Roedelius

Yes a lovely guy. I met him a few months ago in Vienna in the unlikely surroundings of a Lloyd Cole gig. I think they share a label or something and there was even some talk of them collaborating on music.

I've grabbed a mini-slew of the Bureau B reissues lately, and they've been slaying me, particularly the first two "Selbstportrait" volumes and "Wenn der Sudwind Weht"... A shame I went so long without delving in, given how long I've been a Cluster lover, but Roedelius on his own is really its own thing. I appreciate the way his less self-consciously experimental style allows the tenderness of the melodies and the beauty of the textures to take center stage.

Yes a lovely guy. I met him a few months ago in Vienna in the unlikely surroundings of a Lloyd Cole gig. I think they share a label or something and there was even some talk of them collaborating on music.

thats probably due to lloyd cole doing a remix for the lunz project that roedelius was involved with.

http://www.discogs.com/Tim-Story-Hans-Joachim-Roedelius-Lunz-Reinterpretations/release/476107

they're making an album together for Bureau B. i think Roedelius was a big fan of Lloyd Cole's Plastic Wood album or something and really wanted to work with him

hearing wie das wispern des windes for the first time. wow. so beautiful

a good reminder i need to get some of those bureau b reissues.

also, he has some live dates coming up:
29.09.2011 CA Montreal Suoni Per Il Popolo Festival
01.10.2011 US Asbury Park, NJ ATP Silver Qluster
02.10.2011 US Brooklyn, New York Littlefield
04.10.2011 US Pittsburgh, PA The Thunderbird Cafe
05.10.2011 US Richmond, VA Strange Matter
07.10.2011 US Asheville, NC The Grey Eagle
08.10.2011 US Atlanta, Georgia Eyedrum
09.10.2011 US Knoxville, TN The Pilot Light
12.10.2011 US Washington, DC Velvet Lounge
13.10.2011 US Philapelphia, PA M Room
17.10.2011 CA Toronto, Ontario The Garrison
23.10.2011 US Portland, OR Mt. Tabor Theatre
26.10.2011 US San Fransisco, CA Swedish American Hall / Cafe Du Nord
27.10.2011 US Los Angeles The Echo
30.10.2011 US Asheville, CA Moogfest

the pilot light is such a tiny, scummy, awesome joint. may have to take a bit of a roadtrip.

No Chicago? :(

Yeah, weird routing. Maybe a Chicago date will appear between Toronto & Portland?

no boston either :(

no texas!!

a good reminder i need to get some of those bureau b reissues.
also, he has some live dates coming up:
29.09.2011 CA Montreal Suoni Per Il Popolo Festival 
01.10.2011 US Asbury Park, NJ ATP Silver Qluster
02.10.2011 US Brooklyn, New York Littlefield 
04.10.2011 US Pittsburgh, PA The Thunderbird Cafe 
05.10.2011 US Richmond, VA Strange Matter 
07.10.2011 US Asheville, NC The Grey Eagle 
08.10.2011 US Atlanta, Georgia Eyedrum 
09.10.2011 US Knoxville, TN The Pilot Light 
12.10.2011 US Washington, DC Velvet Lounge 
13.10.2011 US Philapelphia, PA M Room 
17.10.2011 CA Toronto, Ontario The Garrison 
23.10.2011 US Portland, OR Mt. Tabor Theatre 
26.10.2011 US San Fransisco, CA Swedish American Hall / Cafe Du Nord 
27.10.2011 US Los Angeles The Echo 
30.10.2011 US Asheville, CA Moogfest
the pilot light is such a tiny, scummy, awesome joint. may have to take a bit of a roadtrip.
― dronestreet, Saturday, July 9, 2011 11:08 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark

wait--what?? no midwest dates?!?! not even chicago?!?! it's funny, my g.f. is from knoxville but we never seem to be there when great shows are happening.

also asheville, for a town of its size, gets great live music.

yeah...still hoping for a chicago or columbus date in-between the 17th & 23rd. knoxville is closest for me but still a 6-hr drive...boo.

I am stoked to see this in DC.

Yeah, weird routing. Maybe a Chicago date will appear between Toronto & Portland?

so odd that so many of these tours skip Boston, too...there are plenty of people willing to drop money on a show like this

The Asheville date is part of Moogfest.

I'm going to keep this thread bookmarked until he announces a Chicago date, like a vigil.

http://wiesenfeuer.ansteorra.org/animated-flame.gif

that animated gif is hurting me

'durch das Feuer' - the long-awaited sequel to 'durch die Wüste'

a couple more dates have been added here: http://www.media-loca.com/roedelius/dates

i'm definitely going to make the cincinatti show. anyone know anything about this "mockbee" space? their web presence seems to be woefully underdeveloped for 2011.

dang, cincinnati and oberlin but not chicago?! i would love to see him, but i don't think i'm able to drive for 4+ hrs each way in order to do it.

yeah, no chicago is still really strange. oberlin kind of blows my mind. must be some college radio person who has money to blow to throw a show for 10 people. :) (or wait, maybe that's what i did in college).

i live in indianapolis...just drove 3 hours each way to see olivia tremor control, so i am psyched to only drive 90 minutes to see roedelius in cincinatti of all places.

yeah the cincinnati show is on a thursday -- so not gonna happen
this is disappointing
i want to see roedelius in a beautiful pastoral setting, like a country church

or preferably in a small venue in Chicago

We are going tonight! Did anyone see him this past weekend?

seeing him on saturday + I'm super-stoked.

