Cluster (band)

Cluster is a German musical group whose output prefigures ambient music.

History

Having previously collaborated in the use of electronic instruments and experimental technique, Dieter Moebius, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, and Conrad Schnitzler formed Kluster in 1970. This trio released three albums, Klopfzeichen, Zwei Osterei, and Eruption. When Schnitzler left the group, Roedelius and Moebius became Cluster, and worked extensively with producer/engineer Conny Plank until his death in 1987.

Cluster and Neu! founder Michael Rother recorded two albums under the name Harmonia, and as such were joined by Brian Eno for one album, Tracks and Traces (recorded 1976; released 1997). Eno separately worked with Cluster on the albums Cluster & Eno (1977) and After the Heat (1978).

Discographie

As Kluster

• Klopfzeichen (1970)
• Kluster Zwei Osterei (1971)
• Eruption (1971)

As Cluster

• Cluster 1 (1971)
• Cluster II (1972)
• Zuckerzeit (1974)
• Sowiesoso (1976)
• Cluster & Eno (1977)
• After The Heat (1978)
• Großes Wasser (1979)
• Cluster ´71 (1980)
• Cluster & Farnbauer Live in Vienna (1980)
• Curiosum (1981)
• Japan Live 1996 (1996)
• First Encounter (1997)

References

• Bush, John. All Music Guide: Cluster. Retrieved February 24, 2005.

See also

• German rock