{"title":"Harmonia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarmonia is a Krautrock supergroup from Germany. They formed as a collaboration between Michael Rother of Neu! and Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Dieter Moebius of Cluster. Later, they included British ambient music artist Brian Eno for their lone release together under the name Harmonia 76. Their first album, \"Musik Von Harmonia\" (1973), leaned more towards Cluster's ambient-tinged rock than Neu's Motorik rock. The second album \"Deluxe\" (1975) had much stronger beats and a more Motorik sound, arguably more commercial. With the addition of Brian Eno for the 1976 recording sessions, the third album, Tracks and Traces, was again more ambient in style.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHarmonia disbanded in 1976 but reunited in 2007 to perform live at the Worldtronics Festival in Berlin, Germany. In November of that year, they also released \"Live 1974\", featuring entirely new material not found on any previous albums.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSimilar artists to Harmonia include Cluster, La Düsseldorf, Michael Rother, Popol Vuh, Moebius \u0026amp; Roedelius (Cluster), Ashra, Holger Czukay (Can), Guru Guru, Amon Düül II , Agitation Free , Kosmischer Läufer , Conrad Schnitzler , Peter Baumann , Faust ,\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"musik-von-harmonia","title":"Musik Von Harmonia","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe debut Harmonia LP, 'Musik Von Harmonia', appeared in 1974 (with an accomplished live track, recorded in Amsterdam) and marks the first collaborative effort between Cluster's Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Dieter Moebius and Neu!'s Michael Rother: a German supergroup and genuine rarity, a colossal artistic success. The three members were skilled keyboard players, guitarists, electronic percussionists and composers. This was a group musically and conceptually miles ahead of its time. 'Musik Von Harmonia' is at once a product of their source bands and a fine new twist on them, resulting in music that captures what for many is the Krautrock ideal, or more accurately, the motorik ideal. It's not Kraftwerk's all-synth, clean, clinical pulse, nor Neu!'s seemingly effortless glide, nor Can's stomping art world funk. Instead it's at once playful and murky, steady and mechanical, a supergroup of sorts who easily achieves and maintains such a seemingly overstated status by embracing a variety of approaches that work wonders.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gronland","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50483194593611,"sku":"396236","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50483195412811,"sku":"396234","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/6799c869-df41-4ca5-aec3-cd46b684c411_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727562585"},{"product_id":"documents-1975","title":"Documents 1975","description":"\u003cp\u003eNever before released studio and live recordings by Harmonia from 1975! Four fantastic tracks. Two from the Harmonia studio in Forst and two from live shows in Hamburg. These pieces express a very exploratory side of Harmonia, a rare peek into what they were capable of live.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gronland","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50494150082891,"sku":"398491","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50494151819595,"sku":"398492","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/77adc451-e9d5-45ca-8ce0-93b9a540bfec_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727703743"},{"product_id":"deluxe-2","title":"Deluxe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Harmonia (Michael Rother, Dieter Moebius and Hans-Joachim Roedelius) made an album, it was about more than just music – it was about a vision. Released in 1975, \u003ci\u003eDeluxe\u003c\/i\u003e was the band’s second album. Compared to their debut, it focused more on structure, melody, and rhythm. Harmonia showed a more accessible side without losing their depth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow, 50 years later, \u003ci\u003eDeluxe\u003c\/i\u003e returns in a special anniversary edition: a high-quality gatefold with previously unreleased photos and orange vinyl inspired by the original artwork. This edition is for collectors and anyone curious why artists like Brian Eno and David Bowie considered Harmonia a major influence – and why \u003ci\u003eDeluxe\u003c\/i\u003e remains a blueprint for electronic music today. Brian Eno once called Harmonia “the world’s most important rock band”¹ – a quote that captures just how visionary their music was, and still is.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gronland","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50525639442763,"sku":"396238","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":50525639672139,"sku":"396239","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"LP - Marble Orange \/ 50th Anniversary Edition","offer_id":53201283973451,"sku":"R4151-9415","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/HARMONIAvinylD_COVER_2025_FINAL.jpg?v=1755547934"},{"product_id":"musik-von-harmoni-rsd-2024","title":"Musik Von Harmonia \/ Reworks","description":"\u003cp\u003eCelebrating the 50th anniversary of the first Harmonia record \u003ci\u003eMusik von Harmonia\u003c\/i\u003e, Gronland release this limited edition set, containing the original album and a second vinyl with reworks by Matthew Herbert, Stuart Braithwaite, James Holden and many more. