Software was a German electronic duo active from 1984 to 1999, originally composed of Michael Weisser and Peter Mergener. The duo formerly used the name Mergener & Weisser.

History

The group released their records under the IC (

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) label, which also released a number of other electronic musicians, including

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and the

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. During a brief hiatus from 1990 to 1992, Weisser produced four albums using the Software name with a different group composition: ''Fragrance'' with

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/ref> 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), 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. Earlier that year, Vaporwave artist

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re-released the band's 1988 album ''Digital-Dance'' on his 100% Electronica label.

Members

* Michael Weisser – (1984–1999, 2007, 2017) * Peter Mergener – (1984–1990, 1992–1999) * Billy Byte – (1990–1993) *

– (1990–1992) * Georg Stettner – (1990–1992)

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)

References

External links

*
Website of Peter Mergener
(German)
Website of Michael Weisser
(German) *
Software on Progressive archives
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