― Michael J McGonigal (mike mcgonigal), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 07:34 (seventeen years ago) link
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I picked up Moebius' new album Nurton a few months ago. He's definitely trying harder than he was on the last one Blotch -- feels more composed & layered. this structurally sounds the most like Tonspuren than anything since (short motorik pieces built out of weird sounds and riffs) but I still prefer his earlier synth sounds to the all-digital palette he's been working with since 1996 -- plenty of quirky noises, but they just don't sound as elliptical and abstract as the analog days. Still, since most of his other solos & groups since 1996 have been mostly long improvisation jam-band records, I'm happy about Nurton and my favorite couple of tracks are towards the end.
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german blogger babelfished on the Paris show this month:
I left myself mental ever more deeply down-slide into the labyrinth from tones and fantasies and horchte up only if a piece were times terminated and the applause of the public a break formed. Occasionally I used also the opportunity to take in or other photo. Pieces of "sugar time" I recognized by the way none, however no miracle, becausethe set consisted to the majority of new, yet veroeffentlchten pieces...
During well the 70-minuetigen of concert I did not bore myself a second, despite the kontemplativen character of the music. In the opposite, I found that high-inspiring and excitingly all. I believe it to the other spectators also very well fell, her donated long lasting applause. Moebius and Roedelius gave themselves the hand briefly and thank you scarcely in national language: "Merci!, Merci beaucoup ".
http://meinzuhausemeinblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/cluster-paris-180507.html
― Milton Parker, Wednesday, 30 May 2007 01:51 (seventeen years ago) link
Roedelius is coming to the US in October. I don't see any other shows scheduled besides two in Big Sur, which I can make, but seeing as he and Moebius seem to be playing together again, it seems like one extra plane ticket for Moebius is all it would take for a handful of US Cluster appearences, so I sure hope some electronic-music-loving promoter has enough of their business together to make something happen soon
― Milton Parker, Wednesday, 30 May 2007 01:56 (seventeen years ago) link
Let's talk about the records with Eno.
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 30 August 2007 14:55 (sixteen years ago) link
Or...not.
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 30 August 2007 17:14 (sixteen years ago) link
All 3 Kluster (Schnitzler, Roedelius, Moebius) albums - 'Klopfzeichen', 'Zwei Osterei', and 'Schwarz' are fantastic.
I take issue with the characterization of Zwei Osterei as fantastic - unless your definition of fantastic encompasses side-long tracks of a monotonous male voice intoning in German with faint buzzy electronic sounds in the background.
― o. nate, Thursday, 30 August 2007 17:17 (sixteen years ago) link
the speaker isnt monotonous at all! hes just very, very serious, which, given the nonsensical cut-up sermon hes reading, is funny as hell.
― ☪, Thursday, 30 August 2007 17:37 (sixteen years ago) link
you'd think those Cluster/Eno collabs. would be great. but they aren't. dry and boring compared w/ Cluster lps.
― nerve_pylon, Thursday, 30 August 2007 18:39 (sixteen years ago) link
which, given the nonsensical cut-up sermon hes reading, is funny as hell
Unfortunately, not being a German speaker, the comedy is lost on me.
― o. nate, Thursday, 30 August 2007 19:45 (sixteen years ago) link
reposted from upthread
http://mitglied.lycos.de/neuschnee/Clusterdiscs01.htm http://mitglied.lycos.de/neuschnee/Clusterdiscs02.htm
the Kluster records aren't the most inviting or accessible, but I think they're really effective for what they are, and with every passing year of recent noise / drone shows and CDRs they sound better and better. when I started hearing Yellow Swans drone records, the Kluster CDs are the first things I thought of. Eruption is the one without recitations if you find the vocals too distracting.
― Milton Parker, Thursday, 30 August 2007 19:51 (sixteen years ago) link
tour pushed to spring
in other old news that I missed --
moebius & neumeier 'zero set II' -- http://www.cisco-records.co.jp/html/item/002/114/item241559.html
I read somewhere that this was a japanese reissue of 2003's 'live in japan', which I haven't returned to much, but it's a new album and the samples sound promising
I've also been playing moebius' 'nurton' from last year and it is definitely a grower
― Milton Parker, Thursday, 20 September 2007 23:58 (sixteen years ago) link
um wtf is up with that 6CD box set on Captain Trip, is that stuff legit? looks like it was also released as separate discs.
― sleeve, Friday, 21 September 2007 02:52 (sixteen years ago) link
I love the Eno/Cluster stuff, but that's the only Cluster I've heard. I need to go out and get some more...
― flamingrev, Friday, 21 September 2007 07:11 (sixteen years ago) link
You should, you really should..
Milton, where did you get that tour info news? Does that regard the entire tour or just the North American dates?
― willem, Friday, 21 September 2007 07:21 (sixteen years ago) link
just the North American dates are being pushed back, so they can do it right. friends are trying to book them in SF.
