Flieg' Vogel fliege is the ninth solo album by keyboardist Hans-Joachim Roedelius, best known for his work with Cluster

Cluster (band)

Cluster is a German experimental musical group who influenced the development of contemporary popular electronic and ambient music. They have recorded albums in a wide variety of styles ranging from experimental music to progressive rock, all of which had an avant-garde edge. Cluster has been...

, Harmonia

Harmonia (band)

Harmonia is a Krautrock supergroup from Germany. They formed as a collaboration between Michael Rother of Neu! and Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Dieter Möbius of Cluster and later included the British musician Brian Eno.-Musical style:...

, and Aquarello

Aquarello

Aquarello was a musical group which blended ambient music and jazz. The trio included keyboardist Hans-Joachim Roedelius, based in Austria, and two Italian musicians, multi-instrumentalist Fabio Capanni, and saxophonist Nicola Alesini...

. According to Roedelius biographer Stephen Iliffe this album is also titled Selbstportrait IV, but that name does not appear on the album sleeve or label. Flieg' Vogel fliege was recorded at Roedelius' home studio and completed at Erpelstudio, Vienna

Vienna

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, Austria

Austria

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. Flieg' Vogel fliege was released by Sky Records

Sky Records

Sky Records was a Hamburg, Germany based independent record label specializing in Krautrock/Kosmische Musik and electronic music. Some of their releases could be classified as progressive rock or art rock, experimental music, industrial, ambient, or New Age...

 on vinyl in 1982

1981 in music

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. Flieg' Vogel fliege was the final album Roedelius recorded for Sky Records.

Two tracks, "Flieg Vogel fliege" and "Auf auf und davon" (retitled as "Auf und Davon") were included on the Sky Records compilation Auf leisen Sohlen - Das Beste Von H. J. Roedelius (1978 - 1982)

Auf leisen Sohlen

Auf leisen Sohlen is a compilation by Sky Records of works by German keyboardist Hans-Joachim Roedelius, best known for his work with Cluster, Harmonia, and Aquarello. It is subtitled Das Beste von H. J. Roedelius and includes tracks from seven of the eight albums he recorded for Sky Records...

which was first released on LP in 1984 and reissued on CD in 1994. This represented the first time any tracks from Flieg' Vogel fliege appeared on CD. The complete album has never been reissued.

Like the previous three Selbstportrait recordings, the music of Flieg' Vogel fliege is largely gentle and introspective ambient

Ambient music

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 or New Age music

New Age music

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Track listing

1. "Über Berg und Tal " - 4:15
2. "Klares Wasser" - 2:25
3. "Bär im Honig" - 2:50
4. "Flieg Vogel fliege" - 4:00
5. "Kleines Glück" - 1:40
6. "Lange Weile" - 1:10
7. "Oh, du grüne Neune" - 4:40
8. "Meilensteine" - 3:50
9. "Salzpflaumen" - 1:45
10. "Auf auf und davon" - 4:37
11. "Wanderung" - 10:00

Personnel

• Hans-Joachim Roedelius - Music, performance, recording, producer, cover
• Rosa Roedelius - Cover image