Chrislo

Christian Ludwig "Chrislo" Haas was a German Neue Deutsche Welle musician best known as a member of Liaisons Dangereuses and a founding member of Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft and Der Plan. He was also a member of Crime & the City Solution. Haas was born in Aichach and moved to Berlin. He heavily influenced the German music scene of the 1980s through his work on the synthesizer with bands such as Minus Delta t, D.A.F., CHBB/Liaisons Dangereuses and Crime & the City Solution. He is regarded as one of the founding fathers of techno and modern electronic dance music. Haas' work was extensively documented in Verschwende Deine Jugend, Jürgen Teipel's book on the Neue Deutsche Welle. Haas died in late October 2004 at the age of 47 years in Berlin from circulatory collapse due to excessive alcohol consumption.