As noted recently in my Autobahn review, many followed Kraftwerk's blueprint for success. And certainly Harmonia's second album is a good example of this. Much different from the experimental and sparse Musik von Harmonia, Deluxe represents optimism and sunny days, just as the beach scene on the back cover depicts. Heavily percussive, mostly utilizing drum machines (with a little help from Mani Neumeier), the instrumental music just breezes along in a bouncy pleasant manner. Only Rother's guitar gives it that Krautrock edge, though it mostly provides a much needed contrast. A fine electronic album, but hardly the groundbreaker one would expect from an ensemble made up of Cluster and Neu.
Ownership: LP: 1975 Brain. First pressing single sleeve with green label. Online acquisition (2020). The first copy I purchased was the orange label release at Recycled Records in Denton (1988). It wasn't the best copy and I sold it off for the CD. Now we're back to the LP...
1988; 2010; 4/25/23 (new entry)
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