Cluster
Grosses Wasser

Cover art for Grosses Wasser by Cluster Description: LP on Bureau B
Format: LP (vinyl)
Genre(s): Prog Rock/Krautrock
Label: Bureau B
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Sound clips for Grosses Wasser by Cluster: on vinyl at Norman Records UK. LP (vinyl), Bureau B, BB26LP, £12.29.

What their label says...

Classic Krautrock reissue - originally released 1979

CLUSTER are one of the most important protagonists of the electronic avant-garde. Some credit them with having invented ambient music, others as pioneers of synthesizer pop, whilst to some they are firmly embedded in the Krautrock universe. There is some truth in all of these ideas. Although
CLUSTER and “rock music” are seldom mentioned in the same breath, their early works in particular are marked by a lack of structure and futuristic, cold soundscapes typical of the Krautrock variation known as “Kosmische”. “Großes Wasser” was CLUSTER’S fifth album as a duo. New technology was deployed with an exactness designed to refine their (by this time – these recordings are from 1978) sophisticated and fully developed musical ideas. More than ever before in CLUSTER’S history, acoustic elements can be heard, with the dulcet tones of the Paragon’s Steinway grand piano taking centre stage. Electric bass, guitar, percussion and voice are all embraced. Consequently, “Großes Wasser” is anything but a solely electronic album. It is, however, one of those rare LPs, whose musical substance transcends its own age, still not sounding outdated. This is what really makes “Großes Wasser” so special. “Großes Wasser” is the first in a series of 23 albums which are to be reissued by Bureau B, comprehensively documenting the superb electronic/ambient/krautrock history of the Hamburg label Sky Records

TRACKLISTING:  1.  Avanti (4:48) 2. Prothese (2:11) 3. Isodea (4:09) 4. Breitengrad 20 (4:07) 5. Manchmal (2:09) 6. Grosses Wasser (18:40)