Cluster One

"Cluster One"
"Cluster One"
Instrumental by Pink Floyd
from the album The Division Bell
Published	Pink Floyd Music (1987) Ltd
Released	28 March 1994 (UK); 5 April 1994 (US)
Recorded	1993
Genre	Progressive rock, instrumental rock, ambient
Length	5:58
Label	EMI (UK); Columbia (US)
Songwriter(s)	David Gilmour; Richard Wright;
Producer(s)	Bob Ezrin; David Gilmour;

"Cluster One", an instrumental, is the opening track on Pink Floyd's 1994 album, The Division Bell.^[1]^[2]

History[]

It is the first Pink Floyd song credited to Wright/Gilmour since "Mudmen", from the 1972 album Obscured by Clouds.

The piece was never performed live by the band, although portions of it were included in the sound collage tape played before their 1994 concerts.^{[citation needed]}

Track overture[]

The noise which opens the track caused some confusion among fans in 1994, who were unsure, on playing the album for the first time, whether or not their copy was faulty, as the noise lasts for just over 1 minute before any music begins. According to an interview with Andy Jackson, recording engineer for the album, this noise is electromagnetic noise from the solar wind.^[3] More precisely, this sound is a very low frequency record of dawn chorus^[4] and sferics,^[5] radio events respectively due to solar wind interference with Earth's magnetosphere, and lightning strikes radio emissions interfering with Ionosphere; this sound has been mistaken for Earth's crust shifting and cracking.^[6]

Personnel[]

David Gilmour – guitars
Nick Mason – drums, percussion
Richard Wright – piano, Kurzweil synthesizers, Hammond organ

References[]

^ Strong, Martin C. (2004). The Great Rock Discography (7th ed.). Edinburgh: Canongate Books. p. 1178. ISBN 1-84195-551-5.
^ Mabbett, Andy (1995). The Complete Guide to the Music of Pink Floyd. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-4301-X.
^ http://www.floydianslip.com/pink-floyd/interviews/andy-jackson.php
^ http://www.space.com/17708-weird-sounds-picked-up-by-space-probes-in-earth-s-magnetosphere-video.html
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-09-10. Retrieved 2014-09-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ McCulley, Jerry (c. 1994), Division Bell review, Amazon.com – via audio-music.info

[1] Strong, Martin C. (2004). The Great Rock Discography (7th ed.). Edinburgh: Canongate Books. p. 1178. ISBN 1-84195-551-5.

[mabbett-2] Mabbett, Andy (1995). The Complete Guide to the Music of Pink Floyd. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-4301-X.

[3] ttp://www.floydianslip.com/pink-floyd/interviews/andy-jackson.php

[4] ttp://www.space.com/17708-weird-sounds-picked-up-by-space-probes-in-earth-s-magnetosphere-video.html

[5] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-09-10. Retrieved 2014-09-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[6] McCulley, Jerry (c. 1994), Division Bell review, Amazon.com – via audio-music.info

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

show v t The Division Bell
Songs	"Cluster One" "What Do You Want from Me" "Poles Apart" "Marooned" "A Great Day for Freedom" "Wearing the Inside Out" "Take It Back" "Coming Back to Life" "Keep Talking" "Lost for Words" "High Hopes"
Related articles	The Division Bell Tour Publius Enigma The Later Years 1987–2019
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn A Saucerful of Secrets More Ummagumma Atom Heart Mother Meddle Obscured by Clouds The Dark Side of the Moon Wish You Were Here Animals The Wall The Final Cut A Momentary Lapse of Reason The Division Bell The Endless River

"Cluster One"
Instrumental by Pink Floyd
from the album The Division Bell
Published	Pink Floyd Music (1987) Ltd
Released	28 March 1994 (UK) 5 April 1994 (US)
Recorded	1993
Genre	Progressive rock, instrumental rock, ambient
Length	5:58
Label	EMI (UK) Columbia (US)
Songwriter(s)	David Gilmour Richard Wright
Producer(s)	Bob Ezrin David Gilmour