Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 09/22/2008
photos by Abbey Braden for atp 2008 Harmonia is a Krautrock supergroup from Germany. They formed as a collaboration between Michael Rother of Neu! and Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Dieter Möbius of Cluster and later included British ambient music artist Brian...
Music for Robots (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
Eine Kleine Nacht Musik - German-only mixtape Eine Kleine Nacht Musik is yet another alias of Henry Smithson, aka Riton, aka half of Gucci Soundsystem, producer and remixer extraordinare. He has a crazy new concept album coming out under this new Eine Kleine Nacht Musik moniker, based on the morotik-rhythm German music of the 70s and early 80s, and to introduce the piece, he made this wicked DJ mix....
Big Stereo (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
This photo and mixtape make me long for an endless summer. Eine Kleine Nacht Musik is the side project of Riton. For all you classical music buffs, “Eine Kleine Nacht Musik” is also a composition by Mozart and translates to “a small serenade” or “a little night music” (according to Wikipedia). Anyway. If this mixtape [...]
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 05/31/2008
Words by: Dennis Cook Cluster/Ariel Pink/Howlin Rain :: 05.24.08 :: Brookdale Lodge :: Brookdale, CA Cluster by Hans-Joachim Roedelius Mythology isn't just found in books or relics or tales handed down in temples. We generate our own super charged stories from profound experiences, embellishing and retelling them until they glow. Music is rife with this legend making; it's the hero worship part and...
Pitchfork (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
Legendary krautrock duo Cluster will return to the U.S. for a round of shows this month. The excursion marks the first time Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Dieter Moebius have played most of these cities together in quite some time. Cluster's U.S. dates find them paired with a whole bunch of different guests at various stops, including Ariel Pink, Wooden Shjips, White Rainbow, Tussle, Howlin Rain, and...
donewaiting.com (Free subscription) | 01/16/2008
Kosmische music heads across the Eastern seaboard are peeing themselves today as the almighty Cluster have been announced as headliners of No Fun Fest 2008. To be completely honest, I’ve wet myself twice already. It was thought that the line-up was solidified for the five-year-strong experimental noise festival (May 16, 17 and 18) with Japanese noise [...]
The Independent (Free subscription) | 01/11/2008
One half of the Krautrock duo Cluster, Hans-Joachim Roedelius first worked with the American composer Tim Story in 1996. Inlandish is their third collaboration, and the best, being full of heart-melting melodies and subtle backdrops they describe as "emotionally ambiguous soundscapes". Surprisingly, it's Story who provides the synth parts and additional arrangements, with Roedelius restricting himself...
