Cleaner
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Cleaner is the name of a German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 project specializing in electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...

. Formerly known as Cleen, Myer released several albums on the American industrial music
Industrial music
Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...

 record label, Metropolis Records
Metropolis Records
Metropolis Records is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based record label, distributor, and mail-order store specializing in the post-industrial field such as electro-industrial, synthpop, futurepop, darkwave, and gothic musical genres....

, as well as the labels Zoth Ommog and Accession Records
Accession Records
Accession Records is a record label created by Adrian Hates.-Artists:* Angels of Venice* Assemblage 23* Cleaner * Diary of Dreams* Diorama * Lights of Euphoria* Nerve Filter* Panzer AG* SITD* Faderhead...

.

Members / History

Cleen began as a side project of Haujobb’s
Haujobb
Haujobb is a German musical project whose output has ranged drastically within the electronic music spectrum, from electro-industrial to IDM and techno...

 Daniel Myer, who teamed up with vocalist Thorsten Meier for the first few releases, beginning with 1997’s Designed Memories. After the release of their second album, Thorsten Meier left to pursue other interests, and Daniel Myer assumed all musical and vocal duties. For the third release, Solaris, Myer changed the name of Cleen to Cleaner. Cleen, Cleaner, and Clear Vision have often been described as more synthpop oriented than Haujobb.

At this time, all of the Cleen and Cleaner releases are out of print. Daniel Myer continues to record with Haujobb
Haujobb
Haujobb is a German musical project whose output has ranged drastically within the electronic music spectrum, from electro-industrial to IDM and techno...

and his numerous other projects, including the recently formed Clear Vision, which appears to be another linguistic twist in the Cleen / Cleaner family.

Discography

  • Designed Memories, 1998, CDEP
  • Second Path, 1999, CD
  • The Voice, 2000, MCD
  • Solaris, 2000, CD (as Cleaner)
  • The Call, 2002, CDS (as Clear Vision)
  • Deception, 2002, CD (as Clear Vision)
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