Cluster (band)

Not to be confused with Kluster.
Cluster
Hans-Joachim Roedelius (left) and Dieter Moebius perform as Cluster in New York, 2008.
Hans-Joachim Roedelius (left) and Dieter Moebius perform as Cluster in New York, 2008.
Background information
OriginBerlin, Germany
Genres
Years active1971–1981, 1989–1997, 2007–2010
LabelsPhilips, Brain, Sky, YHR, Curious, Gyroscope, Purple Pyramid, Captain Trip, Bureau B
Past membersHans-Joachim Roedelius
Dieter Moebius
Conny Plank
WebsiteMyspace: Roedelius/Cluster
Roedelius: official website

Cluster were a German musical duo consisting of Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Dieter Moebius, formed in 1971 and associated with West Germany's krautrock and kosmische music scenes.[2] Born from the earlier Berlin-based group Kluster, they relocated in 1971 into the countryside village of Forst, Lower Saxony, where they built a studio and collaborated with musicians such as Conny Plank, Brian Eno, and Michael Rother; with the latter, they formed the influential side-project Harmonia. After first disbanding in 1981, Cluster reunited several times: from 1989 to 1997, and from 2007 to 2010.[3]

AllMusic described the group as "the most important and consistently underrated space rock unit of the '70s."[2] Music historian Julian Cope places three Cluster albums—Cluster II (1972), Zuckerzeit (1974), and Sowiesoso (1976)—in his Krautrock Top 50[4] and The Wire places the debut album in its "One Hundred Records That Set the World on Fire".[5]

  1. ^ Beta, Andy (2016). "Pitchfork: Cluster: 1971–1981". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 17 June 2016. Zuckerzeit
  2. ^ a b c Bush, John. Allmusic: Cluster. Retrieved 24 February 2005.
  3. ^ Roedelius, Hans-Joachim (2007). "News". Official Website. Retrieved 19 February 2008.
  4. ^ Cope, Julian. "A Krautrock Top 50". Shrimp's Krautrock Page. Archived from the original on 6 October 2003. Retrieved 29 October 2007.
  5. ^ Roy, Daryl Stephen; Fester, Uncle (1992). "100 Records That Set The World On Fire (while no one was listening)". The Wire. Archived from the original on 19 October 2007. Retrieved 29 October 2007.