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Among the German Progressive Rock movement named Krautrock, Cluster were one of the most dangerous acts. Formed by three arts/sound engineering 30-something students, the act released their eponymous debut in 1971. The three unnamed tracks here are some of the most recognizable material released during the time. Take the first, for example: after a vaguely percussive mosquito interlude, sounds recreating the environment of a cybernetic plasma cell, it morphs into pitch-shifted drones, recurrent monotone chords, aspirating pedals, sudden bursts of cavernous noise, drop of dynamics and not a single recognizable organ note. Totally incomparable from Tangerine Dream, even though the approach is more or less the same. The second track is based over similarly, Industrial-tinged saturated sounds, and the third, final epic follows a more restrained route, with sinister, vaporous percussion and a long coda with occasional guitar bends and anxious dissonant harmonies. Though it’s not accessible in any way, it remains an excellent relic of the said genre.