Hans-Joachim Roedelius (Hans-Joachim Rödelius, born October 26, 1934 in Ber… Read Full Bio ↴Hans-Joachim Roedelius (Hans-Joachim Rödelius, born October 26, 1934 in Berlin, Germany) is an German experimental / ambient / electronic musician. He best known as a co-founder of the German krautrock groups Cluster and Harmonia and his work in the ambient jazz trio Aquarello.
As a child he acted in UFA films such as "...reitet für Deutschland" (Riding for Germany) (1941) and "Verklungene Melodie" (Dead Melody) (1938).
In 1968 Roedelius co-founded the music commune known as "Human Being" and co-formed Zodiak Free Arts Lab, the center of Berlin's Underground Culture at the time, with conceptual artist Conrad Schnitzler. He met Dieter Moebius at the Zodiak. In 1970 Roedelius, Schnitzler and Moebius formed Kluster.
In 1971 Schnitzler left the group to start a long-running solo career and Moebius and Roedelius anglicised the band's name to Cluster. At first Cluster worked along the same lines as their parent group, signed first to Philips then to Brain. In 1974, they worked with Michael Rother for the first time. Rother was the guitarist for NEU!, another Krautrock group.
Rother co-produced their third album; Zuckerzeit, moving the band's style further from avant-garde 'noise' to a more melodic music, similar to modern day trance. The trio had been touring Germany and the Low Countries since early 1973 and decided to record an album together under the moniker of Harmonia. Musik von Harmonia was released on the back of a huge publicity campaign by Brain.
Harmonia would release one further album initially; 1975's Deluxe. British musician Brian Eno, who had become a fan of both Cluster and Harmonia, joined them for several jams, the result of which would be released in 1997 as Tracks & Traces.
Rother left Harmonia to pursue his solo career and Cluster returned to the studio to record Sowiesoso which would be released on Sky Records. Brian Eno (who had returned to Germany to work with David Bowie improvised two albums worth of music with Cluster: 1977's Cluster & Eno and 1978's After the Heat, the latter of which gained the band much attention in the British music press.
A further Cluster album, Großes Wasser which extended Cluster's music into long form. Roedelius' solo career began with Durch die Wüste in 1978 and then Jardin au Fou in 1979. This album laid down Roedelius' future style: melodic piano and (often faked) acoustic instruments played with a sharp tinge of electronics.
The first of the lengthy Selbstportrait series was released in 1979, being outtakes from his work with Cluster and Harmonia, without the input of his collaborators. Consisting of only two tracks and recorded very unprofessionally, the Selbstportraits make up the backbone of Roedelius' early solo recordings.
Leaving Sky in 1982, his work took a more New Age style as he signed to Virgin's Venture sub-label. During this period, his best selling solo album: Geschenk des Augenblicks - Gift of the moment was released.
He was dropped by Venture in 1989 and began releasing on a variety of small labels, notably Multimood and Prudence. He began to venture into the newly emerging genre of techno, starting with 1991's Der Ohrenspiegel whose 25 minute opener, Reflectorum displays some of the characteristics of the later Sinfonia Contempora series.
By 1994 Roedelius' style was a heady mix of amateur electronics and sometimes clichéd ambient jazz. An album from this year; Theatreworks, was rewarded with the title "album of the month" by experimental music magazine The Wire.
Arguably the biggest turning point in Roedelius' career came in 1994 as well. The release of Sinfonia Contempora No. 1: Von Zeit zu Zeit marked, in Roedelius' own words, "Since the beginning of my career nothing was more important to me than to find my own musical language. I have, so I believe, eventually found it." The album consists of mismatched tape fragments (from numerous jams ranging from the mid-eighties to the mid-nineties) multitracked over the top of each other to create a disjointed but oddly musical sound.
Sinfonia Contempora No. 2: La Nordica (Salz Des Nordens) was released in 1996, making for a much more sinister and muddy sound than its predecessor, yet arguably Roedelius' best album. Also released in this period was Selbstportrait VI: The Diary of the Unforgotten, the first of the modern Selbstportraits. Now, rather than merely remastering the seventies DAT tapes, Roedelius also played over them, the sound montage Homage á Forst samples many Harmonia and Cluster tracks into the mix.
In the meantime, Cluster had reformed. 1990's Apropos Cluster was an update for the band, being a work of avant-techno not dissimilar in style to Großes Wasser. In 1996 Cluster embarked on two international tours, one of Japan and one of America. Both tours would be summarised on the following years live albums. The new sound of Cluster learns from the Sinfonia Contempora sound whilst adding Moebius' distinctive sound.
