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Comment on Music for Pleasure by Russell Foster

Russell Foster — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 02:16:57 +0000

New order side project. I love it. I think this one is a underated synth gem

Comment on Spectrum by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:42:41 +0000

This music has a magickal, soul-touching quality to it. It is so pleasing to the ear, that you will want to hear it again and again. It is the best musical buy I have made in a long, long time.

Comment on Cluster 71 by Zak

Zak — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:41:19 +0000

I first heard of Cluster through the prized Eno connection. It turned out that Eno worked with these German kosmichemusik maestros way back in the 1970s when the great music genre known as "ambient" was just beginning to form.

The beautiful thing about ambient that it must be good enough to stand up to attentive listening and must be good enough to also function as background music if desired. This means that an ambient album (I am using that term with its classic Eno definition) must be extraordinarily detailed.

Cluster creates intense yet relaxing passages that function as very good music for pondering things such as life, the universe, the asteroid belt, and microwave ovens.

Does it sound dated? This album is nearly 36 (!) years old but does not sound dated at all. I like it very much. If you wish to expand your ambient music collection, then add this worthwhile piece of art from Cluster.

Comment on Cluster 71 by Aquarius Records

Aquarius Records — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:37:11 +0000

Nobody did spaced out krauty ambiance better than Berlin’s Cluster. Maybe best known for their collaboration with Brian Eno, it was their work leading up to those monumental records that helped usher in a new wave of sound that’s been latched onto and updated by many over the years. It’s hard not to hear their influence on folks like Mouse On Mars, Aphex Twin and the atmospheric moments of Kid-A era Radiohead. It’s always so great to remember and be reminded that they did it all without synthesizers (really, they say so in the liner notes!).

Instead Dieter Moebius, Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Conrad Plank were each armed with an organ, effect pedals, analog echo machines, alarm clocks, violin, etc. 3 songs and 40+ minutes long ’71 is such a nice record to put the headphones on and begin to wander and fade away into their hypnotizing sounds. It was originally released by Philips, and of course never brought the commercial success a big label would hope for and since it went out of print there have been a few sparse reissues but luckily for us Water have flexed their wonderful reissue muscle and made it available once again with really nice informative packaging, finally giving due credit to one of the more influential groups of the last 35 years.

Comment on Spectrum by Joseph B. Mullen, Psychic Author

Joseph B. Mullen, Psychic Author — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:36:28 +0000

A lot of people have trouble meditating these days. Our lives get so hectic. What I love about “Spectrum Suite” is that just listening to it is as good as a deep meditation. On a subconscious level we take in the notes representing the various colors (the full “spectrum” in “Spectrum Suite.”) So without realizing it, we are very nicely balancing our energy. And all the while, it just sounds like pretty music playing in the background!

Comment on Music for Pleasure by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:29:04 +0000

Always in the shadow of Bernard Sumner’s high-flying Electronic venture, Peter Hook’s Monaco was bound to play second fiddle in the post-New Order order. However most of the criticisms of this album are incoherent. Derided as a gratuitous tribute to Hook’s ankle-level bass playing and glam-rock proclivities, “Music for Pleasure” is indeed just that: solid Manchester gold to put into your CD player and turn way up. That’s the reason I buy CDs. And will somebody please tell me why a song is bad if it’s over five minutes long? To criticize a track on that basis alone betrays an absence of aesthetic sensibility. Maybe that’s why music critics are music critics and not the successful musicians that they wish they were. Anyway, cheers to Hooky for this one–anyone who listens to “Music for Pleasure” will know where New Order got its groove from.

Comment on Secret Diary by R. Nichols

R. Nichols — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:20:59 +0000

Oh my God, I can’t believe how right all the other reviews are. I’m listening to “What If…” right now and cringing as I write this. In fact, I’m going to have to finish this review ASAP so I can cut this track short. This album sounds like a half-finished bunch of mixes–like Girl Talk was working on it, lost interest, and just published a bunch of random nonsense that grates on your ears exactly (as a previous reviewer compared this to) like a skipping cd. Awful, awful, awful (but Night Ripper still rules). Now, where is my delete key for these terrible MP3s?

Comment on H.N.I.C. by Kuassivi Mensah

Kuassivi Mensah — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:10:11 +0000

Before there was Hollywood P, there was Prodigy aka the H.N.I.C, aka the most rugged, vicious and nihilistic voice coming out of Queensbridge.

As the most lyrical half of the infamous mobb deep, P always revolved around that sacred gangsta trinity of gunz, drugs and sex, and if anything, with this solo album, P endulges in that gangsta sound, evolving from thug to superthug, with more hood tales of everyday hustle, getting bent and pushing weight.

The surprise is the actually decent production, and though Havoc is missing, that minimal, sample-driven QB sound is present on most tracks.

U gotta love P’s young black and don’t give a f*** mantra, but even the most hardcore Mobb fan will feel the lack of variation. Fortunatly P was smart enough to bring heavy collabos, most of them from QB, and they do supply with a much needed diversity.

22 tracks of gangsta gangsta with above average production, some highlights ( “Genesis”, “Trials of Love”, “H.N.I.C”, “Gun Play” ), and overall a good effort.

Comment on Cluster 71 by Louie Bourland

Louie Bourland — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:53:22 +0000

1971 marked yet another extraordinary ‘debut’ from the experimental German Krautrock scene – a dynamic duo known as Cluster. The band actually began life as Kluster and had released three albums under this name until founding member Conrad Schnitzler left for a solo career. With Schntizler’s departure in 1971, Dieter Moebius and Hans-Joachim Roedelius carried on as Cluster and released a jaw-dropping self-titled album full of timeless innovation and experimentation.

36 years later, “Cluster 71″ still sounds almost unlike anything from the period. It’s also hard to believe that none of the soundscpaes heard on this album were made with a single synthesizer. Only electronic organs, a Hawaiian guitar and various electronic devices and amplifiers were used.

Right from the start, this album hits a person in the face with the full-blown industrial attack of the 15-minute opening track all the way through the 21-minute closing piece. The music gives the impression that it was recorded in a large industrial plant with various machines performing their own sounds. This is especially apparent in the album’s final piece.

There really isn’t anything that “Cluster 71″ can be compared to (except for maybe Tangerine Dream’s “Nebulous Dawn” from their 1972 classic “Zeit”). This album really takes on a life of its own once it hits the ears and is an amazing and somewhat frightening journey into the world of surreal sounds. As time would go on, Cluster would slowly begin to leave their abrasive soundscapes behind them opting for a more melodic and quiet approach. This album shows Cluster at the beginning though – a fresh duo of individuals who weren’t afraid to experiment on all four cylinders and successfully pulling out all the stops in the end.

Comment on Cluster 71 by Mike Reed

Mike Reed — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:51:49 +0000

Originally released in 1971(so it’s noted).I’ve never seen or even heard of this reissue,until here recently.Looks to have been put out right between the time that Kluster’s ’70′s ‘Klopfzeichen’ and ’71′s ‘Eruption’ had seen the light of day.Oh,’Cluster ’71′ holds up to it’s name,from every standpoint.Three untitled cuts(as C/Kluster is known for).It’s obvious that members Dieter Moebius and Jiachim Roedelius had spent a good amount of time putting this piece of ambient/krautrock together.Track listing:#1 (15:33),#2 (7:39)and #3 (21:14).Felt that all three compositions here served their purpose well.If you’re discovering this album for the very first time,like I did,’Cluster ’71′ should provide many pleasant listens for you.Save maybe some of your best stash for this one.A should-have.