Performance · Production
Johannes Schmölling
aka Johannes Schmoelling
Lohne, Germany
Johannes Schmölling is credited on 126 albums across 555 pressings tracked on Gatefold, active 1980–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
126
Albums
555
Pressings
5
Decades active
143
In collections
Biography
Johannes Schmölling, or Schmoelling, was born in Lohne (Oldenburg) (opens in a new tab), Germany in 1950. Schmölling obtained a degree in sound engineering in 1978. He then began a musical career with a band known as Tangerine Dream from 1979-1985.
Since 1986 he works successfully as a solo artist and composer for theatre and TV.
In 2011 he joined forces with Jerome Froese and Robert Waters to form Loom, a new three-members band in the tradition of Tangerine Dream.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
126 albums · 555 pressings · active 1980–2025
- Performance · 1,229
- Production · 230
- Engineering · 178
- Other credits · 37
- Mastering · 3
Studios: Dominion Theatre · Polygon Studios · Hansa Tonstudios · Riet-Studio
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Thief (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1981

Tangram
1980

Exit
1981

White Eagle
1982

Poland (The Warsaw Concert)
1984

Hyperborea
1983

Underwater Sunlight
1986

Le Parc
1985

Risky Business
1984

Logos Live
1982

Deutsche Elektronische Musik (Experimental German Rock And Electronic Musik 1972-83)
2010

Firestarter (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1984

The Keep (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1997

Legend (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1986

Recurring Dreams
2019

The Best Of Tangerine Dream
1989

Dream Sequence
1985

Flashpoint (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1984

Tangerine Dream
1981

Tangerine Dream '70 - '80
1980

Cash Cows
1980

Pilots Of Purple Twilight (The Virgin Recordings 1980-1983)
2020

Anthems Electronic 80s 2
2010

If Tomorrow Comes...
2009
Frequent collaborators
- Tangerine Dream
- Various
- Johannes Schmoelling
- Unknown Artist
- Loom (10)
- The Gems
- Spacelab (9)
- Martin Burckhardt
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