65-year-old German/Swiss musician Dieter Moebius formed Kluster (later Cluster) in 1969 alongside Hans Joachim-Roedelius and Conrad Schnitzler (Tangerine Dream). Based in West Berlin, Cluster epitomised the prog rock element of Krautrock and became forbearers of experimental electronic music.

Moebius went on to collaborate with Brian Eno, influential mainstream rock producer Conny Plank, and more recently, former cluster bandmate Michael Rother. With 36 years experience in everything from Krautrock, ambient, psychedelic rock and repetitive electronica, Moebius delivers only his fourth solo album.

The title says it all - Kram is German for “odds and ends”, and Moebius delivers here an uncompromising electronic mix, ‘crammed’ full of spiky electronic and percussive sounds that build malleable, gesticulating soundscapes. It sounds a bit like a soundtrack to a yet-to-be-made movie.

In truth, it doesn’t begin well. The horrendous ‘Start’ sounds more like a monkey making bad use of a Bontempi organ. But Kram eventually evolves into stealthy album of highly individualistic skits, exploding with fat chunky keys and fiery analogue synths.

Moebius is too set in his ways to be contemporary, but his knowledge and experience shine through in the end as Kram drives some seething tunes through the mangle, smouldering with an idiosyncratic character that is almost entirely absent amongst the younger generations.