Curiosum

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
Studio album by Cluster
Released	1981
Recorded	May 1981
Studio	Hamet Hof, Vienna, Austria
Genre	Krautrock, kosmische musik, experimental, electronic, ambient
Length	35:38
Label	Sky
Producer	Dieter Moebius and Hans-Joachim Roedelius
Cluster chronology
Live in Vienna (1980) Curiosum (1981) Apropos Cluster (1991)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Classic Rock	[2]

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 Allmusic, writes that Cluster "...had started taking cues from the groups they'd initially inspired. Gone are the side-long experiments of early Cluster albums..."[1]

The album was reissued on CD by Sky in 1996. A 1,000 copy limited edition digitally remastered CD of Curiosum was released on the Japanese Captain Trip label on September 20, 2007.[3]

Track listing

All tracks by Cluster.

Side one

1. "Oh Odessa" – 3:15
2. "Proantipro" – 7:30
3. "Seltsame Gegend" – 8:00

Side two

1. "Helle Melange" – 3:45
2. "Tristan in der Bar" – 3:00
3. "Charlic" – 4:40
4. "Ufer" – 8:40

Personnel

• Hans-Joachim Roedelius – synthesizer
• Dieter Moebius – synthesizer

References

1. Mason, Stewart. "Cluster- Curiosum review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
2. Doran, John (February 2010). "Cluster - Sowiesoso/Curiosum". Classic Rock. No. 141. pp. 90–91.
3. "Cluster / Curiosum". Captain Trip Records. Retrieved 2016-09-13.

External links

• Curry, Russ A Curious History of Cluster Retrieved August 17, 2007.