Grosses Wasser

Cluster

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 20, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 1979
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Water
• ASIN: B001KEH5WQ
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #258,806 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Avanti

2. Prothese

3. Isodea

4. Breitengrad 20

5. Manchmal

6. Grosses Wasser

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Originally released on Sky in 1979, Grosses Wasser is Cluster's last great album. Combining the ambient space rock of early albums on some songs with a more updated, beat-driven, dare I say space-disco? sound on others, it at times sounds like the best of both worlds. Cluster were probably the most influential and groundbreaking group to come out of Germany in the 70s (no small feat) and every one of their records is pure trailblazing musical history. Reissued domestically for the first time ever.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cluster's peak, January 27, 2000

By	DAC Crowell (Rankin, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Grosses Wasser (Audio CD)

This release, produced by recently-departed ex-Tangerine Dream member Peter Baumann, is perhaps the best showcase of Cluster in all of their different styles. The first half seesaws back and forth between a Teutonic, motoric style that Cluster hadn't entertained since their 1974 "Zuckerzeit" album and the post-Harmonia simplistic, neo-classical stylings found on "Sowiesoso" and their work with Brian Eno. But the second half...the title track...is a landmark work that combines a sweeping, soundtrack-like sensibility with ambient electronics and 'radiospiel'-like effects to create perhaps their ultimate studio composition. This album perhaps better than any other shows off what Dieter Moebius and Hans-Joachim Roedelius are capable of. Essential.

4.0 out of 5 stars Another nice Cluster record, January 31, 2007

By	Lovblad (Geneva, Switzerland) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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This review is from: Grosses Wasser (Audio CD)

While it is not one of their masterpieces and is maligned in some quarters I personally think that Cluster have come up with another good record, a great one in parts.

5.0 out of 5 stars Music from those who taught Eno everything except irony, December 10, 1998

By	[e-mail] (New York, New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Grosses Wasser (Audio CD)

These Germans make music for aesthetes with a profound sense of wonder and irony. Where Eno often takes himself too seriously and verges on musical sterility, Cluster is able to transform musical ideas into eclectic spatial images. Not merely "Pop" artists, their classical training allows provides them with a richer language with which to juxtaoppose and marry sounds. Thomas Mann, Paul Klee, Max Ernst and Rilke come to mind. I recommend their music to all who love the infinite possibilities of electronic music...