''Begegnungen'' (German for "meetings" or "encounters") is a

Sky Records Sky Records was an independent record label specializing in krautrock/Kosmische Musik and electronic music. They were based in Hamburg, Germany. Some of their releases could be classified as progressive rock or art rock, experimental music, indust ...

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

collection of music by

Brian Eno Brian Peter George Jean-Baptiste de la Salle Eno (, born 15 May 1948), also mononymously known as Eno, is an English musician, songwriter, record producer, visual artist, and activist. He is best known for his pioneering contributions to ambien ...

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. Career Moebius was studying art at Berlin's Akademie Gr ...

Hans-Joachim Roedelius Hans-Joachim Roedelius (born 26 October 1934) is a German electronic music, electronic musician and composer, known as a co-founder of the influential 'kosmische musik, kosmische' groups Cluster (band), Cluster and Harmonia (band), Harmonia. He ...

and

Conny Plank Konrad "Conny" Plank (3 May 1940 – 5 December 1987) was a German record producer and musician. He is known for his innovative work as a sound engineer and producer in Germany's krautrock and kosmische music scene in the 1970s. Plank was involv ...

, compiled from these seven solo and collaborative albums released by Sky between

1976 Events January * January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 18 – Full diplomatic ...

and

1983 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...

: * '' Durch die Wüste'' (Roedelius' first solo album) * '' Rastakraut Pasta'' (Moebius and Plank) * '' After the Heat'' (Eno, Moebius and Roedelius) * '' Tonspuren'' (Moebius' first solo album) * ''

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'' (Moebius, Plank, Neumeier) * '' Sowiesoso'' (Cluster) * The eponymous '' Cluster & Eno'' A second volume, '' Begegnungen II'', was also released. ''Begegnungen'' was issued on CD in the US in

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

by the

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label . It was also reissued on Pat Thomas's

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–based

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label in

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

Tracks

#"Johanneslust" ( Roedelius) – 4:58 (from '' Durch die Wüste'') #"Two Oldtimers" ( Moebius & Plank) – 6:58 (from '' Rastakraut Pasta'') #"The Belldog" ( Eno-Moebius-Roedelius) – 6:14 (from '' After the Heat'') #"Nervös" (

) – 3:26 (from '' Tonspuren'') #"Pitch Control" (Moebius-Plank- Neumeier) – 6:21 (from ''

'') #"Dem Wanderer" ( Cluster) – 3:52 (from '' Sowiesoso'') #"Schöne Hände" (Cluster & Eno) – 3:02 (from '' Cluster & Eno'')

References

External links

*Ross Smith, David Allmusic reviewRetrieved September 11, 2007. * {{Authority control 1984 compilation albums Cluster (band) albums Brian Eno compilation albums Moebius & Plank albums Hans-Joachim Roedelius albums