Apropos Cluster
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Apropos Cluster is a full-length studio album by Dieter Moebius
and Hans-Joachim Roedelius also known as German electronic music outfit Cluster
. It was also their first album after an eight year long hiatus.
In 1989 Dieter Moebius
and Hans-Joachim Roedelius reunited to the delight of their fans, recording Apropos Cluster during 1989 and 1990 in Blumau, Austria
. The album was released on the Curious Music label in 1991. It was "Cluster"'s first U.S. release. Apropos Cluster is musically and structurally similar to Grosses Wasser
though it lacked the rhythmic tracks of the 1979 release, instead comprising a mixture of gentle, ambient pieces in the four shorter tracks followed by the nearly 22 minute long, more experimental title piece.
"Emmental" became the signature track for Cluster. It was included on the 1997 live album First Encounter Tour 1996
and was often performed live by Roedelius at solo concerts during the band's second hiatus.
Apropos Cluster was reissued on the Swirldisc Records label on August 23, 1996.
Dieter Moebius
Dieter Moebius is a German/Swiss experimental/krautrock/ambient/electronic musician.Moebius studied art in Brussels and Berlin and met there Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Conrad Schnitzler . They founded a band Kluster in 1969. After the departure of Schnitzler, they changed their name to Cluster...
and Hans-Joachim Roedelius also known as German electronic music outfit Cluster
Cluster (band)
Cluster is a German experimental musical group who influenced the development of contemporary popular electronic and ambient music. They have recorded albums in a wide variety of styles ranging from experimental music to progressive rock, all of which had an avant-garde edge. Cluster has been...
. It was also their first album after an eight year long hiatus.
In 1989 Dieter Moebius
Dieter Moebius
Dieter Moebius is a German/Swiss experimental/krautrock/ambient/electronic musician.Moebius studied art in Brussels and Berlin and met there Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Conrad Schnitzler . They founded a band Kluster in 1969. After the departure of Schnitzler, they changed their name to Cluster...
and Hans-Joachim Roedelius reunited to the delight of their fans, recording Apropos Cluster during 1989 and 1990 in Blumau, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
. The album was released on the Curious Music label in 1991. It was "Cluster"'s first U.S. release. Apropos Cluster is musically and structurally similar to Grosses Wasser
Grosses Wasser
Grosses Wasser is the seventh album by the electronic music outfit Cluster. It was co-produced by former Tangerine Dream member Peter Baumann...
though it lacked the rhythmic tracks of the 1979 release, instead comprising a mixture of gentle, ambient pieces in the four shorter tracks followed by the nearly 22 minute long, more experimental title piece.
"Emmental" became the signature track for Cluster. It was included on the 1997 live album First Encounter Tour 1996
First Encounter Tour 1996
First Encounter Tour 1996 is the thirteenth full-length album by German electronic music outfit Cluster. It is also the third live album released, and the only double album released by Cluster....
and was often performed live by Roedelius at solo concerts during the band's second hiatus.
Apropos Cluster was reissued on the Swirldisc Records label on August 23, 1996.
Track listing
- "Grenzganger" – 7:24
- "Emmental" – 3:24
- "Gespiegelt" – 6:58
- "Falls" – 2:57
- "Apropos Cluster" – 21:41
Personnel
- Hans-Joachim Roedelius
- Dieter MoebiusDieter MoebiusDieter Moebius is a German/Swiss experimental/krautrock/ambient/electronic musician.Moebius studied art in Brussels and Berlin and met there Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Conrad Schnitzler . They founded a band Kluster in 1969. After the departure of Schnitzler, they changed their name to Cluster...
- Stanislaw Michalik – bass on "Emmental"