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. It was co-produced by former

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member Peter Baumann. ''Großes Wasser'' marked the return to Cluster working as a duo of

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after two albums collaborating with Brian Eno. ''Großes Wasser'' was recorded and released in

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on the

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label. It featured a wide variety of styles, including some of the most avant-garde material created by Moebius and Roedelius since the demise of

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with Conrad Schnitzler's departure in 1971, particularly during the middle section of the title track, which occupied all of side 2. Other tracks, including "Manchmal" and both the opening and closing sections of "Großes Wasser" continued the gentle, melodic style of the previous three albums, while others echoed the rhythmic style of ''

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'', albeit with more of an edge. Steven and Alan Freeman, writing in their book ''The Crack in the Cosmic Egg'', describe the title track, in part, as "...a lengthy suite growing out of silence with atmospheric Florian Fricke-like sustained piano tones, via bizarre crackling electronics onto almost tribal-industrial rock percussives." ''Großes Wasser'' was first reissued on CD by Sky Records in 1992. It was first released in the U.S. by the Gyroscope label on March 19, 1996. A 1,000-copy limited edition digitally remastered CD was released on the Japanese Captain Trip label on September 20, 2007.

Track listing

# "Avanti" – 4:44 # "Prothese" – 2:04 # "Isodea" – 4:03 # "Breitengrad 20" – 4:04 # "Manchmal" – 2:05 # "Großes Wasser" – 18:38

Personnel

– keyboards, percussion, vocals *

– keyboards, percussion, vocals * Peter Baumann – producer * William Roper – engineer

References

External links

Allmusic.com
* Curry, Rus

Retrieved August 17, 2007. * Ground and Sk
Progreviews.com
Retrieved August 19, 2007. * Freeman, Steven and Freeman, Alan

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