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Cluster
Sowiesoso

Caroline (GYR 6624-2)
Germany 1976

Dieter Moebius, keyboards, percussion, vocals; Hans-Joachim Roedelius, keyboards, percussion, vocals

Tracklist:
1.  Sowiesoso — 7:17
2.  Halwa — 2:47
3.  Dem Wanderer — 3:47
4.  Umleitung — 3:25
5.  Zum Wohl — 6:50
6.  Es War Einmal — 5:25
7.  In Ewigkeit — 7:10

total time 37:18

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Seven instrumentals presented here by the experimental duo that brim with creative textures interacting against a vaster sonic backdrop. The volume is set at the customary Cluster range of piano-pianissimo. The opening title track hums along gently like a musical coffee perculator, as string synthesizer lines whisper in and out of the song like cirrus clouds. The skipping pace of "Umleitung" presents some comic relief, with Cluster banging percussion and howling along like madmen throughout the song. The three remaining pieces of this album exude the kind of traditional, picturesque beauty conjured up in viewing a Monet or Renoir painting. Excepting "Umleitung" (which you could program out with your CD player if so desired), this is one of the most perfect albums I can think of with which to drift off to sleep at night in bed; utterly graceful and calming music.

review by Joe McGlinchey — undated —

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