Mani Neumeier

Mani Neumeier
Mani Neumeier
	Mani Neumeier live with his band Guru Guru (18 November 2006)
Background information
Birth name	Manfred Neumeier
Born	31 December 1940 (age 84)
Origin	Germany
Genres	Krautrock ; Free jazz ; Experimental Music
Occupation(s)	Musician ; Drummer ; Vocalist
Instrument(s)	drums ; vocals
Website	www.mani-neumeier.de

Last updated September 04, 2025

Mani Neumeier (Manfred Neumeier, born 31 December 1940 in Munich) is a German rock musician, free-jazz drummer, artist, and frontman (singer and drummer) of the German Krautrock-band Guru Guru.^[1]

Probably best known for his work with Guru Guru, Neumeier collaborated with numerous bands and artists, such as Dieter Möbius, Damo Suzuki, Harmonia, Hans-Karsten Raecke, Irène Schweizer, Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock, Uchihashi Kazuhisa, Jojo Hiroshige, Kawabata Makoto, Yoshida Tatsuya, and Luigi Archetti. Neumeier has lived in Germany and Japan. The wax museum of Tokyo has a wax figure of him. He has also regularly collaborated with Japanese jam and noise bands Acid Mothers Temple and Hijokaidan.

Discography

Solo

1981 Mani Neumeier
1983 Waldmeister (limited MC)
1992 Privat
1993 Terra Amphibia
1998 Terra Amphibia 2
2002 Birthday !
2005 Terra Amphibia 3 - Deep In The Jungle
2007 Sketches aka Mani
2009 Smoking The Contracts
2014 Talking Drums

With Guru Guru

See: Guru Guru

Collaborations and guest appearances

(Source: )

1967 Humair, Favre, Antolini, Neumeier, Gruntz From Sticksland With Love
1967 Irène Schweizer Trio Jazz Meets India
1967 Globe Unity Orchestra
1967 Irène Schweizer Trio Early Tapes
1967 Wolfgang Dauner Free Action
1975 Harmonia Deluxe
1975 Highdelberg
1982 Ensemble Yniverze Ensemble Yniverze
1982 Moebius, Plank, Neumeier Zero Set
1983 L.S. Bearforce L.S. Bearforce
1986 Alfred Harth Red Art
1989 Der Blaue Hirsch Cyberpunk
1989 Unknownmix Whaba
1992 Der Blaue Hirsch Brain Drain
1992 Tiere Der Nacht Hot Stuff
1994 Tiere Der Nacht Wolpertinger
1996 Cosmic Couriers Other Places
1996 Mani Neumeier & Peter Hollinger Monsters Of Drums
1997 Irène Schweizer & Mani Neumeier European Masters Of Improvisation
1997 Möbius, Engler, Neumeier Space Explosion
1997 Damo Suzuki's Network Tokyo On Air West 30-April
1997 Damo Suzuki's Network Tokyo On Air West 2-May
1997 Damo Suzuki's Network Osaka Muse Hall 4-May
1997 Tiere Der Nacht Evergreens
1998 Neumeier & Hollinger Monsters Of Drums Meets The Demons Of Bali
1998 Tiere Der Nacht Sleepless
2000 Damo Suzuki's Network Jpn Ultd 1
2001 Lover 303 Modern Fairytales
2001 Hans-Karsten Raecke & Mani Neumeier Pescanned Passages
2002 Achim Jaroscheck & Mani Neumeier Europlosion
2002 Damo Suzuki's Network Jpn Ultd 2
2003 Möbius + Neumeier Live In Japan
2003 Neumeier Genrich Schmidt Psychedelic Monsterjam
2005 Neumeier Genrich Schmidt Intergalactic Travel Agency
2006 Acid Mothers Guru Guru Psychedelic Navigator (Live Collaboration with Acid Mothers Temple)
2007 Möbius + Neumeier Zero Set II
2008 Acid Mothers Temple Festival Vol. 5 DVD (Live Collaboration with Acid Mothers Temple)
2010 Hans Reffert & Mani Neumeier Der Teufel und sein Guru
2014 Cosmic Couriers Another Other Places
2015 Neumeier & Miyashita Echoshock – Krautorock
2017 Neumeier & Goos Listen To The Rainbow
2018 Neumeier & Rätsch Der Atem Des Drachen

References

↑ Ankeny, Jason. "Guru Guru: Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 23 April 2011.

External links

Guru Guru & Mani Neumeier - official web site (also known as www.guru-guru.com)
ProFX Editions (Edition Red) - a record label, releasing music by Mani Neumeier and friends.
Fünfundvierzig (45) - a record label, releasing music by Mani Neumeier (also by Damo Suzuki).

