Hans-Joachim Roedelius

Sat., Nov. 15, 8 p.m., $10-$20, The Gatherings Concert Series at St. Mary's Church, Hamilton Village, 3916 Locust Walk, 800-965-4827, thegatherings.org.

by A.D. Amorosi

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Published: Nov 11, 2008

rock/pop

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Philly's Brian Eno-y eggheads are having a banner November. Last week it was David Byrne's show of Eno collaborations. This week it's Hans-Joachim Roedelius, one of the ambient godhead's initial inspirations and earliest Krautrock-ing collaborators. Why is Roedelius crucial? Because as the creator of Berlin's Cluster (né Kluster, with Dieter Moebius and Conrad Schnitzler), Roedelius moved improvisational space rock from the noisily avant-garde to something distant and quiet without ever losing its sense of what German aesthetes call kosmische. Even at Cluster's calmest, there was (and still is, as Roedelius still teams with Moebius on occasion) a sinister ring to all they recorded with mossy chunky bits of fur and dust attached to each churchy note. For Roedelius' newest collaboration, the multi-instrumentalist has joined forces with the debonair Tim Story and the icy Dwight Ashley for Ashley / Roedelius / Story and the promise of something triply evil, elegant and spaced out but with subdued grace. Here's hoping.

Sat., Nov. 15, 8 p.m., $10-$20, The Gatherings Concert Series at St. Mary's Church, Hamilton Village, 3916 Locust Walk, 800-965-4827, thegatherings.org.

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