output has ranged drastically within the electronic music spectrum, from electro-industrial to ambient and techno. They have become a staple crossover act, bringing several forms of electro ...
References
External links
D. Myer official website
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Electro-industrial music groups
German synthpop groups
Metropolis Records artists
Zoth Ommog Records artists