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Totally wired

THE day after Kluster performed at the Fehmarn Love + Peace Festival – Germany’s answer to Woodstock – in September 1970, Hans-Joachim Roedelius stayed on to watch one of his heroes in action. Jimi Hendrix won over a restless crowd, but his all-action show was a letdown for the ambient pioneer. “It made. “He was so tired and seemed to be much bored by the situation. Always doing the same – that’s deadly boring of course. And about a week later he died.”

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