Cluster 71

Cluster 71

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Excellent and eerie electronica that does not feature a single synthesizer
This excellent 1971 release opens with a wall of eerie mechanical sounds that are similar in texture to the soundscapes that Tangerine Dream was experimenting with on albums like Alpha Centauri (also 1971). Interestingly enough although the sounds on Cluster 71 are very futuristic sounding and highly electronic, the musicians did not use a single synthesizer. In fact, all of the sounds were generated with two organs, a violin, and a cello that were all heavily modified with analog echo machines, sound generators, and effects pedals. The musicians on this album include Deiter Moebius (organ, Hawaiian guitar, audio generator, amplifier), Hans-Joachim Roedelius (organ, cello, audio-generator), and Conny Plank, who not only contributed to the pieces, but engineered and helped produce the album. There are three untitled tracks that range in length from 7'38" to a massive 21'17" and are very similar in texture and mood (all deliciously creepy). My general take on this album is that it...
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May 12, 2006 (Massachusetts, USA) | Helpful Votes: 15 | Rating: 5

Extraordinary 'Debut' from Cluster!!!
1971 marked yet another extraordinary 'debut' from the experimental German Krautrock scene - a dynamic duo known as Cluster. The band actually began life as Kluster and had released three albums under this name until founding member Conrad Schnitzler left for a solo career. With Schntizler's departure in 1971, Dieter Moebius and Hans-Joachim Roedelius carried on as Cluster and released a jaw-dropping self-titled album full of timeless innovation and experimentation.36 years later, "Cluster 71" still sounds almost unlike anything from the period. It's also hard to believe that none of the soundscpaes heard on this album were made with a single synthesizer. Only electronic organs, a Hawaiian guitar and various electronic devices and amplifiers were used.Right from the start, this album hits a person in the face with the full-blown industrial attack of the 15-minute opening track all the way through the 21-minute closing piece. The music gives the impression that it was...
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September 13, 2007 (Garden Grove CA) | Helpful Votes: 6 | Rating: 5

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Dieter Moebius and Hans-Joachim Roedelius (aka Cluster) released this, their first album, after Conrad Schnitzler (Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream) left the group originally known as Kluster in 1971. On the outer edge of German space rock, Cluster 71 stands as a testament to minimalist 'cosmische' music. The three untitled tracks are exploratory, ever-changing pieces which focus on guitar distortion and synthesizer wails. This album deserves the many accolades it's been given, and holds up as an early landmark in the history of beatless ambience. Top to learn more

Cluster - 'Cluster '71' (Water)
Originally released in 1971(so it's noted).I've never seen or even heard of this reissue,until here recently.Looks to have been put out right between the time that Kluster's '70's 'Klopfzeichen' and '71's 'Eruption' had seen the light of day.Oh,'Cluster '71' holds up to it's name,from every standpoint.Three untitled cuts(as C/Kluster is known for).It's obvious that members Dieter Moebius and Jiachim Roedelius had spent a good amount of time putting this piece of ambient/krautrock together.Track listing:#1 (15:33),#2 (7:39)and #3 (21:14).Felt that all three compositions here served their purpose well.If you're discovering this album for the very first time,like I did,'Cluster '71' should provide many pleasant listens for you.Save maybe some of your best stash for this one.A should-have.
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March 7, 2006 (USA) | Helpful Votes: 10 | Rating: 4

Cluster & Eno

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Music to twirl and sway to.
I first came upon electronic music through George Harrison's Electronic Sounds and Stockhausen's Hymnem - although having said that listening to Frank Zappa was also instrumental (no pun intended) in opening up that particular avenue. To so-called Krautrock, i owe an eternal debt to Mick Clark and Polli who first brought their albums to the Locarno Ballroom where I was fortunate enough to bring them to the attention of a considerably wider audience.Among the pioneers were Kraftwork and the indomintable Can but one of my favourites was Cluster, with their crisp, sort of minimalist machine music (not) which one could benefit from particularly through the use of good quality headphones. Although the term industrial music has been associated with this movement that is too simplistic and certainly not in any way evocative of the music that was generated. Along with my other favourites, Faust and the more rock orientated Ash Ra Tempel, Cluster exemplified the best of the modern...
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October 4, 2005 (Morrisville, NC United States) | Helpful Votes: 12 | Rating: 5

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Originally recorded and released in 1977, this pioneer ambient music album brought together several legends of progressive electronic music: Brian Eno, solo artist and collaborator with David Bowie, Robert Fripp, and Roxy Music; Dieter Moebius and Hans-Joachim Roedelius, both of whom had made dozens of ground-breaking recordings throughout the '70s, and Michael Rother, of the hugely influential Krautrock band Neu!. This album was the first of several celebrated collaborations between these artists, whose influence looms over many current artists such as Moby, Radiohead, Aphex Twin, Massive Attack, and Tortoise. Top to learn more

