Johannes Schmoelling

Johannes Schmoelling (born 9 November 1950 in Lohne, West Germany) is a German musician and keyboard artist. He was a member of the prolific electronic music group Tangerine Dream from 1979 to 1985.

A classically trained musician, he began playing piano at the age of eight. By twelve he had begun playing the pipe organ and successfully mastered the instrument so well that he began to play professionally at various churches. By 1978 Johannes had graduated from college with a degree in sound engineering and secured a job working on live theater performances at the prestigious Schaubühne am Halleschen Ufer in Berlin. He ended his stint with Tangerine Dream at the end of 1985 to pursue a solo career and has produced several solo albums as well as soundtrack music for numerous German television programs.

Tangerine Dream Schmoelling met Tangerine Dream founder Edgar Froese in 1979 at the theatre where Schmoelling worked. His first album with Tangerine Dream was Tangram and he performed with the band on many albums like Exit, White Eagle, Logos Live, Hyperborea, and Poland: The Warsaw Concert. He was also a key performer during their prolific soundtrack years in the 1980s and has soundtracks to movies such as Thief, Risky Business, Firestarter and Legend to his credit.

Loom performed at E-Live in Oirschot, Netherlands on 15 October 2011 and two shows in Budapest in 2012. In 2014, Johannes Schmoelling and Robert Waters performed with Jerome Froese at the Electronic Cirkus Festival, (not as Loom) but supporting Jerome who was a headliner at that festival. Songs by Loom and Tangerine Dream were also played. In 2016, Loom played two more concerts. At Ufa Fabrik in Berlin (where the album Years in Music was recorded), and in October, they played once again at The E-Live Festival in Oirschot, near Eindhoven in The Netherlands.

S.A.W. With the departure of Jerome Froese, Schmoelling and Waters formed a new lineup with , a sound programmer for Korg and video artist Andreas Merz. The new band known as S-A-W released their debut CD Iconic in 2020.

Discography Solo Wuivend Riet (Erdenklang, 1986) The Zoo of Tranquility (Theta, 1988) White Out (Polydor, 1990) Lieder Ohne Worte – Songs No Words (Erdenklang, 1995) Der Zaubergeiger Settembrini (Deutsche Grammophon, 1995) The Zoo of Tranquility (re-recording, Erdenklang, 1998) White Out (re-recording, Viktoriapark, 2000) Laufen (Viktoriapark, 2002) Recycle or Die (Viktoriapark, 2003) Weltmärchen – Weltmusik (Viktoriapark, 2004) Instant City (Viktoriapark, 2006) Images and Memory (2-CD compilation, Viktoriapark, 2007) Early Beginnings (recorded 1979–1985, Viktoriapark, 2008) A Thousand Times (Viktoriapark, 2009) Time And Tide (Viktoriapark, 2011) A Thousand Times Volume 2 (Viktoriapark, 2016) Songs No Words 2017 (Viktoriapark, 2017) Diary of a Common Thread (Viktoriapark, 2017) Iter Meum (Viktoriapark, 2022)

with Tangerine Dream 1980: Tangram 1980: Quichotte (Live) 1981: Thief (Soundtrack) 1981: Exit 1982: White Eagle 1982: Logos (Live) 1982: Tatort (Soundtrack) 1983: Hyperborea 1983: Wavelength (Soundtrack) 1983: Risky Business (Soundtrack) 1983: The Keep (Soundtrack) 1984: Flashpoint (Soundtrack) 1984: Firestarter (Soundtrack) 1984: Poland (Live) 1985: Le Parc 1985: Heartbreakers (Soundtrack) 1985: The Park Is Mine (Soundtrack) 1986: Legend (Soundtrack)

with Loom 100 001 (EP, Moonpop, 2011) Scored (Live, Viktoriapark, 2012) 200 002 (EP, Viktoriapark, 2013) The Tree Hates The Forest (Viktoriapark, 2014) 300 003 (EP, Moonpop, 2016) Years In Music (Live, Viktoriapark, 2016)

with S-A-W Iconic (Viktoriapark 2020) Hydragate (MIG 2023)

Other collaborations The Immortal Tourist (with Robert Waters, Viktoriapark, 2018) Zeit ∞ ? (with Robert Waters, Viktoriapark, 2019) 20 (Collaborative tracks with various artists, Viktoriapark, 2020) 21 (Collaborative tracks with various artists, Viktoriapark, 2021) Fading Memories (with Lambert Ringlage on Lambert's 'Bon Courage' album, Spheric Music, 2023)