Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, two German dudes—Dieter Moebius and Hans-Joachim Roedelius—spurred an artistic movement that’s commanded a long-reaching effect on contemporary (née electronic) soundcraft. Collectively known as Cluster, Messrs. Moebius and Roedelius generated a proto-ambient, early avant-garde electronica of Germanic persuasion that was both groundbreaking and influential. This archival … Continue reading Essential New Music: Cluster’s “1971-1981”