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11 - Cluster/Harmonia

from Part II - Music

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 October 2022

By
David Pattie
Edited by
Uwe Schütte
Uwe Schütte
Affiliation:
Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany
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This chapter examines the music created by Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Dieter Moebius, and Michael Rother, under the band names Cluster and Harmonia. It makes the case that this music exists in a different relation to post-war Germany than that of Kraftwerk or Neu. Cluster/Harmonia created music deeply informed by the rural setting in which the musicians worked; in doing so, they engaged with one of the archetypal signifiers of German identity – the German landscape. The improvisatory nature of their work both allowed them to respond directly to the influence of their environment, but also created a template that proved very influential – not least on the work of Brian Eno (who collaborated with them in the mid-1970s).

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ClusterHarmoniaBrian Enolandscapenatureidentityimprovisationminimalismpastoral
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The Cambridge Companion to Krautrock , pp. 173 - 186
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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  • Cluster/Harmonia
  • Edited by Uwe Schütte, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany
  • Book: The Cambridge Companion to Krautrock
  • Online publication: 20 October 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009036535.012
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  • Cluster/Harmonia
  • Edited by Uwe Schütte, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany
  • Book: The Cambridge Companion to Krautrock
  • Online publication: 20 October 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009036535.012
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  • Cluster/Harmonia
  • Edited by Uwe Schütte, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany
  • Book: The Cambridge Companion to Krautrock
  • Online publication: 20 October 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009036535.012
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