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Biography

1967 - Student at the High School of Weimar (former East Germany)

1972 - Civil Service Examination. Further studies at the German High School for Music in Berlin.

1974 - Activity as a freelance composer and musician: Radio and record productions in the fields of rock, film, theatre music as well as music for children.

1976 - Various European tours as bass/keyboard player with the (East)German band "Wir".

1978 - After a concert in (West) Berlin's "Eisporthalle" decided to stay in the West.

1979 - Founded rockband "Extra".

1980 - Meets with Klaus Schulze. First musical collaborations and releases.

1981 - Release of the album "Extra" on Reflector/Metronome as well as the albums "Trancefer" and "Audentity" in collaboration with Klaus Schulze.

1982 - Flandern Festival Man-Music-Machine with Klaus Schulze in Gent/Netherlands.
Release of solo-album "Dreamkiller".
Theatre music for Alfred Jarrys King b. on Berlins Freie Theateranstalt.

1983 - Concert Tours with Klaus Schulze through West and East Europe.

1984 - Co-founder of the independent label "Inteam" with Klaus Schulze.
Release of the album "Aphrica" with Klaus Schulze and the painter Ernst Fuchs.
Release of solo album "Drive Inn 1".
Release of the radio drama "Dr. Faustus elektrisiert" by Gertrude Stein.

1985 - Soundtrack for the Norvegian film "Havlandet".
Release of the computer musical "AMPSY" after an adaptation of the classical subject "Amor & Psyche".

1986 - Solo Album "Drive Inn II"

1987 - Meets Marian Gold, voice and brain of Alphaville. Starts musical collaboration. Founding the project "Albert & The Heart of Gold".

1988/9 - Collaborating with Marian Gold and Alphaville as keyboard player and arranger.

1990 - Release of "Drive Inn 1" and "Drive Inn II" in the States and Internationally.
Collaboration for the pre-production of Roger Waters' "The Wall" (Berlin)

1991/2 - Co-writing and co-production for Marian Gold's solo-album So Long Celeste.

1993/4 - Co-writing, arranging and programming for Alphaville's album Prostitute.

Since 1994 - Collaboration as music pedagogue for the society "Le Merle Noire" as part of the European Music Action.
Project: "Die Schöpfung" (Creation) by Haydn. Creation of the theme with children.

1996 - Co-writing, arrangements and programming for Marian Gold's solo-album United.

1997/8 - Collaboration on the new Alphaville album Salvation.
Production of new solo-album "Drive Inn III".

Drive Inn III

All songs on this album are instrumental. The music is kind of progressive ambient style, very Alphaville'ish (four of the songs were written by Marian and Rainer). The songs are mystic and inspiring but also very danceable. The song "Mysterion" was initially written by Marian alone (it also appears on Dreamscapes), it sounds like the style of Enigma's music - Listen to it, you'll love it.

Tracklisting:

• Archimedes Plaza (2:59, Bloss)
• Dawn Patrol (3:42, Bloss, Gold)
• Love 15 (4:55, Bloss)
• Eternal Restroom (3:18, Bloss, Gold)
• Ford Galaxy (3:44, Bloss)
• Mysterion (11:08, Bloss, Gold)
• Astrodome (4:29, Bloss)
• Nebula (4:33, Bloss)
• Enter Space (4:21, Bloss)
• Space Driver (5:33, Bloss)
• Gagarin Lighthouse(4:02, Bloss)
• Endless (4:35, Bloss)
• Metamorphosis (3:54, Bloss, Gold)

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