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It's hard to imagine Beatlemaniacal excitement at the prospect of a krautrock supergroup. Still, you don't get a much better pedigree than Harmonia, the German trio that consisted of Neu! co-founder and occasional Kraftwerk player Michael Rother and Cluster co-founders Dieter Moebius and Hans-Joachim Roedelius.

Harmonia existed for a mere three years (1973-76) and released two albums, Musik Von Harmonia and Deluxe, before motorik-ing back into the musical ether.

But after 31 years of silence, the trio returns with Harmonia Live 1974, a document of their gig at the Penny Station Club-- a former railway station in Griessem, Germany-- on March 23, 1974.

London/Berlin-based label Grönland Records will release Live 1974 overseas today (October 22), and Harmonia have a November 27 show in Berlin (with Barbara Morgenstern opening!) to celebrate.

In fact, all three Harmonia members have dates aside from the one group appearance, including performances by Cluster, Rother & Moebius, and a Roedelius solo show. The latter begins the dates on October 27 in Ojai, California.

Harmonia Live 1974:

01 Schaumborg
02 Veteranissimo
03 Arabesque
04 Holta-Polta
05 Ueber Ottenstein

Dates:

10-27 Ojai, CA - Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts #
11-07 Utrecht, Netherlands - Tivoli *
11-10 Oxford, England - Audioscope 07 %
11-12 Bristol, England - The Croft %
11-14 Frankfurt, Germany - Sinkkasten %
11-15 Jena, Germany - Rosenkeller %
11-22 Oberhausen, Germany - Zentrum Altenberg %
11-23 Bonn, Germany - Harmonie %
11-24 Twist, Germany - Heimathaus %
11-27 Berlin, Germany - Haus der Kulturen der Welt (Worldtronics Festival) $

# Roedelius solo
* Cluster
% Rother + Moebius
$ Harmonia, Barbara Morgenstern