''Curiosum'' is the ninth album by the

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. It was also the final collaboration between Dieter Moebius and Hans-Joachim Roedelius before an eight-year hiatus. ''Curiosum'' was recorded in May 1981 at Hamet Hof in

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, Austria and released later that year. The album was Cluster's last release for

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. It lives up to its name, with the seven relatively short tracks of offbeat and unusual melodies. Stewart Mason, in his review for

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, writes that Cluster "...had started taking cues from the groups they'd initially inspired. Gone are the side-long experiments of early Cluster albums..." The album was reissued on CD by Sky in 1996. A 1,000 copy limited edition digitally remastered CD of ''Curiosum'' was released on the Japanese

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label on September 20, 2007.

Track listing

All tracks by

. ;Side one # "Oh Odessa" – 3:15 # "Proantipro" – 7:30 # "Seltsame Gegend" – 8:00 ;Side two # "Helle Melange" – 3:45 # "Tristan in der Bar" – 3:00 # "Charlic" – 4:40 # "Ufer" – 8:40

Personnel

* Hans-Joachim Roedelius – synthesizer * Dieter Moebius – synthesizer

References

External links

* Curry, Rus
A Curious History of Cluster
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