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Gen Ken Montgomery tells the story of art and life that was sound pioneer Conrad Schnitzler (1937-2011). A longtime friend and collaborator of the Berlin-based visionary, Montgomery walks us through the early days (with Fluxus, Joseph Beuys), his psychedelic and Krautrock period (Tangerine Dream, Kluster), stubborn individualism and outsider lifestyle, creative use of technology, and the imaginative, influential, foretelling of the emergence of sound as a key component in art. The program is loaded with musical examples including tracks from Tangerine Dream and Kluster, Rot from 1974, The 88 Game of 1984, the CONcert LP of 1985, Conal from 2001, Endtime (his last recording) and a revealing message left on Gen Ken Montgomery's voicemail.