Cluster - Cluster 71
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Artist: ClusterEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-02-21
Music Label: Water
Soundtracks:
- 15:33
- 7:38
- 21:17
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Free Music Review: More great experimental music
Hit: 5 Stars
Cluster was one of those groups that I've been long aware of been not until now that I tried anything from them. The group was previously known as Kluster, but with ex-Tangerine Dream member Conrad Schnitzler leaving for a solo career, Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Dieter Moebius continued on as Cluster. It has to be noted that Roedelius was considerably older than your typical Krautrock musician. He was even older than the members of Can, he was born in 1934 (meaning he was even a bit older than Elvis Presley), while the oldest member of Can (Irmin Schmidt) was born in 1937. That meant he most likely had a background in 20th century avant garde classical, rather than rock.
Anyways, Cluster '71 (released in 1971, obviously) was the first album under the Cluster name, and what's really interesting is all the sounds you hear come off sound generators, organs, and guitars, no synthesizers. Kraftwerk from around the same time, happened to be using similar gear and often got similar sounds, although they obviously had a different musical approach. And like Kraftwerk at that time, Cluster was recording for Philips. But Cluster had an even more minimalist approach, often emphasizing drones, bleeps, and blips, done in a completely non-conventional manner. Like what Tangerine Dream was doing around the same time, you won't find any melodies that you'll find yourself humming, not to mention you might find quite a few people who will not like this album, some would write it off as noise. But then what Tangerine Dream was doing around the same time gave people a similar reaction. So if you don't mind Zeit, don't mind "Aumgn" from Can's Tago Mago, or the early experiments of pre-Autobahn Kraftwerk, you shouldn't have much problems with what Cluster was doing early on, and this is a great album of experimental music that I highly recommend!
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Dieter Moebius and Hans-Joachim Roedelius (aka Cluster) released this, their first album, after Conrad Schnitzler (Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream) left the group originally known as Kluster in 1971. On the outer edge of German space rock, Cluster 71 stands as a testament to minimalist 'cosmische' music. The three untitled tracks are exploratory, ever-changing pieces which focus on guitar distortion and synthesizer wails. This album deserves the many accolades it's been given, and holds up as an early landmark in the history of beatless ambience.Alternative Rock Music CDs
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