''Qua'' is the eleventh and final album by German

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band

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, released in May 2009 on Nepenthe Music. It is the band's twelfth studio album and first in fourteen years.

Critical reception

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's Wilson Neate wrote that ''Qua'' proves that Cluster still have something "relevant" and "credible" to contribute musically to, as the album "conjures imaginary cinematic sequences in both spartan monochrome and rich Technicolor, spanning diverse moods: from the austere, droning 'Xanesra' and the somber, hymnal 'Flutful' to the playful 'Albtrec Com' and 'So Ney'." Nick Neyland of '' Drowned in Sound'' described the album as "another bend in the road for Cluster, another set of songs knotted up in dead ends, another tiny coterie of bewildering puzzles. It’s also another chance to hear them never quite get to where they’re going to, and that still feels like the perfect space for them to operate in." Hannah Gregory of ''

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'' said that throughout the album, "the meandering experimentation is scripted with Cluster's still flowing, indelible ambient ink." Louis Pattison of '' Uncut'' complimented Cluster for "maintaining a commendable consistency" on an album that contains songs of such divergent styles.

Track listing

All tracks composed by

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. #"Lerandis" – 1:46 #"So Ney" – 3:21 #"Flutful" – 2:36 #"Protrea" – 1:59 #"Zircusile" – 1:38 #"Xanesra" – 4:02 #"Na Ernel" – 3:48 #"Putoil" – 1:33 #"Malturi Sa" – 4:53 #"Diagon" – 1:22 #"Gissander" – 6:55 #"Ymstrob" – 1:39 #"Albtrec Com" – 4:05 #"Stenthin" – 3:48 #"Curvtum" – 1:00 #"Formalt" – 5:03 #"Imtrerion" – 5:12

Personnel

Credits for ''Qua'' adapted from

. *

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 ...

– composer, concept, cover art *

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– composer *Tim Story – concept, cover art, producer *Paula Ashley – art direction, design *Tim Fisher – art direction, design

References

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