Hans-Joachim Roedelius is one of the forefathers of cosmic music and “Krautrock”. He is a pioneer and luminary in the history of 20th-century ambient and electronic music, and has been named as an influencer on their musical output by stars like David Bowie and Brian Eno. With his bands Cluster and Harmonia, Roedelius played a major role in the development of these movements in the 1960s and 70s.

Roedelius was formed by the political and social uprising of the late sixties and the seventies. Today, he is able to look back on more than a hundred releases and collaborations ranging from his longtime companion Dieter Moebius to acclaimed international artists such as Brian Eno or younger musicians like Tim Story. Roedelius released his autobiography in 2016: see http://bio.roedelius.com/

Arnold Kasar is almost thirty years younger than Roedelius, he is a child of Berlin´s crossover scene of the 1990s. He broke the line between electronic dance music and jazz, he played with Micatone, Nylon and Friedrich Lichtenstein. As a session musician, arranger and producer, he contributed to many releases of the influential Berlin label Sonar Kollektiv.

Kasar is a classically trained pianist, Roedelius did not even learn to read music. Their approach is as different as it can be, yet they share an openness to musical forms and their collaborative partners.

About the Album:

In October 2016 Arnold Kasar set out for Baden in Lower Austria, where Joachim Roedelius is living with his family, to record their collaboration.

Within three days more than thirty pieces were produced. For the two artists the recording was not about technology, not about precession, not about structure, but about flow.

Thus the title “Einfluss” is a combination of Ein (One) and Fluss (Flux/Flow), meaning both the influence both artists had on each other in the recording sessions as well as that the pieces were recorded in one steady flow.

With delicate piano themes and atmospheric electronic sounds, they developed a unique chemistry.

In their joint sessions, both played the piano and Kasar the electronic instruments.