The turn of the century was Roedelius' most productive year, an astonishing eight albums being released between 2000 and 2001. Reprising the Selbstportrait series for the seventh time in 2000, Roedelius composed entirely new tracks for the first time on Selfportrait VII: dem Wind voran - ahead of the wind. The new millennium also saw Roedelius begin to work with other, usually younger, musicians than he had done since the late eighties.
Another series is Lieder vom Steinfeld. Beagn in 1995, Roedelius recites poems over these pieces, primarily sung in his native German dialect. In 2001 Roedelius worked with Conrad Schnitzler again for the first time since 1971. The independently released and excruciatingly rare Acon 2000/1 was the result.
Roedelius had been growing substantially in fame since Cluster began touring again in 1996. He is now often cited by electronic musicians and releases several albums a year, many of which are collaborations with modern musicians who are fans. He works extensively with Tim Storey and recently released Fibre with the help of Noh 1 (a.k.a. George Taylor), an album which has reached 13th place in "the Third Uncut Playlist of 2009" for Uncut Magazine, ahead of Bruce Springsteen's Working on a Dream.
As a child he acted in UFA films such as "...reitet für Deutschland" (Riding for Germany) (1941) and "Verklungene Melodie" (Dead Melody) (1938).
In 1968 Roedelius co-founded the music commune known as "Human Being" and co-formed Zodiak Free Arts Lab, the center of Berlin's Underground Culture at the time, with conceptual artist Conrad Schnitzler. He met Dieter Moebius at the Zodiak. In 1970 Roedelius, Schnitzler and Moebius formed Kluster.
In 1971 Schnitzler left the group to start a long-running solo career and Moebius and Roedelius anglicised the band's name to Cluster. At first Cluster worked along the same lines as their parent group, signed first to Philips then to Brain. In 1974, they worked with Michael Rother for the first time. Rother was the guitarist for NEU!, another Krautrock group.
Rother co-produced their third album; Zuckerzeit, moving the band's style further from avant-garde 'noise' to a more melodic music, similar to modern day trance. The trio had been touring Germany and the Low Countries since early 1973 and decided to record an album together under the moniker of Harmonia. Musik von Harmonia was released on the back of a huge publicity campaign by Brain.
Harmonia would release one further album initially; 1975's Deluxe. British musician Brian Eno, who had become a fan of both Cluster and Harmonia, joined them for several jams, the result of which would be released in 1997 as Tracks & Traces.
Rother left Harmonia to pursue his solo career and Cluster returned to the studio to record Sowiesoso which would be released on Sky Records. Brian Eno (who had returned to Germany to work with David Bowie improvised two albums worth of music with Cluster: 1977's Cluster & Eno and 1978's After the Heat, the latter of which gained the band much attention in the British music press.
A further Cluster album, Großes Wasser which extended Cluster's music into long form. Roedelius' solo career began with Durch die Wüste in 1978 and then Jardin au Fou in 1979. This album laid down Roedelius' future style: melodic piano and (often faked) acoustic instruments played with a sharp tinge of electronics.
The first of the lengthy Selbstportrait series was released in 1979, being outtakes from his work with Cluster and Harmonia, without the input of his collaborators. Consisting of only two tracks and recorded very unprofessionally, the Selbstportraits make up the backbone of Roedelius' early solo recordings.
Leaving Sky in 1982, his work took a more New Age style as he signed to Virgin's Venture sub-label. During this period, his best selling solo album: Geschenk des Augenblicks - Gift of the moment was released.
He was dropped by Venture in 1989 and began releasing on a variety of small labels, notably Multimood and Prudence. He began to venture into the newly emerging genre of techno, starting with 1991's Der Ohrenspiegel whose 25 minute opener, Reflectorum displays some of the characteristics of the later Sinfonia Contempora series.
By 1994 Roedelius' style was a heady mix of amateur electronics and sometimes clichéd ambient jazz. An album from this year; Theatreworks, was rewarded with the title "album of the month" by experimental music magazine The Wire.
Arguably the biggest turning point in Roedelius' career came in 1994 as well. The release of Sinfonia Contempora No. 1: Von Zeit zu Zeit marked, in Roedelius' own words, "Since the beginning of my career nothing was more important to me than to find my own musical language. I have, so I believe, eventually found it." The album consists of mismatched tape fragments (from numerous jams ranging from the mid-eighties to the mid-nineties) multitracked over the top of each other to create a disjointed but oddly musical sound.
Sinfonia Contempora No. 2: La Nordica (Salz Des Nordens) was released in 1996, making for a much more sinister and muddy sound than its predecessor, yet arguably Roedelius' best album. Also released in this period was Selbstportrait VI: The Diary of the Unforgotten, the first of the modern Selbstportraits. Now, rather than merely remastering the seventies DAT tapes, Roedelius also played over them, the sound montage Homage á Forst samples many Harmonia and Cluster tracks into the mix.
