Conrad Schnitzler made numerous contributions to electronic music and sound art. He studied sculpture with Joseph Beuys, before leaving Düsseldorf Kunstakademie (and leaving all of his sculptures in a grassy field!) to focusing on experiments with synthesizer and tape. In 1968, Schnitzler established the Zodiak Free Arts Lab in Kreuzberg, Berlin. He soon began working with Krautrock pioneers Tangerine Dream and Kluster. In 1971, he began his solo musical career. His early recordings, Schwarz, Rot, and Blau were first published by Rene Block Gallery as multiples with handmade covers. In 1978, he released the album Con on the Egg Records label, and consequently released many albums of both synthesizer and tape-loop music. In 1986, Schnitzler founded the Generations Unlimited label and was involved in the founding of Ken Montgomery’s seminal Generator Sound Art Gallery on New York’s Lower East Side in 1989. Once a week he mailed a new 8-channel “Musik in the Dark” CONcert to New York, for Montgomery to perform. After moving to Dallgow, a small village outside of Berlin. Schnitzler “discovered the 88-keys” and began producing works for keyboard and player piano. Schnitzler continued composing and recording until his untimely death in August 2011.