Cluster & Eno

• Artist: Cluster & Eno
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• Release Date: 1977
• Total Time: 38:27
• Genre: Electronica

Review

Brian Eno's first collaboration with Cluster, the best of this album's instrumental pieces are too emotionally rich to waste as mere background music, evoking feelings of hesitancy and regret that rescue the music from mere vapid prettiness. Three tracks in particular indicate things to come. "Wehrmut" is an ethereal synth piece with the pace slowed to a tantalizing crawl. "Steinsame" features a treated guitar playing a slow figure over a dark, almost funereal synth melody. "Schöne Hände" uses watery synth effects to highlight a shivery rhythm pattern. Other pieces dispense with moody atmospherics altogether. Tracks like "Ho Renomo" and "Selange" consist mainly of pounding rhythm patterns lightly embellished by piano or synthesizer, and "Die Bunge" sounds like an electronic goldfinch fluttering around a cartoon horse. While not the unqualified success of their 1978 collaboration After the Heat, Cluster & Eno remains an important album. Along with Eno's 1978 Music for Films, these works helped define the depth and promise of ambient music. ~ Michael Waynick, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Ho Renomo	Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Dieter Moebius, Brian Eno	Holger Czukay, Cluster, Brian Eno	(5:11)
Schöne Hände	Brian Eno, Dieter Moebius, Hans-Joachim Roedelius	Cluster, Brian Eno	(3:05)
Steinsame	Brian Eno, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Dieter Moebius	Cluster, Brian Eno	(4:12)
Wehrmut	Dieter Moebius, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Brian Eno	Brian Eno, Cluster	(5:04)
Mit Simaen	Dieter Moebius, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Brian Eno	Cluster, Brian Eno	(1:32)
Selange	Brian Eno, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Dieter Moebius	Brian Eno, Cluster	(3:34)
Die Bunge	Brian Eno, Dieter Moebius, Hans-Joachim Roedelius	Brian Eno, Cluster	(3:47)
One	Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Dieter Moebius, Brian Eno	Cluster, Asmus Tietchens, Okko Bekker, Brian Eno	(6:19)
Für Luise	Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Dieter Moebius, Brian Eno	Brian Eno, Cluster	(3:26)

Credits

Konrad Plank (Engineer), Brian Eno (Synthesizer), Okko Bekker (Guitar), Asmus Tietchens (Synthesizer), Dieter Moebius (Synthesizer), Cluster & Eno (Performer), Cluster (Cover Art), J. Krämer (Assistant Engineer), Holger Czukay (Bass), Roedelius (Synthesizer), J. Krämer (Assistant), Konrad Plank (Producer), Asmus Tietchens (Performer), Konrad Plank (Cover Design), Cluster (Producer), Josh Kramer (Assistant Engineer), Conny Plank (Producer)