Review
Roedelius (who is one-half of the legendary German electronic band Cluster) has had a solo career for many many years. Alas, his solo work tends to be less electronic and more keyboard easy listening fare. "Theatre Works" is a departure from that trend, with modern classical overtones and a modulated sense of drama. But the real surprise here lies with two of the tracks which are unreleased performances by Harmonia and Brian Eno--truth! Astute audiophile historians will recall the two remarkable collaboration albums by Cluster & Eno ("Cluster & Eno" and "After the Heat") which heavily influenced the evolution and maturing of the ambient music of the 80s. It seems that the collaboration originally began with a jam session between Eno and Harmonia in 1975 (Harmonia was: Roedelius & Moebius from Cluster, and Michael Rother from Neu). Later Eno returned and worked with Roedelius and Moebius as Cluster, leaving this earlier session unreleased--until now! "Theatre Works" contains two tracks from this Harmonia & Eno lesion--a total of 20 minutes of cool synthetic sound atingle with' slowbuild and strangeness. Note: these two tracks do not appear on the HARMONIA '76 CD (on Rykodisc in USA) which featured the rest of these sessions.
Track Listing
1 - Minotaurus - 5:54
Arranged By – Roedelius*
Written-By – Moreira*, Gillis*, Lonberg-Holm*, Reyes*, Jorda*
2 - The Old And The Young - 4:08
Written-By – Roedelius*, Lintern-Harris*
3 - Captured By Letters - 5:29
Written-By – Eno*, Moebius*, Roedelius*, Rother*
4 - Quaint Man - 4:00
Written-By – Roedelius*
5 - The Blind - 3:16
Written-By – Capanni*, Rid*, de Bruco*, Alesini*
6 - Long Run - 13:12
Written-By – Eno*, Moebius*, Roedelius*, Rother*
7 - La Tour - 5:58
Written-By – Roedelius*
8 - Face Of A City - 4:47
Written-By – Roedelius*, Rid*, Michalak*
9 - A Fascinating Man - 13:42
Written-By – Roedelius*
10 - Dance - 4:31
Written-By – Roedelius*
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