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe debut Harmonia LP, \u003ci\u003eMusik Von Harmonia\u003c\/i\u003e, appeared in 1974 (with an accomplished live track, recorded in Amsterdam) and marks the first collaborative effort between Cluster's Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Dieter Moebius and Neu!'s Michael Rother: a German supergroup and genuine rarity, a colossal artistic success. The three members were skilled keyboard players, guitarists, electronic percussionists and composers. This was a group musically and conceptually miles ahead of its time. \u003ci\u003eMusik Von Harmonia\u003c\/i\u003e is at once a product of their source bands and a fine new twist on them, resulting in music that captures what for many is the Krautrock ideal, or more accurately, the motorik ideal. It's not Kraftwerk's all-synth, clean, clinical pulse, nor Neu!'s seemingly effortless glide, nor Can's stomping art world funk. Instead it's at once playful and murky, steady and mechanical, a supergroup of sorts who easily achieves and maintains such a seemingly overstated status by embracing a variety of approaches that work wonders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarmonia:\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1              Watussi                \n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2              Sehr Komisch                     \n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3              Sonnenschein                   \n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4              Dino                       \n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5              Ohrwurm                            \n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6              Ahoi                       \n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7              Veterano                             \n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8              Hausmusik                          \n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1              Harmoniumm - David Pajo\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2              Idle Place - Vittoria Maccabruni\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3              Ahoi (Herbert`s Fall Dub)” - Harmonia\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4              Watussi (Remixed by Dextro)” - Harmonia\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5              Wave By Wave - Vittoria Maccabruni \u0026amp; Michael Rother\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6              Ahoi (Kaleema Remix) - Harmonia\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7              Watussi (James Holden Remix)” - Harmonia\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8              hoi (Tape Remix by Marta Salogni)” – Harmonia\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Groenland Records","offers":[{"title":"Black LPx2","offer_id":51029470085451,"sku":"2181294","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50531197026635,"sku":"2219928","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/HARMONIA_mvh_NEWgreen_FINAL_9b9b0de9_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1728098230"},{"product_id":"live-1974","title":"Live 1974","description":"\u003cp\u003eHarmonia were formed from the crusts of Kraftwerk, Neu! and Cluster and make up something equally as tantalising as any of those three acts, inspired, according to Moebius, by 'Velvet Underground, Mozart, Coltrane, Brel, Arabic, Hindu ... the list goes on and on.' Over the years they've turned the heads of anyone who's heard them, such as Brian Eno - who once declared them the world's most important rock band - David Bowie, the Edge, Aphex Twin and, more recently, Secret Machines, who've been known to include a cover of '(Deluxe) Immer Wieder' in their sets. This is a dusted-down recording of hypnotic machine music from a gig on March 23rd 1974. It was recorded at the Penny Station Club (a former railway station in Griessem) 'in front of about fifty people,' according to Neu! mainman Rother, who played the same venue in 1971 when he was still a member of Kraftwerk. It still sounds as experimental as it must have done in that former railway station thirty-three years ago. It certainly shows the kids a thing or two about losing themselves in music. The album contains just one track under nine-minutes, featuring the wiggy, industrial chug (it was recorded in a former railway station) of 'Schaumburg'; the pulsing, seventeen-minute opus that is 'Veteranissimo'; the almost pop song-short 'Arabesque'; the dark and dubby, proto-trip hop of 'Holta Polta' and ambient template 'Ueber Ottenstein'. Full of twists, turns and hidden depths, these experiments-in-sound are what Roedelius calls artistic science: 'We were -still are- experimental. Science and art are really sisters in the way they approach reality, exploring what there is and trying to do something different with it.'\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gronland","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50531330621771,"sku":"379123","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/de54dba9-7fce-4650-baf2-076e93fdc859_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1728104030"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/collections\/test_44dcc027_thumbnail_4096_1c07c9a6-85f4-4540-ae2e-75a24ddf9831.jpg?v=1727562556","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/harmonia.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}