Hello,
The Harmonia stuff is not that hard to track down really. I know that Music
Von is still in print in Japan. It is one of those things that comes down to
tracking down specialist retailers. You might very well pay through the
noise for bootlegs, but the audio can be obtained. A good retailer for this
stuff in Detroit is Stormy Records.
http://www.stormyrecords.com/
The Cluter material was good, but I have always had a soft spot for the
Cluster and Eno records. After The Heat is an album of weird angular
grooves. It is a very German, Tutonic rhythm if you know what I mean. There
are echos of this album in a lot of the stiff German stuff that has been
coming for the last few years. Very groovy, but not. ;) Cluster and Eno is
more atmospheric. They are both good, but very different records. I still
need to get my hands on Harmonia 76, which is Cluster, Michael Rother from
Neu! and Brian Eno.
My copy of After The Heat is a German LP on Skyy (sp Sky?) and I am not sure
if it has been reissued or not. My copy of Cluster and Eno was reissued
through Gyroscope on CD.
One of the best musical experiences of the last couple years was seeing
Roedelius play piano suites at the DIA. Very lovely soft piano music. If you
ever get the chance to see him live, it is in your best interest to do so.
Take care,
mt
From: "Jonny McIntosh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "tom churchill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [313] Re: Scape One
Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 12:21:32 +0100
> Tiger Sushi - More GDM Vol 1
> The Cluster track on side A is a Krautrock thing from 1974 which I
haven't
> really got my teeth into yet. Side B has 'Present Pretence' from John
Tejada
> which is simply superb - like a cross between his beautiful downtempo
stuff
> on Defocus and his housier output. Highly recommended.
Cluster were the oddly named Moebius and Roedelius - and often Michael
Rother of Neu! and, once upon a time, Kraftwerk. That trio were also
Harmonia. Check out Harmonia's "Musik Von...", "Harmonia Deluxe". They're
both effin' ace but far too tough to track down. I've heard a fair bit of
really good Cluster stuff (though the fluctuating line ups of so many
interconnected bands is quite confusing) and '74 was a bit of a "kosmische"
creative peak.
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