Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Two gentle Germans

Tracing the constellations of classic krautrock, you can't get too far without bumping into the boys of Cluster, also known by their excellently mellifluous names Moebius and Roedelius. You may have heard their collaborations with Brian Eno, but their solo work often achieves the same high level of textural minimalism that remains completely engaging at nearly any length. The kind of ambient that almost refuses to let a book or zone-out overtake your mind. Which is a good problem to have. So, in turn, we have Moebius doing movies...

Dieter Moebius - Falsche Ruhe

...and Roedelius laying by a stream, not doing much at all.

Hans-Joachim Roedelius - Mein Freund Farouk

1 comment:

  1. These tracks are excellent, perhaps especially the Roedelius one. Thanks.

    ReplyDelete