Captain Trip's pretty legit, they started releasing Moebius & Dinger solo projects in the 90's and now they've worked up to Schnitzler, Pinhas & Cluster reissues. the choices of what they're grouping together for the boxes is a little random though:
BOX 1 - six discs CLUSTER / '71 / Sowiesoso / Grosses Wasser / Curiosum MOEBIUS + BEERBOHM / Strange Music / Double Cut
BOX 2 - five discs CLUSTER & ENO / same ENO - MOEBIUS - ROEDELIUS / After The Heat MOEBIUS + ROEDELIUS / Apropos Cluster CLUSTER / One Hour MOEBIUS & PLANK / En Route
Box 1 is solid (not everyone loves those Moebius & Beerbohm records but I definitely do -- first one has live punk drumming & instruments, and the side two of 'double cut' is 1982 minimal techno). the last three in box 2 have been out of print for over a decade so it's nice to have them back but those are definitely three of their weaker albums all in a row
― Milton Parker, Saturday, 22 September 2007 00:56 (sixteen years ago) link
Got my Captain Trip reissues of Sowiesoso, '71, and Curiosum last week. The sound is definitely an improvement over the older versions I've got. They're probably worth $20 just for the magical shrunken down LP format.
Also, Lilith have now released Zuckerzeit, Cluster II, Musik Von Harmonia and Deluxe on LP/CD. I think they're using the same tapes as the German Universal versions from a few years ago, but it's nice to have LP's of these. Plus, liner notes by Asmus Tietchens in delightfully botched English and Cyrillic.
― s. morris, Friday, 5 October 2007 15:57 (sixteen years ago) link
I have the Lilith "Zuckerzeit" reissue and it sounds fantastic. Is there a difference between the Captain Trip and Water versions of "Sowiesoso"?
― Bill in Chicago, Friday, 5 October 2007 16:22 (sixteen years ago) link
stupid to have 3 labels reissuing the same shit while roedelius solo albums remain oop
― am0n, Friday, 5 October 2007 16:31 (sixteen years ago) link
Captain Trip's Sowiesoso is supposedly a remastered version, but who knows? I think Water's released were remastered, too.
Agree with am0n. Does anyone know what the hell Captain Trip mean when they put "EMBARGO!" by Roedelius' Jardin Au Fou on their website? Just an awkward way of telling me "not for you!" or are they saying it's sold out? Does it mean that somewhere in the world (like, say, Japan) you can still get it? So frustrating!
― s. morris, Friday, 5 October 2007 16:40 (sixteen years ago) link
Maybe I have to buff up my trade relations with Captain Trip before I get a copy.
― s. morris, Friday, 5 October 2007 16:41 (sixteen years ago) link
Cluster (Moebius & Roedelius) performing live at Dampfzentrale Bern 15. September 2007 feat. Dorit Chrysler on Theremin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srrQ7jLjb24
― Milton Parker, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 17:01 (sixteen years ago) link
including that last minute of solo Dorit wasn't the best way to end that montage, but rest of it sounds good to me
― Milton Parker, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 17:10 (sixteen years ago) link
http://kraut-team.blogspot.com/2007/10/krautrockteam_7048.html
re: the authenticity of 'Cluster & Eno live Metz 1977' as discussed upthread - this sounds right to me
Greatings from Dennis in South Africa
I listened to the two 1977 pieces , with interest. I should perhaps first explain that I used to be in close personal contact with Hans Joachim Roedelius ( of Cluster ) through the late Seventies and early eighties. I immediately recognised the music and extracted my own tape out of my archives.
My recording was sent direct to me by Roedelius soon after the event. Please note it was performed by Cluster ( Moebius and Roedelius only ) without the involvement of Brian Eno. Also that it was recorded on the 23rd September 1977 , not during November. The music that was performed was from a concert at the Metz Sci Fi festival : in France , but quite some distance from Paris. The full recording is quite a bit longer than that uploaded.
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Hope this helps to set the record straight
Thanks to Dennis
Conan
― Milton Parker, Friday, 9 November 2007 23:10 (sixteen years ago) link
Apr 18 2008 8:00P Queen Elisabeth Hall London May 10 2008 8:00P Palazzo Dei Congressi Rome May 11 2008 8:00P Camber Sands Rye May 16 2008 8:00P Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit May 17 2008 8:00P Knitting Factory New York May 22 2008 8:00P CINESPIA at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery Los Angeles May 23 2008 8:00P Henry Miller Library Big Sur May 24 2008 8:00P Brookdale Lodge Santa Cruz May 25 2008 8:00P Great American Music Hall San Francisco
― Milton Parker, Friday, 15 February 2008 23:13 (sixteen years ago) link
=(
― am0n, Friday, 15 February 2008 23:22 (sixteen years ago) link
Good lord of jesus, May in L.A.???!!!
*faints*
― Bimble, Saturday, 16 February 2008 07:58 (sixteen years ago) link
I was planning a trip to Hollywood in May! GOT TO GO GOT TO GO GOT TO GO GOT TO GO GOT TO GO GOT TO GO GOT TO GO!
― Bimble, Saturday, 16 February 2008 08:04 (sixteen years ago) link
isn't it Harmonia that are playing that tour, not Cluster?
unless you said that up thread and I'm lazy.
― Hamildan, Saturday, 16 February 2008 15:26 (sixteen years ago) link
one of the 9 shows theyre doing is in detroit!!!! howd we manage that?!
― filthy dylan, Saturday, 16 February 2008 15:30 (sixteen years ago) link
Floristree May, 18 2008 CLUSTER w/ Keith Fullerton Whitman, Daniel Higgs, Blues Control, Axolotl and more TBA Not Available , Baltimore, Maryland Cost :
― am0n, Saturday, 12 April 2008 23:24 (sixteen years ago) link
<i> "Apr 18 2008 8:00P Queen Elisabeth Hall London" </i>
I am stoked about this concert.
so much that I am using expressions for excitement, not seen this side of the millennium.
― Hamildan, Monday, 14 April 2008 08:36 (sixteen years ago) link