Beauty and melancholy.
Recorded during a time period of immense productivity and powerful music from Brian Eno ("Before and After Science", David Bowie's Berlin Trilogy), "Cluster & Eno" is a collaboration with German duo Cluster (Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Dieter Moebius) and ambient pioneer Brian Eno. Eno, whose early ambient experiments yielded such high results ("Discreet Music", "No Pussyfooting") finds in Cluster collaborators capable of pushing forward his ideas of looping and ambient music. Perhaps more importantly, as his work with Bowie set the stage for producer/collaborator roles with Talking Heads and U2, his work with Cluster set the stage for the next decade of ambient albums for Eno.Rather than being based upon repeated melody figures (as "Discreet Music" was), each piece on this record seems largely based around an instrumental combination, be it acoustic pianos ("Mit Simaen"), synths and guitars ("Steinsame"), or metallic percussion and synths ("Die Bunge"). The music has an...
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August 29, 2005 (North Chelmsford, MA USA) | Helpful Votes: 12 | Rating: 4

excellent
This actually has a lot more going on than I thought it would. When you listen to Eno's or , you get a lot of shifting ambiance. It is questionable if they are the music of sound or the sound of musicPut together, these guys do make the sound of music. The spine of the music is ambient, but Cluster and Eno uses sitars, panios, all kinds of sounds added to the backdrops.You are not exactally going to be hip shaking to this, but considering the sources, this is a releatively busy album
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December 17, 2009 (Mahwah, NJ USA) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 4

Grosses Wasser

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Cluster's peak
This release, produced by recently-departed ex-Tangerine Dream member Peter Baumann, is perhaps the best showcase of Cluster in all of their different styles. The first half seesaws back and forth between a Teutonic, motoric style that Cluster hadn't entertained since their 1974 "Zuckerzeit" album and the post-Harmonia simplistic, neo-classical stylings found on "Sowiesoso" and their work with Brian Eno. But the second half...the title track...is a landmark work that combines a sweeping, soundtrack-like sensibility with ambient electronics and 'radiospiel'-like effects to create perhaps their ultimate studio composition. This album perhaps better than any other shows off what Dieter Moebius and Hans-Joachim Roedelius are capable of. Essential.
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January 27, 2000 (Detroit, MI) | Helpful Votes: 7 | Rating: 5

german greatness!!!
i still remember how i found cluster. i was stuck in mid-michigan (lewiston) but on a trip to detroit i picked up grosses wasser because my grandmother spoke german and it seemed kinda cool. i was stoked beyond belief! i rotated it with bob dylan and the band, kraftwerk and aerosmith in my 8-track had some mad dog 20-20 and i just thought the combination was "right on"!!!! cluster still holds up for me, this album is the best of their work. that "chock" sound they use still remains in my brain. if you like kraftwerk, laurie anderson or the "pop" side of artrock you will like these guys.
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November 27, 2009 (New York, New York) | Helpful Votes: 3 | Rating: 5

Music from those who taught Eno everything except irony
These Germans make music for aesthetes with a profound sense of wonder and irony. Where Eno often takes himself too seriously and verges on musical sterility, Cluster is able to transform musical ideas into eclectic spatial images. Not merely "Pop" artists, their classical training allows provides them with a richer language with which to juxtaoppose and marry sounds. Thomas Mann, Paul Klee, Max Ernst and Rilke come to mind. I recommend their music to all who love the infinite possibilities of electronic music...
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December 10, 1998 | Helpful Votes: 5 | Rating: 5

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Originally released on Sky in 1979, Grosses Wasser is Cluster's last great album. Combining the ambient space rock of early albums on some songs with a more updated, beat-driven, dare I say space-disco? sound on others, it at times sounds like the best of both worlds. Cluster were probably the most influential and groundbreaking group to come out of Germany in the 70s (no small feat) and every one of their records is pure trailblazing musical history. Reissued domestically for the first time ever. Top to learn more

Qua

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Simple Brilliance
I came into this album after only hearing a mite bit of what Cluster had produced in the 70's. I was immediately captured by their sound, as it was seemingly the beginning of the ambient/experimental music that I have been obsessed with these days. Upon first listening to their 2009 release, I am certain that these guys are some of the most important musical minds of the last 50 years (at least for me). It amazes me that Cluster has released such a unique album after all (and I mean ALL) of the years of writing music. I always thought that after being at it for so long, a "kraut rock" group was supposed to move on to New Age music! Apparently not these guys. At first glance, the music in Qua felt to be like a minimal "world" music, but as I listen more and more, it is indeed very other worldly. It is atmospheric, to be sure, but beyond simple background music (a term that I have never been a fan of). The subtle textures developed through an immense knowledge of...
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July 2, 2009 (Columbus, OH USA) | Helpful Votes: 13 | Rating: 5

