After the Heat

Brian Eno, Roedelius, Dieter Moebius | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 13, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Gyroscope
• ASIN: B0000035DE
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #246,553 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Foreign Affairs

2. The Belldog

3. Base & Apex

4. Tzima N'Arki

5. Luftschloss

6. Oil

7. Broken Head

8. Light Arms

9. The Shade

10. Old Land

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

This 1978 collaboration between Brian Eno and Cluster members Dieter Moebius and Hans-Joachim Roedelius may sound dated in this era of digital recordings, but the music still possesses a special appeal. This experimental trio concocted 10 electronic-based compositions that focus and embellish upon repeated patterns within their layered tracks of keyboards, piano, and occasional bass and guitar. The results range from the ethereal haze of "Old Land" and the psychedelic throb of "Broken Head" to the serene keyboard musings of "Luftschloss." Eno contributes vocals or spoken word to three tracks, including the backward singing on "Tzima N'arki," a quirky slice of avant-pop that includes bass work from Can's Holger Czukay. Despite their minimalist approach to structure, Eno, Moebius, and Roedelius generate striking sounds and sonic contrasts throughout After the Heat, and one can certainly hear precursors to modern ambient, techno, and contemporary instrumentals on this diverse album. --Bryan Reesman

Product Description

Brian Eno's second album collaboration with Dieter Moebius and Hans-Joachim Roedelius of Cluster consists of slow-moving instrumentals full of repeated synthesizer sound patterns and sustained guitar notes in the ambient style familiar from Eno's collaborations with Robert Fripp and albums of his own, such as Discreet Music. One song, 'Broken Head,' features recited vocals by Eno, and on another, 'The Belldog,' he sings. On 'Tzima N'arki,' his vocal is turned backwards. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars essential, September 23, 2000

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Sean M. Kelly (Portland, Oregon United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: After the Heat (Audio CD)

This is the second and final lp for Eno and the German synth duo Cluster, and more so than "Cluster and Eno," this lp is a much more cohesive, yet no less strange, album.

Eno tends to be the more dominant force on this recording, going so far as singing on a few of these tracks, and the whole lp has a kind of "Before and After Science" feel to it, which is certainly not a bad thing.

Cluster would go on to make excellent lps after this point (not that they hadn't to that point), taking what they gained from Eno and putting it to good use. Eno would also take much from these meetings, and those influences do pop up on several lps he made after this one.

Both Eno and Cluster lps are essential listening and belong in your cd collection.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The other 1/2 of..., January 27, 2000

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DAC Crowell - See all my reviews

This review is from: After the Heat (Audio CD)

This is the companion work to "Cluster and Eno", and really should be taken in along with that wonderful work for maximum impact. Not that the absence of its tracks diminishes this release any, as this is definitely the stronger of the two albums. Cluster, at this point in time, was well into their near-classical approach to ambience, and pairing this with Eno's full-flowered approaches to atmospherics and complex arranging creates a masterpiece recording that has only improved with time. Description of what's going on in here is rather hard; it should just be sufficient to say that you should buy this CD if you have even the slightest interest in any of these artists, in ambient music, or electronics. An aside note: this was Eno's last lyrical effort for many years; he only found voice again on his collaboration with John Cale, "Wrong Way Up", over a decade later. When one listens to "The Belldog", though, it's clear why...what _does_ one sing about after creating such a work? A critical, essential album.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The future is going to be WEIRD!, November 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: After the Heat (Audio CD)

I consider this album to be the perfect soundtrack for the weird future we're going be be having. Hard to beleive it's twenty years old. It was before it's time then, it's before it's time now and will probably still be before it's time ten years from now. It combines odd little pop songs and glacial sonic landscapes.