Mueller - Roedelius
Imagori
Imagori is the first collaborative recording from musical trailblazers Hans-Joachim Roedelius (of CLUSTER, HARMONIA etc.) and Christoph H. Mueller (GOTAN PROJECT etc.). Electronic beats, buoyant piano melodies, percussive elements: an album with atmospheric density that is warm and harmonious throughout - although it thrives on clear contrasts. Christoph H. Mueller and Hans-Joachim Roedelius are two legendary musicians who are separated by over a generation and a half. Both share a desire to discover, to break through established patterns of thinking and listening - yet they are soundsmiths with completely different natures: Roedelius, as a pioneer of experimental electronic music and a member of Cluster and Harmonia, two trend-setting band projects of the 1970s; Mr, as a composer, roducer and soundtrack artist who entered the charts in the late 1980s with the electropop roup Touch el Arab and who later shifted his focus to South American roots music and layed a significant role in moving the world music genre in an innovative and future-oriented irection with projects like Plaza Francia and the electronic tango of Gotan Project. Beat- riented compositions meet melodic improvisations. The articulation often revels in imultaneous legato and staccato elements; Muellers beats create a framework with a traight-out pumping down- beat groove, while Roedeliuss piano somnambulistically moves hrough the tracks. The upshot is an album that comes across as self-contained and pleasantly cohesive - each and every second is enthralling!