Probably best known for their mid-70s albums Zuckerzeit and Sowiesoso, as well as their collaborations with both Neu!’s Michael Rother (as Harmonia) and Brian Eno, Cluster’s earlier work – though no less innovative – tends to be overlooked.
One of the founders of Berlin’s experimental live music venue Zodiak Free Arts Lab in the late 60s, Cluster’s Hans-Joachim Roedelius was never one for concession. He ejected conventional song structure as bourgeois, while forging ahead as an autodidact working with oscillators, distortion units and echo delays.
