''Begegnungen II'' is a

Sky Records Sky Records was a Hamburg, Germany-based independent record label specializing in krautrock/ Kosmische Musik and electronic music. Some of their releases could be classified as progressive rock or art rock, experimental music, industrial, ambien ...

1985 compilation album (second volume to ''

Begegnungen ''Begegnungen'' (German for "meetings" or "encounters") is a Sky Records 1984 collection of music by Brian Eno, Dieter Moebius, Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Conny Plank, compiled from these seven solo and collaborative albums released by Sky bet ...

'') with recordings by Brian Eno,

Dieter Moebius Dieter Moebius (16 January 1944 – 20 July 2015) was a Swiss-born German electronic musician and composer, best known as a member of the influential krautrock bands Cluster and Harmonia. Moebius was studying art at Berlin's Akademie Grafik and ...

Hans-Joachim Roedelius Hans-Joachim Roedelius (born 26 October 1934) is a German electronic musician and composer, best known as a co-founder of the influential 'kosmische' groups Cluster and Harmonia. He also performed in the ambient jazz trio Aquarello, and relea ...

Conny Plank Konrad "Conny" Plank (3 May 1940 – 5 December 1987) was a German record producer and musician. He is known for his innovative work as a sound engineer and producer in Germany's krautrock and kosmische music scene in the 1970s. Plank was invol ...

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, from solo albums, and from various collaborations between the artists. All of the tracks had been previously released elsewhere. The albums these tracks were drawn from are: ''

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'' by

Moebius & Plank Moebius & Plank was a German electronic music duo consisting of musicians Dieter Moebius (also of the act Cluster) and Conny Plank. They recorded three albums between 1979 and 1986 as well as two additional albums, one a collaboration with Man ...

, ''

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'' by Moebius, Plank, Neumeier, ''

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'' and '' Lustwandel'', both Roedelius solo albums, '' After The Heat'' by Eno, Moebius, Roedelius, '' Tonspuren'', the first solo album by Moebius, ''

Sowiesoso ''Sowiesoso'' (from german: sowieso, translation=anyway) is the fourth studio album by German electronic music band Cluster, released in 1976. It was Cluster's first release for Sky Records. ''Sowiesoso'' was recorded in just two days in Fors ...

'' by Cluster, and the eponymous ''

Cluster & Eno ''Cluster & Eno'' is a collaborative album by German electronic music group Cluster and English ambient musician Brian Eno. The style of this album is a collection of gentle melodies: a mixture of Eno's ambient sensibilities and Cluster's avant ...

''. These albums were released by Sky between

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and

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. The title is the German word for "Meetings" or "Encounters". ''Begegnungen II'' was issued in the US on CD in 1996 by the Gyroscope label. It was also reissued on the

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-based

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label in 2006.

Track listing

#"Conditionierer" (

) – 4:50 #"Speed Display" (Moebius-Plank- Neumeier) – 5:14 #"Mr. Livingstone" (

Roedelius Hans-Joachim Roedelius (born 26 October 1934) is a German electronic musician and composer, best known as a co-founder of the influential 'kosmische' groups Cluster and Harmonia. He also performed in the ambient jazz trio Aquarello, and relea ...

) – 5:41 #"Broken Head" ( Eno-Moebius-Roedelius) – 5:22 #"Langer Atem" (Roedelius) – 7:14 #"Hasenheide" (

) – 2:39 #"Es War Einmal" (

) – 5:20 #"Für Luise" (Cluster & Eno) – 5:01

Personnel

* Brian Eno *

Mani Neumeier Mani Neumeier (Manfred Neumeier, born 31 December 1940 in Munich) is a German rock musician, free-jazz drummer, artist, and frontman (singer and drummer) of the German Krautrock-band Guru Guru. Probably best known for his work with Guru Guru, Neu ...

– drums

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1985 compilation albums Cluster (band) albums Brian Eno compilation albums Moebius & Plank albums Hans-Joachim Roedelius albums