Qluster

Following the astounding four-decade run of Hans-Joachim Roedelius and <a href="spotify:artist:0ctLTKGS1coZsfRHZw48tC">Dieter Moebius</a>' pioneering Krautrock duo <a href="spotify:artist:5mNY0NPszdalbrb4ITO3M8">Cluster</a> -- whose history extends back to the late '60s as <a href="spotify:artist:7lIKVwbDfQHvHtGRPue9jY">Kluster</a>, its initial lineup with <a href="spotify:artist:79f49kyfxgPm1WF8EHz2vf">Conrad Schnitzler</a> -- <a href="spotify:artist:7v5E9zviGMsOGHRdMVmhDc">Roedelius</a> swapped a letter as well as a bandmember in the early 2010s, forming Qluster with musician and sound installation artist Onnen Bock of <a href="spotify:artist:0fQCIbb4zQSYuj2tFNbdLi">Zeitkratzer</a>, whom he had started working with in 2007. The new incarnation continued in the creative spirit of its predecessors, based on spontaneous improvisations using analog synthesizers as well as <a href="spotify:artist:7v5E9zviGMsOGHRdMVmhDc">Roedelius</a>' signature piano melodies. Appearing on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Bureau+B%22">Bureau B</a>, home to numerous <a href="spotify:artist:5mNY0NPszdalbrb4ITO3M8">Cluster</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:7v5E9zviGMsOGHRdMVmhDc">Roedelius</a> albums and reissues, Qluster's debut, Fragen, was issued in May of 2011, and was followed later that year by the live recording Rufen. In early 2012, Antworten, a recording of piano improvisations performed by <a href="spotify:artist:7v5E9zviGMsOGHRdMVmhDc">Roedelius</a> and Bock in early 2007, was released as the third Qluster album. Recorded live at the CTM-Zodiak Festival in Berlin, early 2013's Lauschen was the first Qluster album to include third member Armin Metz. A split 12" single with <a href="spotify:artist:3z9ViU2XA9UggOyGCkuCuW">Schneider TM</a> was released on Record Store Day that April. Qluster's fifth album, Tasten (2015), was another piano-based effort, and 2016's Echtzeit went in a sparse yet melodic direction. Elemente appeared in 2018, and explored <a href="spotify:artist:1BGN1IdyiSR0ZYrkoKNchl">Tangerine Dream</a>-style sequencer-driven electronics. ~ Paul Simpson, Rovi