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01. CLUSTER - USA Live 1 (Eugene Oregon)
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02. CLUSTER - USA Live 2 (Portland Oregon)
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03. CLUSTER - USA Live 3 (New York City)
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04. CLUSTER - USA Live 4 (Providence Rhode Island)
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05. CLUSTER - USA Live 5 (Eugene Oregon)
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06. CLUSTER - USA Live 6 (Phoenix Arizona)
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07. CLUSTER - USA Live 7 (Phoenix Arizona)
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08. CLUSTER - USA Live 8 (New York City)
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09. CLUSTER - USA Live 9 (Minneapolis Minnesota)
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ARTIST
CLUSTER
TITLE
USA Live
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
BUREAU B
CATALOG #
BB 173LP
BB 173LP
GENRE
ELECTRONIC
RELEASE DATE
2/3/2015
2021 restock. LP version on 180 gram vinyl. Bureau B presents
Cluster
's
USA Live
, a 1996 recording of Cluster's first tour of the USA. This release consists of tracks from Purple Pyramid's 1997 CD
First Encounter Tour 1996
, reworked and reselected in collaboration with the musicians and presented on vinyl (for the first time) and on CD. Includes new artwork. "The US recordings are loud and impassioned. Some tracks are really loud, the mood is frankly disquieting. Tonal differences aside, this takes us back to Cluster's musical frame of mind in the early 1970s. Given the vast expressive repertoire on which
Moebius
and
Roedelius
could draw from almost twenty years of relentless experimentation, perhaps this ought not to surprise us. Furthermore, as artists of the moment, they are able to respond flexibly and immediately to the ambience, the situation, their own condition. Something in the USA was fundamentally different to Japan. On the evidence of the US live recordings we can surmise that the USA tour was anything but introspective. As if Cluster were intent on proving that they were neither purveyors of cozy ambient electronica nor producers of new age muzak. The way they played America was completely unpredictable, sometimes even chaotic. Expansive passages switch abruptly with rhythmic stretches, raw noise erupts in quiet places -- Moebius and Roedelius pull out all the stops. It all amounts to quite an ordeal for the audience, possibly even disappointing one or two listeners in the process. But Cluster's music was always multifaceted, so surprises were never far away. The USA live album does not escort the listener to bright, mellifluous swaths, but to rugged, karstic regions, no less a part of Cluster's world. It is an uncomfortable album with rough edges. Still, it is a good thing that Moebius and Roedelius used these forceful improvisations to conclude their journey together for the foreseeable future. Cluster bid farewell to their listeners twice in 1996: softly and almost lost in reverie on
Japan Live
(BB 174CD/LP), then not long afterwards they went out with a bang on
First Encounter Tour
/
USA Live
. Once again the two musicians had shared the full spectrum of their artistic visions. Alas, a double goodbye does not make the split any easier. Fast-forwarding into the next millennium, however, we are happy to hear the cry: Cluster ahoy!" --
Asmus Tietchens
.
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