Japan 1996 Live is the eleventh full-length album by 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 the second of three live albums released by Cluster.

Japan 1996 Live was recorded at On Air West in Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

 and also in Osaka

Osaka

is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 in June, 1996. It was Cluster's first release for the Japanese Captain Trip label, which has subsequently released a number of Cluster and Kluster

Kluster

Kluster is a German experimental musical group whose work often resembles later industrial music.The original Kluster was short-lived, existing only from 1969 until mid-1971 when Conrad Schnitzler left and the remaining two members renamed themselves Cluster...

 reissues. The album was co-produced by noted keyboardist and ambient music

Ambient music

Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...

 composer Tim Story

Tim Story (composer)

Tim Story is an American composer of modern chamber music that incorporates classical acoustic instruments and electronic sounds.- Early years :Tim Story was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1957...

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Track listing

1. From Osaka "Muse Hall"/"On Air West" (Tokyo) – 25:21
2. From Osaka "Muse Hall" – 6:26
3. From Osaka "Club Quattro" – 4:14
4. From Osaka "Muse Hall" – 35:13

Personnel

• Hans-Joachim Roedelius – synthesizer [Ensoniqe Ts10], piano [Yamaha], wind chimes, tape, effects
• 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...
  
   – synthesizer [Korg Prophecy, Proteus Sfx], tape, effects
• Felix Jay – producer
• Tim Story
  Tim Story (composer)
  Tim Story is an American composer of modern chamber music that incorporates classical acoustic instruments and electronic sounds.- Early years :Tim Story was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1957...
  
  – producer