MMW: Cluster

Saturday, February 15th, 2014 // Blogs,MMW

And I quote:

“Cluster was a German experimental musical group who influenced the development of contemporary popular electronic and ambient music. They have recorded albums in a wide variety of styles ranging from experimental music to progressive rock, all of which had an avant-garde edge. Cluster was active from 1971 until 2010, releasing a total of 15 albums, including two collaborations with Brian Eno. Musician, writer and rock historian Julian Cope places three Cluster albums in his Krautrock Top 50[1] and “The Wire” places Cluster’s self-titled debut album in their “One Hundred Records That Set The World On Fire”.”

I picked Cluster because of their album “Zuckerzeit”. It rules, get it. Cold, cool, futuristic, alingual computer grooves. Their canon is impressive, but this record sets the template.

Hear it: KMFD leads a trip through The Singularity, a freeform space encompassed by the monogenre, every Thursday from 2 to 4. KMFD can also sometimes be found performing as a computerless, one-man, futuristic groove bot.