Cluster - Zuckerzeit

So, this week, I'm downing cold medicine like a Houston rapper on a weekend float trip and I have the most distinctive and disruptive dreams because of it. And if there was a soundtrack to these Nyquil dreams, it would sound like this. My top Cluster (though most would disagree).

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Allmusic: An unexpected jump from the extended kosmische jams of Cluster 71 into uncharted territory that signaled their direction for years to come, Zuckerzeit presented a vision of electronic pop, fusing the duo's haunted melodic sense with crisp, scratchy drum programs that provided a grounded focus to all those synthesizer warbles. Oddly, the ten short tracks have separate composer credits (five each), leading to the assumption that Roedelius handled more evocative synthesizer lines ("Hollywood," "Rosa") while Moebius pushed the group into experimental ground ("Rote Riki," "Caramba"). It's undoubtedly one of the most distinctive records in the Cluster discography.

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