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[1] Ankeny, Jason. "Guru Guru: Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 23 April 2011.

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Aiko Ron Anderson Cotton Casino Audrey Ginestet Haco Higashi Hiroshi Ichiraku Yoshimitsu Jyonson Tsu Kawabata Makoto Kitagawa Hao Koizumi Hajime Magic Aum Gigi Mai Mai Mano Kazuhiko Mitsuru Tabata Mori Kimiho Mani Neumeier Nao Okano Futoshi Oni Ono Ryoko Pika Satoshima Nani Shimura Koji Suhara Keizo Tabata Mitsuru Taigen Kawabe (Sawano Shozo) Tsuyama Akiko Tsuyama Atsushi Tsuchy Uki Eiji Wolf (S/T) Yasuda Hisashi Yoshida Tatsuya Daevid Allen Gilli Smyth
Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. cassettes	Acid Mother's Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. (1996) Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. 1 (1997) Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. 2 (1997)
Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. studio albums	Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. (1997) Pataphisical Freak Out MU!! (1999) Wild Gals A Go-Go (1999) Troubadours from Another Heavenly World (2000) La Nòvia (2000) Absolutely Freak Out (Zap Your Mind!!) (2001) New Geocentric World of Acid Mothers Temple (2001) In C (2001) 41st Century Splendid Man (2002) Univers Zen ou de zéro à zéro (2002) Electric Heavyland (2002) St. Captain Freak Out & the Magic Bamboo Request (2002) Magical Power from Mars (2003) Hypnotic Liquid Machine from the Golden Utopia (2004) Mantra of Love (2004) The Penultimate Galactic Bordello Also the World You Made (2004) Does the Cosmic Shepherd Dream of Electric Tapirs? (2004) Minstrel in the Galaxy (2004) Close Encounters of the Mutants (2004) Have You Seen the Other Side of the Sky? (2006) Myth of the Love Electrique (2006) Crystal Rainbow Pyramid Under the Stars (2007) Nam Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo (2007) Acid Motherly Love (2007) Recurring Dream and Apocalypse of Darkness (2008) Glorify Astrological Martyrdom (2008) Cometary Orbital Drive (2008) Interstellar Guru and Zero (2009) Lord of the Underground: Vishnu and the Magic Elixir (2009) Are We Experimental? (2009) Dark Side of the Black Moon: What Planet Are We On? (2009) In 0 to ∞ (2010) Pink Lady Lemonade ~ You're From Inner Space (2011) The Ripper at the Heaven's Gates of Dark (2011) Son of a Bitches Brew (2012) IAO Chant from the Melting Paraiso Underground Freak Out (2012) Cometary Orbital Drive to 2199 (2013) In Search of the Lost Divine Arc (2013) Astrorgasm from the Inner Space (2014) Benzaiten (2015) Wake to a New Dawn of Another Astro Era (2016) Those Who Came Never Before (2017) Wandering the Outer Space (2017) Either the Fragmented Body or the Reconstituted Soul (2018) Electric Dream Ecstasy (2018) Hallelujah Mystic Garden Part 1 (2018) Paralyzed Brain (2018) Sacred and Inviolable Phase Shift (2018) Reverse of Rebirth in Universe (2018) How Was the Decisive Moment Recorded? (2019) Hallelujah Mystic Garden Part Two (2019) Pink Lady Lemonade (Double Sweet Sucker Punch) (2020) Reverse of Rebirth Reprise (2020) Chosen Star Child's Confession (2020) Voices from Ghostwood (2020) Zero Diver or Puroto Guru (2021) Demi-Demonaic Daemoog (2022)
Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. compilation albums	The Early Acid Mothers Temple Recordings 1995-1997 (2007)
Acid Mothers Gong	Acid Motherhood (2004) Acid Mothers Gong Live Tokyo (2006)
Acid Mothers Afrirampo	We Are Acid Mothers Afrirampo! (2005)
Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno	Just Another Band from the Cosmic Inferno (2005) IAO Chant from the Cosmic Inferno (2005) Starless and Bible Black Sabbath (2006) Ominous From The Cosmic Inferno (2007)
Acid Mothers Temple & The Pink Ladies Blues	Acid Mothers Temple & The Pink Ladies Blues featuring the Sun Love and the Heavy Metal Thunder (2006)
Acid Mothers Guru Guru	Psychedelic Navigator (2007)
Acid Mothers Temple SWR	SWR (2005) Stones, Women & Records (2007) Sax & the City (2011) Stones, Women and Records at Taku Taku 2009 (2011) Yes, No & Perhaps (2014)
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