Live in Vienna (Cluster album)

Live in Vienna is the eighth full-length album by German electronic music outfit Cluster and their first and only album with Joshi Farnbauer. It is the first of four live albums recorded by Cluster.

On June 12, 1980 Cluster performed at the Wiener Festwochen Alternativ with Farnbauer. The performance was recorded and released as a limited edition cassette on the British York House Records (YHR) label. It was reissued in Germany on the Transmitter label of "Grüne Kraft" owner Werner Pieper. The style of much of the music is highly experimental and discordant and very reminiscent of Moebius and Roedelius' early work with Conrad Schnitzler in Kluster, albeit with updated electronic instrumentation. Two notable exceptions are "Piano and "Ausgang", which are melodic in style. "Piano" concludes with a live rendition on "Manchmal" which originally appeared on the album Grosses Wasser (1979).

Two excerpts from this album, were included as bonus tracks on the Hypnotic CD reissues of the first two Kluster albums, Klopfzeichen and Zwei-Osterei. A 15:56 long excerpt of "Metalle" beginning about 3:03 was included with "Klopfzeichen". A 15:10 long excerpt of "Service" beginning about 3:01 was included with "Zwei-Osterei". On August 24, 2010 the album was reissued as a double CD by the American label Important Records. The CD version includes remastered audio and newly created artwork by Dieter Moebius.

Track listing

1. "Service" – 32:00
2. "Kurz" – 4:30
3. "Piano" – 5:30
4. "Drums" – 13:30
5. "Metalle" – 25:15
6. "Ausgang" – 6:45

Personnel

• Hans-Joachim Roedelius – composer, performer
• Dieter Moebius – composer, performer, artwork on CD reissue
• Joshi Farnbauer – composer, performer
• Michael Jürs – percussion on "Metalle"
• Paul Rapnik – percussion on "Metalle"
• Eric Spitzer-Marlyn – recording engineer

References

• Discogs Cluster & Joshi Farnbauer - Live In Vienna. Retrieved August 18, 2007.
• Curry, Russ A Curious History of Cluster Retrieved August 17, 2007.