The music industry has been left
with a huge loss as Roli Mosimann, a Swiss-born American drummer, electronic
musician and record producer passed on September 15, 2024 at age 68 after stage
IV lung cancer. With his work on Swans to his production of some of the most
innovative rock albums of the decade and his work in industrial and electronic
music, Roli Mosimann’s taste impact would stay with multiple genres for the whole
decades to come.
Roli Mosimann was born 7 November 1955 in
Thurgau Switzerland and his musical career begun in the center of Europe and in
the New York City he was the member of no wave band Swans as a drummer. Roli Mosimann's punk industrial hardcore drumming was instrumental in shaping the groups raw
early sound that was a major factor in the bands high energy stage shows that
made the group one of the leaders in the 80’s hardcore/intermediate band
movement. Well let me tell you this if Swans had a volume slider on their shows
they would be permanently set to full blast.
Aside from Swans, Roli Mosimann collaborated with JG Thirlwell from Foetus band to create more experimental
glorious music under the project called Wiseblood. Roli Mosimann's desire for Rock N Roll
while playing in the band took him to the studio to record other bands and thus
initiated his record production career, in which his diverse and cutting edge
style and creativity made him the producer of choice.
With Faith No More, primarily
with Album of the Year that was awarded an accolade of the year by the music
critics Roli Mosimann was involved in a series of pioneering projects, the same can
be stated about The The’s Mind Bomb. These musical collaborations resulted from
Roli Mosimann's integration of the club scene’s musical styles with experimental rock and
pop polymorphism, a list of artists that ranged from Skinny Puppy, an
industrial band, Celtic Frost, a metal band and New Order, a pop band.
While production work was not
always without his hitches—Skinny Puppy and Marilyn Mansion both fired him half
way through the project, Reznor’s influence could still be seen in the
progression of the records. As many great productions require greatclosed
minded leadership as many reactions as views while in an Industry of egoistic
and creative personalities Roli Mosimann continued to be the non-heated artist
behind the scenes.
The Unicode which was released
in the early 2000’s by the Polish band Miloopa is to some extent, one of Roli Mosimann’s later productions as he experimented with further sound innovations
while collaborating with Mayer and contributing to engineering and mixing. Roli Mosimann's potential to perform in so many various styles, ranging from industrial to
electronic, metal and pop – made him a universal musician who can fit both the
margins of avantgarde experimentation and mainstream consumers’ appetite.
This is something I feel only
those who knew Roli Mosimann as a trailblazer of sound would understand if they
saw him die in Wroc?aw. Swans to the Faith No More polish to the base of Nine
Inch Nails to the masterpiece of Paramore, Roli Mosimann's work will forever be etched in
countless more records that will inevitably continue pushing young generations
of musicians.
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