Name: Curiosum
Brand: Cluster

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

BB 038LP

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Colour

Black

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Format multiplier

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2009-12-08

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Forced Exposure

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

4047179374118

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Total Cap

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Cluster

Genre US

Krautrock

Label US

Bureau B

<p>Cluster is a multi-instrumental and electronics duo formed in 1971 in Berlin. Originally part of the trio Kluster, their early recordings were experimental and on the edge of Krautrock. Collaborations with Michael Rother from Neu! led to a more musical direction for Cluster. They also worked with Brian Eno and explored various styles. Although they went on hiatus in 1981, Cluster has reformed multiple times. Both members have also been active with solo works and other projects.</p>

Curiosum kicks off with "Oh Odessa," which harks back to the playful sounds of Zuckerzeit but it does not repeat what Cluser have already done on that album. "Oh Odessa" instead sounds like the theme tune to a children's TV show about science: that mix of wonder and joy that gets lost as we grow older captured forever in synthesiser. "Proantipro" goes in a completely different direction to the rest of the album, sounding like a Throbbing Gristle outtake. The trembling menace and queasy electronic pulses create feelings of paranoia and unease, squelching and whirring background sounds filling out the atmosphere brilliantly

Curiosum

Music US

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