{"product_id":"cluster-eno-s-t-lp","title":"Cluster \u0026 Eno - S\/T LP","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2022 restock; Bureau B's 2009 reissue. LP version. Originally recorded and released in 1977 on Sky Records, the first collaborative album by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBrian Eno\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCluster\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e was the first ambient record produced in Germany, and is considered the seminal, defining work of the genre. Brian Eno was certainly instrumental in creating and popularizing the concept of \"ambient music\" -- but it was not his invention alone. The German musicians \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHans-Joachim Roedelius\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDieter Moebius\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (Cluster) were brothers in spirit. As so often in music, the idea of ambient was in the air -- both Eno and Cluster experimenting with the form in the 1970s, rendering any debate as to who influenced who redundant. What is certain, is that Brian Eno attended a Cluster concert in Hamburg in 1975, strategically positioning himself in the front row. Sure enough, he was invited on stage to jam with the band and, after the show, the participants arranged to meet up again. They did so two years later at the Old Weserhof in Forst, the domicile of the German duo. Eno and Cluster spent three weeks in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eConny Plank\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e's studio, resulting in two albums: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCluster \u0026amp; Eno\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAfter The Heat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (1978). In the liner notes, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAsmus Tietchens\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (who also plays on the record along with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHolger Czukay\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e) writes: \"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eClearly, all three musicians inspired each other during their three weeks together without any clash of personalities. Nevertheless, some tracks sound more like Cluster, some more like Eno. So it made perfect sense to collect the tracks with a Cluster flavor on\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Cluster \u0026amp; Eno.\" The importance of this record can never be overstated, nor can its elegance of diverse forms be matched. From Indian sitar and tamboura, to synth warbles and airy tributes to Western groove, it is a rare glimpse at what happens when masters meet.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Forced Exposure","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42080013451472,"sku":"","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0554\/4201\/4416\/products\/clustereno.jpg?v=1647361209","url":"https:\/\/www.grapefruitrecordclub.com\/products\/cluster-eno-s-t-lp","provider":"Grapefruit Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}