Qua's a Treat!
I have been listening to Cluster since the 70's and one cannot discount their influence on electronica music across the musical spectrum. Listen to bands like Mum. They've had a major influence on many including the inimitable Brian Eno as well. I was surprised to see a new album from these two musicians as it has been quite a long time.If you are a fan of cluster I would say that you are NOT likely to be disappointed in this new collection of tunes. All their characteristic and unique approaches to sounds and compositional structure are there...updated with the various studio technologies now available with a computer and an iPod. Tim Story's production is spot on and he lets their creative juice flow forth.What makes this so wonderful is Cluster still sound like Cluster and that quirky clock-not-working-quite-right approach to their music is still intact. The sounds sound fresh, unique and fun and it they create a unique sonic soup like no others. The album...
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December 23, 2009 (Swamps of NJ) | Helpful Votes: 6 | Rating: 5

Cluster - 'Qua' (Nepenth Music) 4 1/2 stars
First off I wanted to mention that it's inspiring to see that I am the fifth patron to review this independent-label released CD title. Truly, an out-standing 21st century Cluster effort. Better than I had anticipated. Total of seventeen songs that more than prove Cluster to still be a vital force in the electronic / experimental field. Tracks that did the most for me are "So Ney", the out-there "Protrea", "Malturi Sa", the seven-minute "Gissander", the quite creative "Curvtum", the wonderfully cosmic "Formalt" and "Imtrerion". Personnel: Dieter Moebius and Hans-Joachim Roedelius - musicians / players and cover art Moebius & Tim Story. Only way one could ask for more is that if Conrad Schnitzler (R.I.P.) were able to reunite with these two to create a Kluster comeback CD, but that now of course is impossible. Still, highly recommended.
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November 5, 2011 (USA) | Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 4

SCER001 Sterling Silver Multicolor Cluster Crystal Earrings Made with Swarovski Elements

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Got a Question for me? Powered by Aol.com   Product Details Made in USA approx. 1.5 inches in length from top of lever to bottom of dangle Sterling silver lever back finding Gem Avenue sku # scer001 Made with Swarovski Elements & Sterling Silver We carry matching Necklace SKU # SCNK006, SCNK031 and Bracelet SKU # SCBR007 This item is eligible for FREE SHIPPING Sale Price: $19.99You Save $20.00 (50%) Dear visitor! This website has been designed to help you find THE BEST PRICE. When you are ready to buy, your payment will be processed through one of the most TRUSTED SUPPLIERS directly. Thank you for shopping with us!

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Love the earrings
I was very pleased with the service of this seller. The earrings came within a few days, and I love them. I have been asked more than once where I got them. Thanks.
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July 3, 2005 (Iowa City, IA USA) | Helpful Votes: 15 | Rating: 5

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Sterling Silver Leverback 1.5" Long Lavender, Peridot, Amethyst, Aqua, Light rose, and Janquil Crystal Dangle Earrings Made with Swarovski Elements.

These delicate earrings are a perfect accompaniment to our crystal necklaces and bracelets. The cool hues of the crystals perfectly complement each other, causing beautiful reflection and sparkle. The dangle allows for movement and visual interest. A sure hit with that perfect outfit at work, school, or a special occasion.

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Quite pleased
I have recently bought this pair of earing and the matching bracelet for my son's care-giver. When it arrived my sisters and I were tempted to keep them for ourselves, they were lovely. I particularly like the make and the feel of the bracelet. They are what I would term "fun" pieces but not in the least suggesting that they are for younger persons only. I am in my 40s and would enjoy wearing these pieces.It was a good buy at the sale price.Oddly enough I also liked the packaging, the items came in a regular protective brown cardboard box that protected the little "gift boxes" on the inside.
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November 26, 2005 (Rockmart, Ga.) | Helpful Votes: 15 | Rating: 4

Not bad
Fairly pleased with these. I like the anklet and the bracelet done in this style quite a bit more, but these are not bad at all.I kind of wished the crystals on the string were flexible such that were a person to move their head they would not always stay in a straight line. I mean don't get me wrong... the earrings dangle and will move. They look to all be mounted on a silver rod, which will swing from the top. Maybe this was done for a reason, but I think they'd look nicer mounted on a loose cord. And for all I know I'd complain about the lack of structure and symmetry.Anyway... from a damned picky person, these are quite nice.
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September 12, 2006 | Helpful Votes: 7 | Rating: 4

Cluster 71

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