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There are at least four groups by the name Kluster.

1) Kluster was a pioneering Krautrock band formed by luminaries Dieter Moebius, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, and Conrad Schnitzler in 1969. After three albums, Moebius and Roedelius left Schnitzler to pursue their own project under the name Cluster. Schnitzler continued to use the Kluster name for his collaborations with Wolfgang Seidl and Klaus Freudigmann in the early 70s, two albums from this period being released in the 2000s. Schnitzler reprised the Kluster name in 2007 for a project of his featuring American musician Michael Thomas Roe and Japanese musician Mataso Ooyama, releasing four limited edition CDR albums. Schnitzler came under criticism for what many saw as his attempts to leach off the reputation of his ex-bandmates in Cluster through his use of the Kluster name after 1971. The original Kluster was hugely influential to any number of ambient, electronic, or experimental musicians.
In total nine albums have been released under the Kluster name: Klopfzeichen (1970), Zwei Osterei (1971), Eruption (1971, live), Vulcano (2008, live, rec. 1971), Admira (2008, rec. 1972), Kluster 2007 (2008), Kluster 2008 (2009), Kluster 2009: Three Voices (2010), Kluster 2010 (2011).

2) Kluster is the Finnish project formed in 2001 featuring accordion dynamo Kimmo Pohjonen and sampling guru Samuli Kosminen.
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  • activewaste

    After working my way through many of those experimental 70's german bands (including Cluster), I finally arrive at Kluster. Why did I not come to this band sooner??? The 1970-1971 3-disc set is so great. Such innovative experimental music, what a stunning band!

    16 Aug 2012 Reply

  • SequenceC

    Also just bought Vulcano (Live in Wuppertal 1971) and Admira 1971

    28 Jul 2011 Reply

  • SequenceC

    I've got the Kluster: 1970-1971 boxset which is really great with excellent sleeve notes by Stephen Illife, contains Klopfzeichen, Zwei-Osterei and Eruption (my favourite). Excellent music, highly recommended.

    14 Jul 2011 Reply

  • KosmischeSynth

    wow, the new Kluster is amazing, much better than the original, and that was GOOD. (for those who don't know, in 2007 Conrad Schnitzler (who was in the original Kluster) got together with two like-minds, Michael Roe and Masato Ooyama, to record music and the result reminded him so strongly of the original group that he contacted Moebius and Roedelius and asked if he could use the name. They've done three albums, Kluster 2007, Kluster 2008 and Kluster 2009. 2007 is available on iTunes, Kluster 2008 is a limited edition of 200 (not sold out) and Kluster 2009 is a limited edition of 50 (I don't know.))

    21 Jan 2010 Reply

  • adamkastin1

    just dl the entire box set. Will not a free minute for a while.

    10 Dec 2009 Reply

  • earbleed

    new box set is amazing.

    28 Aug 2009 Reply

  • Vidreven

    Am I wrong or is Kluster (German) the first band to play industrial and dark ambient music (in 1969)?

    29 Jul 2009 Reply

  • mmmaaaxxxiii

    So abstract, raw & powerful. Great (German) Kluster, i mean.

    21 Jul 2009 Reply

  • Roncsipar

    Wiener Festwochen

    13 Jul 2009 Reply

  • Vidreven

    German Kluster is pretty experimental, they range from dark ambient to industrial to avantgarde. Not an easy listen.

    8 Jul 2009 Reply

  • zonalGman92

    Amazing industrial kinda feel to Part one. Need to brush up on my German! Has anyone got the time and the knowledge to translate, he asked expecting the answer Yes!

    12 Mar 2009 Reply

  • grey_shadow

    Kraut!!!!

    10 Jan 2009 Reply

  • iNtox-Z-z

    Bug Fix is the best

    11 Dec 2008 Reply

  • TaZaRNRS

    Listening to (psytrance) Kluster right now, pretty nice music. And it's indeed not darkpsy, it's darkfullon.

    30 Oct 2008 Reply

  • KosmischeSynth

    I care. [German] Kluster are best!

    29 Oct 2008 Reply

  • darkgnome

    Who the fuck cares?

    5 Oct 2008 Reply

  • bau242

    woow

    14 Sep 2008 Reply

  • TerminatorAx

    and I think the remix stuff is just remix stuff, maybe by someone else, and not of Klusters responsibility

    26 Aug 2008 Reply

  • TerminatorAx

    well I guess you just can't type this music retrospectively with today's laws. these guys didn't do darkpsy or sth, they were just discovering a completely new dimension of music, just as Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream and all the others who first used the synthesizer for popular music compositions.

    26 Aug 2008 Reply

  • trancing

    Missing Link... hm... A lot of stuff is being released these days under the aegis of "darkpsy"; however, not all of them actually are darkpsy releases. That's perhaps hasn't passed Kluster by, either. It's not darkpsy, it's an average psytrance, with some highlights. Not exactly my style, but at least worth checking out.

    26 Jul 2008 Reply
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