Bringing the run of brilliant Cluster reissues to a close,
Bureau B present the duo's 1981 masterpiece 'Curiosum' with
original artwork and new sleevenotes from Asmus Tietchens.
At this time Cluster wouldn't produce another album until
1990, so this set can be considered as their "swansong to
the past", and a symbiotic return to the freeform
spontaneity of their earliest music, when they still spelt
their name with a K. Also, the sounds within are perhaps
stubbornly unaffected by the noise and ebullience of the
80's coming from both the UK punk and industrial scene, and
Germany's Neue Deutsch Welle movement, preferring a quiet,
strange and tender form of melancholy. This may also be
attributable to the fact that this was the first time they
had recorded outside of Conny Plank's studio and its almost
unrivalled capabilities, stripping themselves down to a
rudimentary entity, and creating sparse, reflective
environments for their astrally arcing melodies.
'Proantipro' is like a quasi speed prophecy of the austere
techno minimalism that would come in their wake, and
'Seltsame Gegend' shuns glossy adornments for avantleaning
abstraction. 'Helle Melange' is a standout centrepiece, like
the kosmiche vision contracted to a slightly outoffocus
squint but still able to make out beautiful melodic imagery
in the foreground. Closing the album, and perhaps
symbolically the 70's, 'Ufer' casts off into a starry pool
of white noise, putting a tranquil and touchingly optimistic
finish on this chapter of electronic music history.
Tracklist:
1 Oh Odessa 3:02
2 Proantipro 6:59
3 Seltsame Gegend 7:32
4 Helle Melange 3:35
5 Tristan In Der Bar 2:54
6 Charlic 4:25
7 Ufer 8:15
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