Roedelius, Hans Joachim

Artist: Alquimia + Roedelius
P: 1999
This album is the meeting between Hans-Joachim Roedelius, German pioneer of the electronic avant garde, and Alquimia, a versatile Mexican artist who has explored the possibilities of synthesizers as well as those of her voice in various innovative projects.
This unusual collaboration between them both has resulted in a likewise remarkable CD. There are melodic passages of a great emotional strength, which could be defined as a fusion of Atmospheric Pop and World Music. And among them both, others of a mysterious, even dreary character coexist, with a slow development and a structure ranging from Ambient to mystic ritual music.
Alquimia's voice, which she herself processes electronically in various ways, turns out to be unearthly at times, and very much earthly in other occasions, perfectly fitting with the electronic textures and exotic atmospheres.

Artist: Alquimia + Roedelius
P: 1999
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This album is the meeting between Hans-Joachim Roedelius, German pioneer of the electronic avant garde, and Alquimia, a versatile Mexican artist who has explored the possibilities of synthesizers as well as those of her voice in various innovative projects.
This unusual collaboration between them both has resulted in a likewise remarkable CD. There are melodic passages of a great emotional strength, which could be defined as a fusion of Atmospheric Pop and World Music. And among them both, others of a mysterious, even dreary character coexist, with a slow development and a structure ranging from Ambient to mystic ritual music.
Alquimia's voice, which she herself processes electronically in various ways, turns out to be unearthly at times, and very much earthly in other occasions, perfectly fitting with the electronic textures and exotic atmospheres.

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Artist: Eno, Moebius, Roedelius
P: 1978 / 2009
This album came from the same sessions which produced the 5 star masterpiece Cluster and Eno and the song By This River on Before and After Science. This is another splendid album, but it lacks the cohesiveness and sustained other worldly atmosphere of their previous release. It's also a rather more uptempo album a lot of the time, although the overall mood is still tranquil with some nagging dark undercurrents. One major difference between After The Heat and Cluster & Eno is the inclusion of Eno's vocal on a few tracks. This is particularly effective on T'Zima N'arki, which sounds as though Eno is singing his lyrics backwards or possibly is just singing nonsense syllables with bizarre inflections. This track also features Can's Holger Czukay on bass, and has some dub reggae styled sound effects - all in all, an oddly enjoyable musical confection. The Belldog, on the other hand, sounds like a track from an Eno solo album - a perfectly good song in its own right, but not quite in keeping with the rest of the album. The instrumental tracks mostly recall the spacy soundscapes of Cluster & Eno, which itself called to mind the best moments of Another Green World and Music for Films. After the Heat is a strong album from a remarkably productive collaboration, and is highly recommended.

Artist: Hans Joachim Roedelius
+ Richard Barbieri
P: 2001
Sections of Richard Barbieri's compositions have been used on this album by Claudio Chianura and Roedelius called T'AI.
"Breaking The Silence" And "Light Years" by Richard Barbieri are taken from "Other Worlds In A Small Room"
"Frieden Für Adjan", "Verweht", "Bonheur" (by Hans Joachim Roedelius) are taken from "Piano Piano"
"T'AI" by Claudio Chianura & Piero Chianura is previously unreleased.

Artist: Hans Joachim Roedelius & Tim Story
P: 2008
If you know Hans-Joachim Roedelius' albums, you will find a lot to like about this. Piano, much like that of Harold Budd, and some really great cello passages coming in and out over the music. A sequel to the acclaimed Lunz project, this follow-up finds Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Tim Story shedding their original collaborative moniker in favour of recording under their own names. It's great to hear the Cluster and Harmonia veteran in such fine form (he'll be 74 this year), making effortlessly graceful ambient music that still sounds like it's at the very forefront of the genre. Inlandish is bound to prompt comparisons to Ryuichi Sakamoto or Harold Budd for the glowing, meditative piano pieces at the heart of the record, but the kind of electronic treatments and additional instrumentation reaches beyond any single theme, with some compositions simply augmented by ghostly strands of cello, while others more fully embrace digital manipulation, as on 'Serpentining'; a melding of melodic piano and humming circuitry. Of course, there's some great synth work on the album too, particularly when it comes to the vintage krautrock tones of 'Beforst', a piece wonderfully redolent of Roedelius' past. Excellent.

Artist: Hans Joachim Roedelius
P: 1978 / 1995
Originally released in 1978, good CD reissue of Hans Joachim Roedelius's first solo work.Most probably know him simply by Roedelius,as a key member of Kluster and Harmonia.Tracks here that tend to stand out are "Am Rockzipfel",the fourteen-minute title cut "Durch die Wuste" and "Mr.Livingston". Nicely done neo-kraut, as some might describe it. Line-up:Roedelius-keyboards&vocals,Conrad Plank(R.I.P.)-guitar,fellow Kluster partner Dieter Moebius-synthesizer and Jaso Christo-drums.

Artist: Harmonia (Rother, Moebius & Roedelius )
P: 1975 / 2001
A masterpiece within early electronic music. You will enjoy pumping organs, together with long guitar effects. Sometimes monochromatic static backround lines will make you hypnotized!

 

Artist: Harmonia (Musiker, Roedelius & Moebius)
P: 1974 / 2007
Their famous concert in 1974. All musicians at the height of their musical collaboration time!

Artist: Harmonia (Roedelius, Rother, Moebius & Eno)
P: 1976 / 2009
Remastered reissue of the legendary 1976 recording, including three previously unreleased tracks*.
Harmonia 76 are: Hans Joachim Roedelius, Michael Rother, Dieter Moebius & Brian Eno.
Michael Rother – e-guitar, keyboards, drum machine
Dieter Moebius – synthesizer, mini harp
Hans-Joachim Roedelius – keyboards
Brian Eno – synthesizer, e-bass, voice, lyrics

Artist: Moebius,+ Roedelius
P: 1990 / 2007
This rerelease out of 2007 shows the reminiscence of the both musicians out of the year 1990, where they remember the times of Cluster and play music again in that vitage style.
Comes in a CD sized papersleeve album replica, with Obi-strip and insert of notes.