Cluster- Hollywood (1973)

[bassboomboing]

we used to listen to this every friday nite before going to the glamside refresheria down on west boulevard and central it was as heavy as a neutron bomb -class of 76 trunk state TX

[TheMandragoraBCN]

Beautiful.

[cosmicrider287]

cluster is tremendous.

[hjt123]

i would have thought this was a stereolab demo if i hadn't previously known this song

[elsewhereify]

I want this in and around my body.

[jucurtis23]

great job kingfeeb....this is one of the best videos on youtube.....great song...great visuals.....

[OREJASABIERTAS1]

!!!!!

[Zernobilly]

If I Wouldn´t know better, i´d guess the song is from mid 90´s.

[lebannerfan65]

This version seems to differ from the album version a little. Maybe it's the youtube compression, but I actually think it sounds better here!

[grandecapopirellone]

we start realising only now what these guys have been doing back then. AMAZING!!!

[ChrisUtzig]

My favorite Cluster song

[phatfish78]

There is no such thing as timeless music but this is as fucking close as it gets.

It doesn't get much better than this.

[Andrewsmate]

Superb.

[mannoe]

Gee that's nice of Brian, considering these guys were doing this kind of thing long before he was, and he made the pilgrimage to their studios...not the other way round...credit where it's due people.

[kingfeeb]

@mannoe Of course, the influence of collaboration doesn't work only one way. And Cluster always gave props to the people they worked with, especially Eno, Michael Rother and Conny Plank. Roedelius said in 1997 about their collaborators: "Michael, as well as Eno, gave a lot and had a certain focus regarding our common work... Obviously working with Michael changed my and Moebius' focus, I don't know if Michael got the same benefit from working with us as we did working with him."

[rofubatf]

@mannoe why is that nice? if anything it's selfish

[strawhattedman]

Flawless

[mrcooperdale]

loooooooove

[eriktrammell]

Awesome!

[jdoget07]

@FreakyPhil32 HA! What a very sharp observation! I can definitely see how this would have influenced BOC. In fact, this has a Campfire Headphase feel to it. The main melody actually sounds like a cross between what would become "Dayvan Cowboy" and "Oscar See Through Red Eye." Do you hear it as well?

[rohedron]

@jdoget07 sounds exactly like Cluster to me

[meshblorg]

OMFG ROOTS OF TRANCE!

[Zombiefied68]

sounds better than most current dance music and yes i would dance to this

[jilliebean3000]

Just discovered these by accident, What a find! This is feckin' ace, sounds like it could have been produced today, it's that cool. Definitely shades of BOC in the mix too... cluster are my new favourite band, I'll be trying to hunt these down on vinyl =D

[kienmoor]

das Ding ist auch noch in 100 Jahren der Hammer !

[tehgamecat]

Theres a track on John Digweed Fabric that is surely a rehash of this.

[elephanta2]

"Zuckerzeit" is my favorite album as Neu! and La Dusseldorf's.

[sydbarrett1]

this is from the future....36/37 years old?!!! i wish i could make music like this.

[sydbarrett1]

wow. isn't it 1974 though?

[pureloveracing]

circular.

[thankGodforDavidG]

yeah Sugar-Time in Hollywood always, and one can see the important german connection with this incredible music, from Kraftwerk, Neu, Harmonia and Cluster, these guys worked to advance electronic Rock then Punk, 70s to 80s !!!

[parge0]

I can't stop listening to this

[guiseppelives]

why does it day brian eno approved, he went to work with cluster took their ideas and buggered off to use them on david bowie's low, i think eno is a douchebag.

david byrne and brian eno - my life in the bush of ghosts was good

[FreakyPhil32]

This obviously had an influence on Boards Of Canada. Anyway, I love them both.

[ekiroto]

...and Stereolab

[pselodux]

yeah my first thought when hearing this song was that boards of canada ripped it off bigtime!

[jdoget07]

@FreakyPhil32 HA! What a very sharp observation! I can definitely see how this would have influenced BOC. In fact, this has a Campfire Headphase feel to it. The main melody actually sounds like a cross between what would become "Dayvan Cowboy" and "Oscar See Through Red Eye." Do you hear it as well?

[Sabored]

@FreakyPhil32 I was just recommended to them because someone told me they sound like BOC, I didn't think they would be this similar.

[FreakyPhil32]

I can easily see how this has influenced Boards of Canada. Both are great anyway.

[kosmischesynth]

without meaning to, Roedelius has created something that sounds THIS GOOD

[juiaob]

If I didn't know this was krautrock, I would surely say this song was from the future.

[rohedron]

Somehow I get the feeling its from the future no matter when its considered. awesome.

[123456abcdism]

fantastic!

[123456abcdism]

C'est Fantastique!

[123456abcdism]

fantastique!

[123456abcdism]

freaking fantastic and way ahead of its time. Fresh assault!

[DelectaNoctem]

...unreal

[thewonkydonky]

1 word: SICK. This sounds so compelling and ahead of it's time!

[tomthenomad]

freaking schweeeet