I'm planning on seeing him next Wednesday in DC. Very stoked.

I missed him in NY the other night. bummer.

what type of material is he doing on this tour?

saw him in montreal last weekend - was so charming and great. piano & gear was on the floor of the theater and we were basically sitting right in front of it as he played away in his white suit. and then whenit was over he smiled and said, "well, that was eet!"

It was great! Xambuca started, and played for about 15 minutes, then Roedelius joined him on the stage and they played together for a while, then Xambuca left and Roedelius played on. He had a keyboard, mixer and a couple CD players. About half of his time on stage he played various piano bits and the other half tweaked the keyboard and mixer.
We talked to him before and after the show, he is wonderful and charming!
Ha, also, several times before and after he payed, he stood around and shot video of the club and audience with his Iphone. We had a great time!

roedelius is playing the john cage conference at black mountain college this weekend!

http://www.blackmountaincollege.org/index.php/bmc-conference/193-bmc-international-conference-2011-draft-schedule

"charming" descriptions OTM. he is adorable!

how was the show?!

I've heard one track of the new Roedelius Schneider album (Schneider is apparently a former member of Kriedler), and it's pretty great. Also heard positive reviews of the new Qluster album (Roedelius + Onnen Bock, sans Moebius), but I haven't heard any of the music.

At one point last night during his set he said something to the effect of "Half of it is real music and half of it is fake." He got some pretty big laughs, the crowd loved him. Oh, and he wore a Roedelius tour T-shirt from 1999.

going to try to hit the dc show

qluster is great. "los geht's" could be on an old school cluster album

>during his set he said something to the effect of "Half of it is real music and half of it is fake."

He and Moebius make very creative use of prerecordings when they play as Cluster, I'm sure he uses them too when playing solo.

The new Qluster CD is all electronic, some good new equipment and sounds -- no compositions or melodies, so much closer to early K/Cluster in structure. There's already a second vinyl-only Qluster record, which isn't surprising -- it's very spontaneous / improv in feel. I don't know how many times I'm going to play this as a CD but I'm looking forward to the Bay Area shows.

& gotta say, calling it 'Qluster' is a pretty territorial move on his part

& the new Moebius album is better

doo dah

At one point last night during his set he said something to the effect of "Half of it is real music and half of it is fake." He got some pretty big laughs, the crowd loved him. Oh, and he wore a Roedelius tour T-shirt from 1999.

― International Waters, Sunday, October 9, 2011 9:40 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

hah, you were at the show I was at!

gotta say, calling it 'Qluster' is a pretty territorial move on his part

should have gone with 'qwikster' imo

Or Charmonia

On now. This is fun.

http://instagr.am/p/P-aHK/

Piss: http://instagr.am/p/P-aHK/

Lots of solo piano. Playing The Shade from After the Heat now.

I now have Selbstportrait II and find it lacking next to Jardin Au Fou. I like the fact that in Jardin, there is just the regular normal sound of a piano. I want to hear more of him just on a piano, not necessarily synthesizers involved.

I know this post is many years ago but this is how I feel too (I only have SPI though). SPI is definitely a good "late night" album but I don't really listen to Cluster/Roedelius to hear the synths. Some of my favorite stuff on Soweisoso is on the second half when they bring the piano in.

don't really listen to Cluster/Roedelius to hear the synths

Poor old Dieter :(

Saw the Cincinnati date last night. Very mellow show (save for the opener) in an enormous converted warehouse/brewery space that was pretty fantastic. Crappy weather, pretty small crowd. I dug Xambuca, though I wasn't into it as much when he started bringing in electronic beats. I like my drone beat-less, thank you. Roedelius played probably a 45/50-minute set (kinda tranced out for half of it) that was a nice mix of pretty quiet, ambient, oscillating clicks & synths; and pretty untreated piano. Last 15 minutes was unadorned piano. I dug it. Came away with two (signed!) LPs (Self Portrait VI re-issue; Wasser im Wind o.o.p. edition), and a nice conversation with the man himself afterwards during which he was amazed we'd driven 2 hours to see him play, and were still working in the morning. Then we bid him goodnight before taking up too much time, and to our surprise, my girlfriend and I both got the (customarily European?) hug-and-cheek-kiss goodnight. Definitely a great night for restoring yer faith in artists...I blame playing so much rock-and-roll for feeling jaded/burnt-out 90% of the time.

Anyways...go see the tour. Buy a bunch of records (they take cards via smartphone scanner).