Mani Neumeier (Manfred Neumeier, born 31 December 1940 in

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) is a German rock musician,

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drummer, artist, and frontman (singer and drummer) of the German

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-band

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. Probably best known for his work with

, Neumeier collaborated with numerous bands and artists, such as Dieter Möbius,

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, Hans-Karsten Raecke,

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, and

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. Neumeier has lived in

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and

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has a wax figure of him. He has also regularly collaborated with Japanese jam and noise bands

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Discography

Solo

* 1981 ''Mani Neumeier'' * 1983 ''Waldmeister'' (limited MC) * 1992 ''Privat'' * 1993 ''Terra Amphibia '' * 1998 ''Terra Amphibia 2'' * 2002 ''Birthday !'' * 2005 ''Terra Amphibia 3 - Deep In The Jungle'' * 2007 ''Sketches'' aka ''Mani'' * 2009 ''Smoking The Contracts''

With Guru Guru

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Collaborations and guest appearances

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'' * 1967 Humair, Favre, Antolini, Neumeier, Gruntz ''From Sticksland With Love'' * 1967

Trio ''Jazz Meets India'' * 1967 Globe Unity Orchestra * 1967

Trio ''Early Tapes'' * 1967 Wolfgang Dauner ''Free Action'' * 1975

'' Deluxe (Harmonia album), Deluxe'' * 1975 Highdelberg * 1982 Ensemble Yniverze ''Ensemble Yniverze'' * 1982 Moebius, Plank, Neumeier ''

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'' * 1983 L.S. Bearforce ''L.S. Bearforce'' * 1986 Alfred Harth ''Red Art'' * 1989 Der Blaue Hirsch ''Cyberpunk'' * 1989 Unknownmix ''Whaba'' * 1992 Der Blaue Hirsch ''Brain Drain'' * 1992 Tiere Der Nacht ''Hot Stuff'' * 1994 Tiere Der Nacht ''Wolpertinger'' * 1996 Cosmic Couriers '' Other Places'' * 1996 Mani Neumeier & Peter Hollinger ''Monsters Of Drums'' * 1997

& Mani Neumeier ''European Masters Of Improvisation'' * 1997 Möbius, Engler, Neumeier ''Space Explosion'' * 1997

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''Tokyo On Air West 30-April'' * 1997

''Tokyo On Air West 2-May'' * 1997

''Osaka Muse Hall 4-May'' * 1997 Tiere Der Nacht ''Evergreens'' * 1998 Neumeier & Hollinger ''Monsters Of Drums Meets The Demons Of Bali'' * 1998 Tiere Der Nacht ''Sleepless'' * 2000

''Jpn Ultd 1'' * 2001 Lover 303 ''Modern Fairytales'' * 2001 Hans-Karsten Raecke & Mani Neumeier ''Pescanned Passages'' * 2002 Achim Jaroscheck & Mani Neumeier ''Europlosion'' * 2002

''Jpn Ultd 2'' * 2003 Möbius + Neumeier ''Live In Japan'' * 2003 Neumeier Genrich Schmidt ''Psychedelic Monsterjam'' * 2005 Neumeier Genrich Schmidt ''Intergalactic Travel Agency'' * 2006 Acid Mothers Guru Guru ''Psychedelic Navigator'' (Live Collaboration with

) * 2007 Möbius + Neumeier ''Zero Set II'' * 2008 Acid Mothers Temple Festival Vol. 5 DVD (Live Collaboration with

) * 2010 Hans Reffert & Mani Neumeier ''Der Teufel und sein Guru'' * 2014 Cosmic Couriers '' Another Other Places''

References

External links

Guru Guru & Mani Neumeier
- official web site (also known as www.guru-guru.com)
Fünfundvierzig (45)
- a record label, releasing music by Mani Neumeier (also by

). 1940 births Living people Musicians from Munich German rock singers German rock drummers Male drummers German male musicians Krautrock German jazz drummers German male jazz musicians {{Jazz-drummer-stub