HARMONIA - DELUXE (LP-LTD 180GM 2015 GRONLAND VINYL REISSUE)

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Remastered in 2015 for the Gronland label, this, the 70’s trio’s 2nd album - originally released on the legendary Brain label - sounds better than ever!

With new crystalline clarity, everything on ‘Deluxe’ sounds a lot sharper and allows you to hear much more of the detail within the music, and therefore is decidedly the definitive release for this album.

Musically, for those that don’t know, ‘Deluxe’ dates back to 1975 and marked the meeting of musical hearts and minds that was the duo of Moebius & Roedelius of CLUSTER, alongside ex- NEU!/KRAFTWERK guitarist Michael Rother on a second album that was so much more cohesive and powerful than the first.
The album was co-produced by Michael Rother with the brilliant producer/engineer Conny Plank, who had worked with NEU!, CLUSTER, KRAFTWERK, and many other bands. It was recorded on Plank’s equipment in Forst in the summer of 1975, and mixed at his studio near Cologne soon afterwards.
Leading on from the first album, CLUSTER’s ‘Zuckerzeit’, Rother’s first three solo albums and some of the more languid NEU! tracks, this album is dominated by the stunning trio of long tracks that open the album.
With extra rhythmic help from GURU GURU’s drummer Mani Neumeier on two of them, these three tracks could have easily been off any of the first three Michael Rother albums, for it is that influence that predominates.
The electronics and keyboards from the CLUSTER musicians forms the icing on the cake, or the backdrop to some of THE most stunning and gorgeous, powerful and dynamic, languid and cohesive, electric guitar work from Rother. All this, over the trademark metronomic CAN-like rhythmic base, makes those 3 tracks into nearly thirty minutes of pure bliss, no matter how many times you play them! A trio of 4 five-minute tracks ends the album with more of a ‘Zuckerzeit’ feel, as the CLUSTER guys take centre stage with swirling organ sounds, electronic drums, deep bass and lush strings on ‘Notre Dame’, a more LA DUSSELDORF sounding ‘Gollum’, and ending with the near six minutes of ‘Kekse’ - a sedate closer with undulating electro-percussive beats, swirling electronics, slowly flowing melodies and the sound of birds over a coda of lush acoustic guitar.
Overall, the new remaster brings out everything that this album is – and makes it positively timeless in the process!

‘Deluxe’ is also available as a CD Digi-Pak – Stock # 1816211

Also available by HARMONIA in this series…

MUSIK VON HARMONIA CD Digi-Pak - Stock # 1816197
MUSIK VON HARMONIA LP - Stock # 1817202
COMPLETE WORKS 6LP - Stock # 1812633

‘Harmonia-Deluxe’ is released on 18th December 2015.

HARMONIA: DELUXE LP Track List:

Side A:
01. Deluxe {Immer Wieder} (9:45)
02. Walky-Talky (10:35)

Side B:
01. Monza {Rauf Und Runter} (7:07)
02. Notre Dame (4:15)
03. Gollum (4:35)
04. Kekse (5:35)

TPT: 41:52