In the meantime, Cluster had reformed. 1990's Apropos Cluster was an update for the band, being a work of avant-techno not dissimilar in style to Großes Wasser. In 1996 Cluster embarked on two international tours, one of Japan and one of America. Both tours would be summarised on the following years live albums. The new sound of Cluster learns from the Sinfonia Contempora sound whilst adding Moebius' distinctive sound.
The turn of the century was Roedelius' most productive year, an astonishing eight albums being released between 2000 and 2001. Reprising the Selbstportrait series for the seventh time in 2000, Roedelius composed entirely new tracks for the first time on Selfportrait VII: dem Wind voran - ahead of the wind. The new millennium also saw Roedelius begin to work with other, usually younger, musicians than he had done since the late eighties.
Another series is Lieder vom Steinfeld. Beagn in 1995, Roedelius recites poems over these pieces, primarily sung in his native German dialect. In 2001 Roedelius worked with Conrad Schnitzler again for the first time since 1971. The independently released and excruciatingly rare Acon 2000/1 was the result.
Roedelius had been growing substantially in fame since Cluster began touring again in 1996. He is now often cited by electronic musicians and releases several albums a year, many of which are collaborations with modern musicians who are fans. He works extensively with Tim Storey and recently released Fibre with the help of Noh 1 (a.k.a. George Taylor), an album which has reached 13th place in "the Third Uncut Playlist of 2009" for Uncut Magazine, ahead of Bruce Springsteen's Working on a Dream.
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Hans-Joachim Roedelius Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Hans-Joachim Roedelius:
Alle Jahre Wieder Flanke, Schuss, Tor! Doch am Sonntag sind sie alle wieder da…
Auf der Höhe Silbern klingt und springt die Heuer Heut' speel ick dat fei…
By This River Here we are Stuck by this river You and I Underneath a sky…
Du 从不在意别人口中的自己 她说过了一个想听花言巧语的年纪 你选择了他们口中所谓的放弃 却才发现早就丢掉了自己 特别是一个人…
Durch die Wüste Durch die Straßen auf und nieder leuchten die Laternen wiede…
Final I met a homeless who left their smile upon my…
Fou Fou 不见心中的太阳 等待他回航 在那遥远的海上 心爱的他是否无恙 来到昔日分别的港湾 等待他回航 盼呀盼呀望呀望呀 不见心中…
Ghosts 누가 나를 알 수 있을까? 내 속의 다른 모습 혹시라도 말해 버리면 이해할까요? 괜찮아…
Green It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
In Liebe Dein GIB MIR LIEBE INS HERZ 1. Gib mir Liebe ins Herz,…
Let Her Go Let's go，we need to sweet party. 尽情舞动年轻的身体 As long as you ha…
On The Fly Uh huh, yea, uh huh Uh huh, uh huh (I'm like shew…
Remember those days 세상이 어둡고 추운 밤인가요 초라해진 마음에 익숙해졌나요 그대의 발걸음 무겁지 않게 나 그대…
Theme We hope you have a wonderful life We hope the sun…
Tzima N'Arki Emoc ylerus lliw ti, emoc lliw ti, emoc lliw ti Erif…
Weg Ga maar bij me weg 't Heeft geen enk'le zin Te wachten…
Willkommen Nun sei willkommen, Herre Christ, der du unser aller Herre b…
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Bernard Coldwell
Gorgeous song, could play it all day long and not get bored with it
Narve Ueland
This song evokes an unreal sense of perfection.
pascal bertaud
Vibrates and shimmers in such an enticing way.
Glenny
There is no greater ambient piece than this.
Udo Matthias drums
still love it!!
Andrew Johnstone
Im so glad that Oor brian didn't become a postman but he has been sending messages to us for decades
A true Pie in Ear 👂😍
Glenn Cambray
Great piece.
Mark Seibold
I just heard this play in the local coffee house. Did you think of trying to identify it with the phone app mechanism, until it was over.
So I had to ask the baristas to go check on the machine to indicate to me what the last number was.
They tried to read it but didn't understand the wording. Sorry to realize that there's young people today that have never heard of Brian Eno. [But they might have heard of David Byrne of Talking Heads. Eno produced much of David Byrne's early music.]
What I hear in this number was the notes in the instrument which almost sounds like a sitar playing, it's almost duplicate to some of the chord structure in George Harrison's Within You Without You, the beginning number on the second vinyl side of the Sergeant Pepper's album in June 1967.
I guess younger people today would not recognize this as something from over 50 years ago.
Btoum Roumada
Do you mind telling me which coffee house this is? I've only heard the most boring mainstream pop and R&B heard in cafés near me. Or generic jazz. I understand if you don't want to share
Craig Harrell
Sheer beauty.