Curiosum

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Curiosum
Curiosum cover
Studio album by Cluster
Released 1981
Recorded 1981
Genre Krautrock
Kosmische Musik
Experimental Music
Electronic Music
Ambient Music
Length 35:38
Label Sky (Germany)
Producer Dieter Moebius and Hans-Joachim Roedelius
Professional reviews
Cluster chronology
Live In Vienna
(1980)		 Curiosum
(1981)		 Begegnungen
(1984)

Curiosum is the ninth album by the electronic music outfit Cluster. It was also the final collaboration between Dieter Moebius and Hans-Joachim Roedelius before an eight year hiatus.

Curiosum was recorded in May, 1981 at Hamet Hof in Vienna, Austria and released later that year. The album was Cluster's last release for Sky. It lives up to its name, with the seven relatively short tracks of offbeat and unusual melodies. Stewart Mason, in his review for All Music Guide, writes that Cluster "...had started taking cues from the groups they'd initially inspired. Gone are the side-long experiments of early Cluster albums..."

The album was reissued on CD by Sky in 1996. A 1000 copy limited edition digitally remastered CD of Curiosum was released on the Japanese Captain Trip label on September 20, 2007.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Oh Odessa" - 3:15
  2. "Proantipro" - 7:30
  3. "Seltsame Gegend" - 8:00
  4. "Helle Melange" - 3:45
  5. "Tristan In Der Bar" - 3:00
  6. "Charlic" - 4:40
  7. "Ufer" - 8:40

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