Cluster - 1976 - Sowiesoso

Cluster
1976
Sowiesoso

01. Sowiesoso (7:19)
02. Halwa (2:52)
03. Dem Wanderer (3:52)
04. Umleitung (3:29)
05. Zum Wohl (6:54)
06. Es War Einmal (5:26)
07. In Ewigkeit (7:24)

Hans Joachim Roedelius / electronics
Dieter Moebius / electronics

More placid and calm than previous Cluster releases, Sowiesoso feels a bit like a middle ground between the experimental hypnotic drone pulses of earlier Cluster and the somewhat more immediately accessible work of Autobahn-era Kraftwerk. One of those electronic Krautrock albums which very easily fades into being background music, it's a pleasant enough experience but not what I'd call an enduring highlight of the scene, or of Cluster's particular discography. (Perhaps they were spreading their efforts out too much with the concurrent work on Cluster & Eno, though they'd pull things together in time for the excellent After the Heat).