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 electropoproup Touch el Arab and who later shifted his focus to South American roots music andlayed a significant role in moving the world music genre in an innovative and future-orientedirection with projects like Plaza Francia and the electronic tango of Gotan Project. Beat- riented compositions meet melodic improvisations. The articulation often revels inimultaneous legato and staccato elements; Muellers beats create a framework with atraight-out pumping down- beat groove, while Roedeliuss piano somnambulistically moveshrough the tracks. The upshot is an album that comes across as self-contained and pleasantly cohesive – each and every second is enthralling!