''One Hour'' is the eleventh full-length album by German electronic music outfit
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in July, 1994 and released on January 24, 1995 on the U.S.-based
Gyroscope label. Precisely one hour of music was culled from four hours of improvisation in the studio. The music is continuous and ''One Hour'' is presented as a single piece, the longest Cluster has recorded to date. The CD does have 11 tracks dividing the music, but none of the parts is separately titled. ''One Hour'' is structured much like the title track of ''
Großes Wasser'', with short, soft melodic sections at the beginning and the end sandwiching a much longer. rather experimental central section.
Bret Love, who reviewed ''One Hour'' for
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, writes, in part:
One Hour ..is exactly that-- one hour of songs culled from four hours of continuous improvisation. At times the experimental music flows like some bizarre soundtrack for a David Lynch-influenced student film. At others, it sounds like classical music even your Grandma could dig (er... well, maybe not). Although the duo's wildly eclectic, esoteric sound may take some getting used to, One Hour is one of those sneaky discs that continues to grow on you with each listen.
Track listing
#"One Hour" – 60:00
Personnel
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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 ...
– piano, synthesizer
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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 ...
– synthesizer
Notes
References
* Bush, John [] Retrieved August 18, 2007.
* Curry, Rus
A Curious History of Cluster Retrieved August 17, 2007.
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1995 albums
Cluster (band) albums