Kluster

Kluster
OriginBerlin, Germany
GenresElectronic, free improv, experimental, krautrock
Years active1969–1971
2007–2011
Past membersConrad Schnitzler
Hans-Joachim Roedelius
Dieter Moebius
Klaus Freudigmann
Wolfgang Seidel
Christa Runge
Manfred Paethe
Michael Thomas Roe
Masato Ooyama

Kluster was a Berlin-based German experimental musical group formed in 1969 by Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Conrad Schnitzler, and Dieter Moebius. Their improvisational work presaged 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. Schnitzler later revived the band from 1971 to 1973 and then from 2007 until his death in 2011.