Mani Neumeier
Manfred "Mani" Neumeier (born December 31, 1940 in Munich ) is a rock musician who was best known as the front man (singer and drummer) of the German Krautrock band Guru Guru .
Before Neumeier founded Guru Guru in 1968, he was a free jazz drummer in Irène Schweizer's trio . At the Berlin Jazz Days in 1967 he played in a duo with Philly Joe Jones and with the Globe Unity Orchestra . He also worked as a soloist and - still today - with numerous musicians and bands, including Peter Brötzmann , Dieter Moebius , Damo Suzuki , Harmonia , John McLaughlin , Yusef Lateef , Makoto Kawabata, Atsushi Tsuyama, Uchihashi Kazuhisa , Tatsuya Yoshida and Jojo Hiroshige. Mani also played alongHans Reffert and together with Luigi Archetti in the duo Animals of the Night and with Conni Maly as lover 303 .
After a successful tour of Japan by Guru Guru Mani Neumeier in 1996 became the first German musician in the wax museum of Tokyo set up. Neumeier lives in the Baden-Württemberg town of Hilsenhain in the Odenwald and Japan .
Discography
solo
- 1981: Mani Neumeier
- 1983: Woodruff (limited MC)
- 1992: Private (with Hubl Greiner , Jan Fride, Jim Meneses and Paramashivan)
- 1993: Terra Amphibia (with Anton Bruhin , Biber Gullatz , Jude Lane, Marc Lane, Mathew Lane and Marjuma)
- 1998: Terra Amphibia 2
- 2002: Birthday!
- 2005: Terra Amphibia 3 - Deep in the Jungle
- 2007: Sketches (also Mani )
- 2014: Talking Drums
With Guru Guru
See: Guru Guru
collaboration
- 1967: George Gruntz , Daniel Humair , Charly Antolini , Pierre Favre , Neumeier - From Sticksland With Love
- 1967: Irène Schweizer Trio - Jazz Meets India (with Manfred Schoof , Barney Wilen , Dewan Motihar Trio)
- 1967: Globe Unity Orchestra
- 1967: Irène Schweizer Trio - Early Tapes
- 1967: Wolfgang Dauner - Free Action
- 1975: Harmonia - De Luxe
- 1975: Highdelberg
- 1982: Ensemble Yniverze - Ensemble Yniverze
- 1982: Möbius, Plank , Neumeier - Zero Set
- 1983: LS Bearforce - LS Bearforce
- 1986: Alfred Harth - Red Art
- 1989: Der Blaue Hirsch - Cyberpunk (with Werner Lüdi , Wädi Gysi and Mich Gerber )
- 1989: Unknownmix - Whaba
- 1992: The Blue Deer - Brain Drain
- 1992: Animals of the Night - Hot Stuff
- 1994: Animals of the Night - Wolpertinger
- 1996: Moebius, Engler, Neumeier - Other Places
- 1996: Mani Neumeier & Peter Hollinger - Monsters of Drums
- 1997: Irène Schweizer & Mani Neumeier - European Masters of Improvisation
- 1997: Moebius, Engler, Neumeier - Space Explosion
- 1997: Damo Suzuki ’s Network - Tokyo on Air West April 30
- 1997: Damo Suzuki's Network - Tokyo on Air West 2-May
- 1997: Damo Suzuki's Network - Osaka Muse Hall 4-May
- 1997: Animals of the Night - Evergreens
- 1998: Neumeier & Hollinger - Monsters of Drums Meets the Demons of Bali
- 1998: Animals of the Night - Sleepless
- 2000: Damo Suzuki's Network - Jpn Ultd 1
- 2001: Lover 303 - Modern Fairytales
- 2001: Prescanned Passages (Raecke / Neumeier)
- 2002: Achim Jaroschek & Mani Neumeier - Europlosion
- 2002: Damo Suzuki's Network - Jpn Ultd 2
- 2003: Moebius + Neumeier - Live in Japan
- 2003: Neumeier Genrich Schmidt - Psychedelic Monsterjam
- 2005: Neumeier Genrich Schmidt - Intergalactic Travel Agency
- 2007: Between the Times (ACT Music)
- 2008: Acidmothersguruguru (Mani Neumeier, Kawabata Makoto, Atsushi Tsuyama) - Psychedelic Navigator
- 2009: Neumeier / Uchihashi - Live in Tokyo
- 2010: Gurumaniax (Mani Neumeier, Ax Genrich , Guy Segers) - Psy Valley Hill
- 2011: Kris Wanders / Mani Neumeier Quintet Taken by Surprise (with Brett Evans, Yusuke Akai, Rory Brow)
- 2012: Acidmothersguruguru - Live
- 2015: Neumeier / Keiichi Miyashita - Echoshock - Krautorock
- 2017: Wolfram Spyra - Requiem - music for the gentlemen's evening
Books
- Mani Neumeier - Kraut 'n' Rock / Guru Guru Grooves. in series Masterminds in Heupferd Musik Verlag, Dreieich 2011. ISBN 978-3-923445-10-3
Web links
- Guru Guru & Mani Neumeier - official website
- Guru Guru & Mani Neumeier - Biography @ "German Rock Lexikon"
- Literature by and about Mani Neumeier in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual references, footnotes
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Neumeier, Mani |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Neumeier, Manfred |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German rock musician, free jazz drummer, front man (singer and drummer) of the German Krautrock band Guru Guru |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 31, 1940 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |