CLUSTER – Zuckerzeit LP Comic nesting conversations between two artists

nesting conversations between two artists working at the juncture of abstraction and narration

Om have done their time in the desert

Something important to be noticed it is the skill they have to provide almost every song an identity on its own yet conceptualizing the album as a whole

The character is portrayed on the striking album cover art - a figure sitting aloof with a sword and a rose in each hand - and clearly symbolises the romantic juxtaposition of belligerence and fragile beauty that permeates the album's sound and atmosphere

Fred Van Hove: piano

CLUSTER – Zuckerzeit LP Comic nesting conversations between two artists50th anniversary Red vinyl Cluster was the pioneering German duo of Hans Joachim Roedelius and Dieter Moebius. Formed on the cusp of the 1970s, they were a part of West Germany's nascent Kosmische Musik scene. The group would use restrained improvisational techniques similar to Gruppo Nuova Consonanza, working with both electric and acoustic instruments (organ, guitar, tone generators, cello, etc.) to create a singular sound that Julian Cope called "a