Hans-Joachim Roedelius is one of the brightest stars in the constellation of German Kosmiche music. As a pivotal figure in the post '68 German avant garde, he would influence a generation of musicians, artists and thinkers by co-forming the Zodiak Free Arts Lab in Berlin with conceptual artist Conrad Schnitzler, with whom he would also form Kluster, alongside Dieter Moebius. When Schnitzler left in '71 he and Moebius continued to make music together as Cluster, and also formed Harmonia with Neu!'s Michael Rother, before collaborating with Brian Eno on the seminal 'After The Heat' and 'Cluster & Eno' albums. This selection largely looks at Roedelius' involvement in releases for the Sky label between 1976 and 1982, picking tracks from the classic Cluster albums 'Sowieso', 'Grosses Wasser' and 'Curiosum' next to the aforementioned work with Eno and a selection of his sublime solo compositions. It's certainly possible to hear the melodic influence of Roedelius running through the evolution of electronic music over the last 20 years, from the complex modifications of Autechre all the way to the most recent Synth experiments of Emeralds or Oneohtrix Point Never, we hope this selection will open his beautiful music up to another generation of electronic explorers...